Posted in Books, Homeschooling, Lapbooks, Uncategorized, tagged homeschooling with lapbooks, Jamberry, Lapbooks on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is one of our favorite books, lapbook-style! Red really enjoyed this project, “Jamberry” is one of the best rhyming books we’ve ever come across! The boys have pretty much memorized this book over the years. We always pull it out when strawberry-picking season arrives.
From Lapbooks
To make this lapbook, we simply copied the front of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conferences, Homeschooling on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day Mr. Dreamy and I were talking about going to an upcoming conference. He asked if I thought that “I really needed to go.” Well, I guess I don’t have to. However as a homeschooling mom I would hope that improving and inspiring myself to be a better person, a better mother, a [...]
Posted in Catholic Living, Uncategorized, tagged easter baskets on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now while we choose to focus on the Resurrection of Christ as our Easter celebration, the Easter bunny still leaves some surprises for the boys. Here is this year’s basket collection:
Nature Boy’s Basket Includes: A Guide to MN Bird’s & CD, Colored Pencils, Band-Aids, and of course, lots of chocolates!
Yona’s Basket Includes: “Nobunny’s Perfect” book, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an interesting tidbit from Marketplace Money today about math anxiety. According to the Women’s College Coalition, girls who learn in a single-sex environment actually do much better in the math and sciences. Just another plug for Cottey!
Posted in Organization, Uncategorized on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently browsed online at the ContainerStore.com and saw this. I think I see an upcoming fieldtrip with my friend Christine! We both loved going to the Container Store in Colorado (those were the days!) and now we’ll get to do it in Minnesota, too!
This weekend there is major organizing on my agenda of things-to-do. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend I was blessed to spend time with friends during an annual Homeschool Mother’s Day of Renewal. Aftewards we went to lunch at Macaroni Grill. The highlight for me was to talk with my dear friend Tracy from Pinewood Castle. We discussed many items, including this blog. I came away with a renewed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last weekend we were up in Duluth, Minnesota which is pretty cold this time of year (below freezing on this day!). We were trying to corral all the kids into the truck and Daddy went to put the baby into the locking carseat base. Baby has a nice warm fleecy car seat covering which goes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You are Marianne Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are impulsive, romantic, impatient, and perhaps a bit too brutally honest. You enjoy romantic poetry and novels, and play the pianoforte beautifully. To boot, your singing voice is captivating. You feel deeply, and love passionately.
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