There are many things to share from our week long Sukkot camping adventure, but to delve into it all is a little overwhelming. So, I will pick one thing that actually calms me just thinking about… We built a village. The little ones napped...
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our curriculum instructed us to make one of these, and I’m excited we did. It’s a really neat tool. I’m pretty certain I don’t understand all the ins-and-outs, but this is what you make when you count by 3’s. and...
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Naomi started Violin lessons over the summer. There’s a notion that most public schools don’t embrace and that is that when a child is ready for something, they’ll do it. A year ago an hour of time spent trying to teach Naomi...
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So much going on around here I can’t pick a topic to stick to. So, I’ll summarize in pictures. first there was the beach. great time with sweet friends. then there’s the booth downtown where I’m now selling some of...
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I’ve been doing a lot of mental organization–lining things up, taking stock of my vision for our homeschooling this year. Drew has been helping a lot, and both of us have been reading and researching. Thank goodness for the internet!...
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Why homeschooling? In thinking about our upcoming school year we had a lot to consider. We enjoyed Oak Meadow and while I think what they offer is great, I wasn’t thrilled about paying for all their curriculum and still needing to buy all...
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Because I have a minute while everyone is resting… We just released butterflies from our butterfly observation kit. Painted Ladies. Here are some of the last one we released, it took a bit to fly away and it was bittersweet. Naomi wanted to...
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One major thing I’ve learned about homeschooling this–our first real–year of doing it, is that support is essential. There’s more support now than there ever has been, it’s abundant on the internet, in the...
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Naomi often accompanies Drew out to check the hives. The other day they came home with some ‘school’ work; more like ‘fascinating natural observation material’–or f’nom for short 😉 Anyway, Drew thought to grab...
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We bought some polymer clay and I had a plan to make beads. I’ve never done it before and it was probably wrong of me to assume it’d be as easy as I’d thought. Well, it wasn’t hard, but as with most crafts, it led us...
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We switched out our coffee filter snowflakes, inspired by Dawn, to rainbow coffee filters. The kids love this little bit of magic–drawing first with markers and then watching the colors spread when spritzed with water. The same method we...
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