Are We There Yet?
No, we’re not on another trip. In fact, we are actually at home this weekend. Home for a yard sale, a “Room of the Week” and playing catch up/get ahead for the next rip. The question is in regards to the end of the school year. Are we there yet? For Chloe, this has been
sheep to shawl – 16 apr 2011
We headed from STITCHES South to “Sheep to Shawl” at the Atlanta History Center — a very fiber-y day! We watched the sheep being sheared, too some of the wool, washed it and carded it too!
chemistry – 13 apr 2011
Not sure what this is supposed to represent or if it is correct, but I like “food science” in any case…
butterfly day – 7 apr 2011
The time has come to release the butterf;ies that we had raised from young caterpillars. Gazoo was horrified; she thought she should have them as toys…
camille – 5 apr 2011
Camille has been studying hard this week despite me being under the weather. I love how self-motivated she can be … though we have been having issues with her doing a little too much websurfing — on Ravelry of all places …
camille – 31 mar 2011
Between Chloe’s gymnastics and going for her bike ride, Camille managed to sneak in a little homeschooling.
circuits – 6 mar 2011
Rob tried to fix Chloe’s light saber, but it was a lost cause. Instead, he took out some of the electronics and showed her how it *should* work.
camille – 18 jan 2011
The girls are both very happy to be back home and back to homeschooling! It had been a long time since they had done lessons that they were missing them…
One of THOSE Days
You know. My to-do list is finally under control. Between work, exercise, homeschool and everything else, I SHOULD have had more time for other things. But, instead, I managed to plant 10 mums and edit a little video. Sigh.
Our Homeschooling Experience: Part 1
The Beginning Back when I was pregnant with Camille, I read just about every book on pregnancy, birth and infants that I could get my hands on. Once Camille was born, I turned to reading everything I could about childrearing. Needless to say, books regarding various “educational philosophies” were amongst those that I read. I
End of Summer…Please?
Despite the continuing high temperatures and sweaty foreheads, today marked the end of summer for us. Yes, there are many “end of summer” days in our house. And I keep hoping that each milestone will truly bring an end to this blasted summer. I wish I could say “Yes, September 22nd, the weather will be
Days 3 and 4 of the Staycation
I think I’ve been non-sequential in my recording of days, but who’s counting, right? On Wednesday, we continued with our “hometown touring” by heading down to the Fox Theatre to see “The Sound of Music”. I put on a skirt for the first time in two years and was please to see that it has
she’s distracted.
So I’m feeling pretty low at the moment. Homeschooling Chloe is incredibly different than homeschooling Camille. It’s like night and day, and, honestly, it is driving me nuts. Camille, for the most part, knows how to sit down, look at the list of tasks for the week, figure out what she needs to do for
Day 2 of the “Staycation”
I can’t remember the first time we went to Fernbank….I have vague memories of my mom, Camille and I trying to meet up with a mom’s group, but not finding them. Moreover, we were confused by the map (Lavista and Briarcliff do, in fact, cross twice on our side of town). We have been members
homeshooling year begins
A few weeks ago, the girls and I decided that we would begin our 2010-2011 homeshooling year on Monday, Aug 16th. The classes they are planning to take with our homeschool group don’t start until mid-September, but if we started their other curricula that late, we’d be schooling into June, something we’d like to avoid.
Homeschooling in our house (or not)
“What grade are you in?” “Where do you go to school?” By now, my girls are fairly comfortable with their responses to these not-easy-to-answer-as-the-questioner-assumes questions. “I’m homeschooled!” But “homeschooled”? While it is probably not true (or maybe it is), I tend to think that we are elsewhere at least as often as we are at
like an old friend
being home for three weeks in a row has its advantages. Despite it being the holiday season, when we have twice as much to accomplish, I’ve been able to keep up with all the tasks and even get ahead a bit! I had promised the girls that when things were under control, we would start
trip down the Nile
yesterday, the girls and I headed over to the Carlos Museum at Emory. Even after having lived so close to Emory and driven through it often for so many years, I think this was my very first time to actually step foot on the campus! Camille had been to the Carlos before with friends. When
last day of classes
this session of homeschool classes, camille took Latin (her fifth year!) and fencing (her first time) and chloe took robotics and greek drama. yesterday was the last day of thursday classes. Chloe’s drama class demonstrated for the parents some of the skits that they had worked on over the past ten weeks. they enjoyed the
homeschooling again
That was a long break away from this blog!! In the meantime, we have posted Episode #6 of gbkZoo, interviewed Princess Katie and Racer Steve for our “Giving Back Kids: KindieCares” segment on our radio blog Gooney Bird Kids, and cleaned/rearranged many rooms in the house. Now we are settling into a homeschooling routine again.
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