Spring Cleaning Microsoft Style
Straightening up my blogs and our impending move has inspired me to clean out other messes. If you know me well, you know I am not generally a clutterbug. I am allergic to most clutter…. However, we have some old laptops haning on for various purposes, and since they are so old and run NT,
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
where in the world?
Camille is spending her time this evening with “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?” I think it is a little strange that she is reading the books whereas when I was a kid, I played the computer game. I’m working to get a little ahead at work so that the rest of the
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.
Nellie Mae Pollock
As usual, we went to Toddler Tuesday at the art museum today. The girls spent quite a while looking at the art of Nellie Mae Rowe before heading down to do the art project. Chloe did a great job tracing her hands (like in Rowe’s piece called Peace). Camille decorated her painting then started to
GBK Gwyneth
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