Readin’ & Writin’
It’s All Greek to Me
Well, first of all, the combination of tickling someone squirmy and a laptop keyboard doesn’t always work out for the best. So if my typing gets a bit…lackadaisical, it may be because I’m missing one of my shift keys and too lazy to reach over and use the other. The interest in big words diminished … Continue reading
For the Love of Markers
Kids have been feeling very self directed lately. Yesterday they spent a great deal of time making comic books (which daddy is supposed to photograph). C’s was about R2D2 while D made up his own superheroes. Today the kids made political signs for the yard while I ate lunch. They did it all themselves and … Continue reading
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
For a long time we had an idea of what the kids should be learning, general interest stuff, and pointed it out to them. They’d either start a conversation or not. Last year we went more unschooly and really let them get into – or not get into – whatever they wanted. While I do … Continue reading
Learning By Absorption
After gymnastics today, D and I went to Home Depot. As we left, we drove by the big sign and ended up with a very fantastic conversation. D: Why does that say The Home Depot? me: Because that’s the name of the store. We just usually call it Home Depot. D: But it’s not the … Continue reading
Dear Miss Jessica
Dear Miss Jessica, We wanted to tell you some stories. So here they are. (Dictated by C) Once upon a time there was a kitty and he had a friend doggy. And then they made up the farmer game. And then they played and then The End Story Rounds (start a story and everyone adds … Continue reading
A trip to the teacher’s supply store
Some unschooly type people would be horrified at using actual teaching supplies at home. I understand the belief that they can learn more about animals from a trip to the zoo or raising a pet than by filling out a worksheet. But I’m not so hard core that I don’t recognize that there are some … Continue reading
Random takes from the month
OK random moments from the month that I’d meant to blog but forgot about until we uploaded some photos. We graphed gummy bears. Yummy math. We graphed by color. Even our 2 yo got it with help. We colored in the number of each color. The best part of the project was eating the manipulatives. … Continue reading
All for the love of a good book
One of the biggest things recommended to promote a love of reading in your children is to let them see you read. Sounds great. I LOVE to read. I’m a back of cereal boxes, fine print at the bottom of ads, anything that stands still long enough reader. Admittedly my reading used to contain larger … Continue reading
Goooooooooooal! Day 2
Tuesday C stayed the full three hours with D. That’s a lot of running on little legs. Of course D then went off to three hours of gymnastics Tuesday night! That’s a whole lotta exercise. They had a lot of fun though. They are really loving soccer camp. Between 9 – 12 soccer and 3:30 … Continue reading
the dragons had a piknik
wons opon a time ther wos a dragon. he wos red. he livd in a cave. ther wos a grene dragon. thae had a piknik. the end Written and typed by D
