Homeschool Day at the History Center
I’ve been feeling quite unhappy lately about how little we’ve been getting out and about in Atlanta lately. Especially in these economic hard times, I think that we should be doing all we can to support the arts, music and museum in Atlanta, but I’m having a hard time balancing everything. We used to go
Hex for Kids
(Forgive me for being so quiet here. It is my deadline week for work, we’re getting ready to go to DC for a while, and I’m just starting to see the light….anyone care to cook us a healthy meal? We are sick of frozen pizza.) Camille is doing some amazing stuff with logic and math
Not Back To School Party
All the area kids headed back to school at the beginning of last week. While not jealous that those kids get to sit in classrooms, we homeschoolers do like to have a celebration when we reunite for our new session of classes. Today, after registration (Camille is taking Latin and Chloe is taking swimming), we
Planning
Camille has rushed into her history curriculum for next year, not giving me the chance to look at it and figure out where it needs to be supplemented. So even though I had tons of work to do, we sat down and made up schedules for next year using google calendar. I had a look
Chloe’s Art Show
Today was the last day of our homeschool classes. I know the girls will miss hanging out with their friends, but at the moment I am feeling ‘the fewer commitments, the better’. Unfortunately, we still have some dentist and doctor appointments, but after the 28th, we are totally free until we leave for our big
Daisy No More
Today was our last day of scouts for the year. Camille earned her Leadership Pin and some other patches, as well as some cookie incentive prizes. Chloe earned the rest of her Daisy patches and then bridged to Brownies! I was the Daisy Scout Leader this year, and I’m so excited to see my little
Movies, Anyone?
As I indicated in recent posts, I watched quite a few movies on my flights to and from Paris last month. I now feel like I’ve missed a couple of decades (or a lifetime?) of movies. I can count on my fingers the number of movies I’ve been to in the past decade. I don’t
Sibling Rivalry
Chloe is green with envy. “It’s not fair” is her battle cry. Upon learning that I had put Camille’s Roman Villa (with flaps that lift to reveal the Latin words for the rooms of the house), she insisted that I dedicate a blog post to her masterpiece as well.
Mi Domus Est Tu Domus
How’s my Latin? Certainly not as good as Camille’s (or should we call her Camilla?). She’s in her third year of Latin and really enjoys it. In terms of her homeschooling, it strongly reinforces the grammar concepts that she has learned and has also deepened her love of history. In fact, Latin is what led
50 States Video
While working on a series of posts about homeschooling today, I came across this really cute video. I just had to share. Did everyone learn this song as a kid? I can get through Michigan still. Guess I need to practice. I remember learning “Io-way”, not “Io-wA”. How about you?
Last Day of Classes
The girls had special celebrations at homeschool classes today. Chloe had her first art show and loved showing off all her varied works of art. Camille had a Roman Banquet in Living History — lounging on pillows eating olives, yum!
Daily Photo
We’re studying Belize this week, and the girls made these Central American hats as part of their studies….
Homeschooling 101
Among parents, schooling is a topic of converstaion that comes around again and again. We all know that the choice of school is an important one and that there is no one right answer. For our family, the right answer is homeschooling. Our two daughters, Camille (almost 9) and Chloe (just 5) have been homeschooled
Word of the Day: Lolloping
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lolloping: lolยทlop(llp)intr.v. lolยทloped, lolยทlopยทing, lolยทlops 1. To move with a bobbing motion.2. Chiefly British To lounge about; loll. ———————————————— [Alteration of loll.] ———————————————— lollopยทy adj.
unschooling is messy
This morning, Camille flipped through her history book and chose a project. Not surprisingly, based on what’s she’s been up to the past couple of weeks, she chose a cooking project. Not a cake, but a multi-course Japanese Tea Ceremony. The authors of the book suggested fruit loops or Lifesavers for one course; we decided
we are unschooling
While we had been loosely following The Well-Trained Mind, I’ve been meeting with more and more resistance from Camille. She was being pushed too hard, too fast. She loves learning, but she’s tired of the repetitive drill. I finally reminded myself that one reason we are homeschooling is so that she will NOT be bored.
atlanta jungle
We went for a walk through the rainforest today at the botanical garden.
Friends, Romans
My seven (for two more days) year-old loves everything Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman. Our museum had opening day celebrations for the new Imperial Rome exhibit yesterday. Gladiators, dinosaurs, emperors, ammenonites and olives. Who could ask for anything more?
homeschooling?
This week “homeschooling” is not the right term for where Camille has been learning. She’s been doing the majority of her work in the car, at the “club” and in the bleachers of the swim club while Chloe has her lesson.
GBK Gwyneth
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