The View from Here

These pics are from yesterday and today. We've had two rainy days in a row, but there's no sign of that grayness in here (except perhaps that mommy has wanted to nap both days!). Here's my crew exploring instruments in our living room.  If only you could've heard the "music" coming from this room.  Pretty sure my neighbors … [Read more...]

Week Four – Reviewing Prepositions

You may have seen this idea before on Pinterest from various sources. Today, I thought it would be fun to set up a "laser obstacle course" to review our prepositions. It was a hit! First my littles took turns trying to navigate it for fun.  Then I called out various prepositions that we're learning and asked them to find a … [Read more...]

Week Three – Animal Cell Diagram

First, each of my littles sketched out a basic animal cell diagram from a picture I had already drawn for them.  I had my oldest also label his with the names of each part.  While they were working, I talked to them about the jobs of each part of the animal cell.  Next, they took various colors of play-doh and filled in the parts of … [Read more...]

Climbing Parnassus – An Unqualified Reivew

Were you classically educated? Me neither! I have so much to learn! and I've been doing it through my readings about classical education.  I finished reading Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy Lee Simmons today. Yay! This book was handed out at my local Classical Conversations practicum.  Was it at yours … [Read more...]

Field Trip – Crystal Cave

I and another mom coordinate four optional field trips a year for our CC community.  We try to find ones that will in some way match up with topics we're learning in our designated cycle and can appeal to a wide range of ages. Today we took our first trip of the year - to Crystal Cave in Kutztown, PA. There was a 15 minute video on … [Read more...]

Tweaking Our Daily Schedule

As we enter our 3rd week of CC at home, we're tweaking our daily schedule a bit to smooth out some rough spots.  Our original schedule is below with changes in bold. 7:00 AM I wake up, work out/shower, coffee/read Bible & pray8:00 AM littles wake up/straighten/brush teeth/get dressed8:30 AM eat breakfast & clean up … [Read more...]

The View From Here – PJ Day

I'm more of a Martha then a Mary myself, so it's all too easy for me to get lost in the lists or to-dos of the day. I've been inspired over the last few months to pause and take in "the view from here." and not just take it in, but enjoy it too.  Allow myself and my family to be blessed by God's presence. Often, I capture these regular moments … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week Three Links

As you probably noticed last week, I will add in other activities and ideas as time allows and inspiration strikes, but here is the basic list of links we're planning to use in conjunction with our new grammar for week 3.And if inspiration strikes, I'll be sure to share ideas with you!History - Greek gods information & coloring … [Read more...]

Week Two – Living Thing Eating

Okay, so weird title, I agree.  But, our dinner tonight included (at least) one thing from 4 out of the 5 kingdoms of living things.  Did you guess what we made?PIZZA! Thanks to our Creation Science for Kids: Biology Study Unit, we learned that pizza contains ingredients that are from 4 out of the 5 kingdoms of living things. The … [Read more...]