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N is for Nature
Part of our Charlotte Mason style schooling is Nature Study. We have been known to go on Nature Hikes in the snow…animal tracking. We also have watched and observed from the living room window when it was too cold to go outside. Sketching birds or just journaling about sights and sounds. My ALL TIME favorite resource is Always great ideas on what to do outside for every season. What is your N…
M is for Media & Millennial Generation
a very late M post…. Media…it is all around us all the ; When I was little we had a black and white tv. I think we finally got cable when I was around 10 or 11. Today my kids are inundated with media from ALL sides. TV, computer, cell phones, video games… There is no such thing as waiting for history in the making to be heard the next day or week (thinking WWII…
J is for Jesse
My last born. My favorite red head. The one that has been homeschooled since 2nd grade. He hates text books and is just now really liking to read for the fun of it. Works better sitting on my exercise ball than at a desk. Likes science experiments, but not math. Like Legos and photography. Wants to go to Moody Bible College to be a Missionary Pilot….but he hates math. Lucky for him, he has…
Manito Park~nature walk
After our Civil War re-enactment visit we went to Manito Park for a nature ; Below are a small part of the pics we took….these were with my iPhone. I will have a second post of picture the kids took with my Nikon Our attempt at DaVinci
I is for Interesting…
…”just like a homeschoolers life” ~Jesse, age 12 Other I words: Intelligent (aren’t ALL homeschooled kids), Incredible (opportunity to be ALLOWED and ABLE to homeschool), Ink (we go through a lot of Ink), Internet (a homeschooler’s wonderful resource on so many levels). Seriously, I am curious to know how the ‘old timers’ were able to do it…not only for resources, but for ; I is for iPod touch and iPhone…(iTunes has many an application…
H is for Home
For us H is for HOME…not just in homeschooling, but our house is a home. Home is where the Heart is! Where we celebrate holidays and ; Where we can let our hair is where memories are home is not always spotless or company ready. Our home IS lived ; You won’t find plastic covering the couches or little doo dad will probably find dust bunnies and a sticky floor. You will also, on most…
G is for Geocaching
Have you heard of Geocaching? Geocaching is like a treasure hunt with your GPS or Global Positioning ; You download the coordinates of a geocache from the website to your GPS and then go look for it. Sometimes you find it, sometimes you don’t. We have found a few…around ; Some people have found thousands! There are also travel bugs….little trinkets of your choice that you add a travel bug code ; You have…
F is for Freedom
I asked the Family what F should stand for…..Fieldtrips? Frugal? Facebook? They said Freedom, as in the Freedom to homeschool. We live in Idaho. I do believe it is one of, if not THE most, homeschool friendly State in the Union. The United States really does have homeschool Freedom as well. Some states might not feel like ; In Germany, where the Principal’s cousins are, homeschooling is outlawed. This is what my kids told me…
E is for Emily
Our only daughter, who just turned 14 Homeschooled since 3rd grade Says she doesn’t ever want to go back to public school Has a servant’s heart Loves Jesus, holding babies, playing soccer, and acting Is strong in her faith and when it comes to having 3 brothers Loves chocolate and Dr. Pepper E is for Emily
D is for Daily Grind
Ground beans….as in Coffee Beans….caffeine! I am pretty picky on how I take my Daily Grind…. Either black with lots of Bailey’s flavored creamer or Powdered white chocolate mocha with crème d menthe, iced, double shot… How is this related to homeschooling? Well….the Daily Grind of routine doesn’t go well if I don’t have the Daily Grind of COFFEE Well….there is also the daily grind of our routine. (this isn’t me in…