10 Questions with Ms. S
Today’s post is from our very own Ms. S. She didn’t want to write anything on her own so we settled for 10 questions. Do you like homeschool? Why? Mmhmm. I like it because I’m at home. It’s cozy. Is it what you expected? A …
Author: Megan
Chunk Hot Ville
Today we’re at my mom’s house. She was an elementary teacher for 30+ years, so I asked her to plan a few lessons for us. The first lesson was a creative writing assignment. First each kid had to pick their favorite number between one and …
Guest Teacher – Mrs. Murray!
We love art. That’s why we were so, so excited to have our friend (and former art teacher), Mrs. Murray, join us today. She is amazing. I knew we’d incorporate a lot of art into learning on our own, but I wanted to make sure …
Grand Canyon Bound!
WE’RE GOING TO THE GRAND CANYON! We are so happy to have a trip coming up. We’ve been bummed about canceling Bolivia and really wanting to jumpstart our adventure. Naturally this news has me started on a unit study on Arizona and the Grand Canyon. …
Unschooling
Last night a meteor cruised through our night sky. A lot of people heard a boom; others saw a bright light; some actually saw the meteor. We missed it all, of course, because we were holed up in our house sleeping (me and S) or …
!Buenas Tardes!
Today we hit Spanish hard and it was a ton of fun. I’m using Rockalingua for material. It has worksheets, games, videos, songs and more. We listened to a song about greetings and daily routines and now I can’t stop singing “me voy a dormir!” I …
The Laura C Method
Morning. A few years ago, sometime during the first few weeks of school, a wonderful teacher I know was telling me about how exhausted she was. She puts so much energy into the first few weeks of school teaching the kids how to do things, …
“It’s not about the fashion, Mom.”
“It’s not about the fashion, Mom.” – A’s thoughts on me trying to get our new wall map straight. Day three. We are slowly finding a routine. Each day I move things around a bit to make the best use of the day. I am …
The Funnest Geography
“This is the funnest type of geography I’ve ever done in the world, momma.” Day two is in the books, folks. We had fun and I’m pretty sure they learned a few things. Our day looked like this: 9:00 start Calendar work – today’s date, …