Not only do we drink tea or eat popcorn while we read… We also love to draw and paint! This week served as a fresh reminder that busy hands, help encourage focused minds… As I mentioned last week, we are reading about Johannes Kepler. It is a pretty heady book, especially for the 4 and 6 […]
Homeschool Philosophy
Our Daily Dose of Science!
Monsoon season has a way of luring us outdoors… The smell of the creosote, the dip in temperature and puddles, puddles everywhere! I think the boys couldn’t be more pleased with the ‘daily outdoors challenge’. They know that if I’m feeling iffy on going outside that they can just bring this up and hold me accountable! […]
Doing School vs. Power of Play
The whole concept of ‘doing school’ is a hard one to escape from, especially in this age of high competitiveness and desire to give our children an edge or just satisfy family members who are skeptical of anything other than traditional education. Even if those aren’t temptations for you, we oftentimes wonder just how to […]
Flamingo-ing
Inspiration can come from many different sources. Recently we were inspired by another blog in our learning journey. Sometimes, inspiration can just jump out from the pages of a library book. We are in the middle of learning about birds. Keegan, my 3 year old, picked out this book on Flamingo’s at the library. It prompted some […]