Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
A few, fun educational ideas have found their way from my Amazon wish list into my cart for Christmas presents this year. Wanna take a peak at my list? Just don't tell my littles! ;)GeoPuzzle Jigsaw puzzles - these are amazing! The puzzle pieces are the actual shapes and approximate scale of the countries which you are building with to form … [Read more...]
He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust, He knew no more that he was poor, Or that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy ways And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings. - Emily Dickinson, The Poems of Emily Dickinson "Children don't stumble onto good books by themselves; … [Read more...]
We are finished our official math studies for the year, but math is on my mind! I'd say it's due to 1) reading what Leigh Bortins recently wrote about knowing math history and 2) my building excitement for this year's CC practicum focusing on math. Both of these things are causing me to think of math in new ways. My previously held opinion of … [Read more...]
The presidential election is fast approaching and politics are on my mind. You, too? I've found some good ideas to share with our littles!We'll start by doing some copy work with election vocabulary words (p.48-49). Good to start with the grammar, right? Next, we'll have fun doing an election scavenger hunt through … [Read more...]
Reference BooksNary a day goes by that this book isn't flipped through and its beautiful images studied. It was an inspired birthday present from my parents for my children and it sits on our coffee table for regular browsing. And believe me, it gets plenty of attention - unprompted by me. Without a doubt, a favorite book of my … [Read more...]