Eclectic Parent

There are millions of free resources available but my kids have the attention span of gnats. I like to have a bunch of stuff around the house for instant answers. If they ask a question and the reply is, “Hey next time we go to the library we can look it up”, then they will […]

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Another great thing about homeschooling? Kids are free during the day when things aren’t busy.  D had a bowling birthday party for this 8th birthday. Lots of fun bowling, pizza, cake and fun in the game room. Overall a definite success.
At home he did a little with his electro-magnetic science kits. We hooked a battery […]

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So I knew we had a lot of games. Games can teach everything from taking turns to colors, counting to strategy, cooperation to losing gracefully. We’re rearranging our play room and just moved all the games. I hadn’t realized quite how many we had!
ABSeas
Alphabet Lotto
Ants in the Pants
Battleship
Brown Bear - Panda Bear, What Do You […]

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We get asked a lot what we do all day. Usually by people trying to figure out how an entire day home with small children doesn’t involve duct tape. I’d meant to take notes so I could actually remember ALL of it, but this should be close enough.
Woke up and played farm with blocks and […]

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We went for dim sum with some friends from our homeschool group for the Chinese mid-Autumn festival. Then we headed to the dentist for all three kids to have checkups. And then we went to a roller skating rink where the boys homeschool enrichment program was having a get together. All three of the had […]

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Tonight is the 15th day of the 8th lunar month - mid Autumn Festival in China. We’ve been reading some books about the Moon Festival (Moon Festival, Red Eggs & Dragon Boats, Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats, Round is a Mooncake, I Took the Moon For A Walk). Even if you are unfamiliar with the […]

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We car pool with another family on Fridays for Casa Vida. Last week their son was giving the boys an explanation of the beginnings of the world straight out of Genesis including Adam and Eve. This was on my mind anyway after reading the article about teaching evolution. We’ve always meant to give them a […]

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