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Beginning Our Presidents Subunit 17 Sep 2012 | 05:00 am
Tonight I am gearing up for a new unit: Wisdom! Within this unit we will be studying the American presidents for four weeks and then switching gears to study the electoral process for four more weeks...
Family Read Aloud 5 Sep 2012 | 01:27 am
I love family read aloud time. I have just begun Poor Richard by James Dougherty with my younger two children. My 16yo dd has read this one before and her high school curriculum keeps her pretty bus...
First Day of School Success 4 Sep 2012 | 01:05 am
Today is Labor Day here in the U.S. but I don't take off these silly Monday holidays. Instead today we started school. With very little prep compared to previous summers I was a bit concerned but I d...
And I'm Off, Like a Herd of Turtles 13 Aug 2012 | 09:11 pm
It's the middle of August and I'm really feeling the sadness that comes when you realize summer's almost over. Actually this year it's more of a freaking out feeling rather than sadness. I totally e...
Rock Classification 10 May 2012 | 03:53 pm
I'm a little out of order in my posting. Before we began the bird unit and before we classified plants but after we classified animals we classified rocks. I thought about just leaving this post out...
Bird Diagramming 9 May 2012 | 09:53 am
Yesterday we switched back to our final three weeks on Attentiveness with our focus on birds and John James Audubon. Choosing the Right Diagram After finding a few different diagrams of birds on the ...
Bayeux Tapestry 8 May 2012 | 01:14 am
The Bayeux Tapestry is a 20 inch by 230 foot-long embroidered cloth depicting the events of the Norman Invasion of 1066 including those events leading up to the invasion starting in 1064. The Museum ...
Plant Crafts 2 May 2012 | 08:00 am
Today was a rainy day so instead going outside to hunt for plants to identify we decided to get crafty with our plant specimens that were collected last Friday at co-op. My son made a moss garden in ...
Plant Classification - Tree Identification 25 Apr 2012 | 09:14 am
This week we have begun our focus on plants. This morning I went over leaf shape with the kids and we mainly looked at trees but I also allowed some shrub and flower leaves to be selected so they cou...
Skit Guys - The Birdcage 23 Apr 2012 | 03:51 am
Today's selection will mark the end of this short video series with a poignant message from one of my favorite comedy teams. God bless you this day.
