I’m a control freak. Combine that with a history of curriculum writing jobs and homeschooling and, well, I’m sure you can use your imagination. What I love about the Classical Conversations Curriculum Guide is that is gives me a framework around which to build my week. For instance, the first week’s history memory sentence for […]
Not green like reduce, reuse, recycle. Green like St. Patrick’s Day. Seeing as almost half of our family is named Patrick, St. Patrick’s Day gets a lot of attention at our house. We started last week with a GREEN scavenger hunt. Both little kids have a Vtech – Kidizoom Digital Camera (which I highly recommend especially […]
Two years ago, I listened to a presentation by Renee Swope on Mining for Gold in the Heart of Your Child at a Hearts At Home conference. It was all about focusing less on our children’s faults and more on the “gold” in their hearts, lives, days, etc. Although I have acknowledged the larger nuggets […]
We’re trying to make the most of what’s left of summer. Earlier this week, we met some friends at a tire park.* *tire park=park with a lot of recycled tires We’ve been chasing flies around the house with a fly swatter trying to swat them enough to stun them but not kill them. Not because […]
They say “proof’s in the pudding.” Here’s proof that PJ is indeed riding a bicycle (sans training wheels). I never got footage of him on the little 12″ bike that he actually learned on. We upgraded to his old Spider Man bike and put training wheels on the 12″ bike for Mia. Note: One needs 12″ training […]
I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve been called a car seat “nazi.” Would you believe one of my goals in life is to become a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician? Anyway, I came across the following post this morning, and it’s the best I’ve ever read. All of the things I lecture about written in […]