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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 801 – 825
More gifts to count! Woohoo! 801) Snow ice cream! 802) We can take a “snow day” in our homeschool anytime we want. 803) A steady supply of hot tea for my sore/scratchy throat. 804) Watching Kathryn perform in “Little Women” 805) Succeeding in fixing Kathryn’s hair to her satisfaction for the play. 806) Kathryn’s honorary…
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Georgia Snow (& how much we like it)
Public schools have been closed all week. I decided that our homeschool would be closed all week too — simply because I’m the mom/teacher, and I said so! 😉 (The fact that it’s snowy and I have a cold helped make that decision.) I am always a bit sad to see the snow go, because…
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Those acorns were right!
As a Georgia blogger, there is an unwritten law that I must blog about the snow. After all, it’s not often we get 5+ inches in the Atlanta area! First a white Christmas, and now this! We haven’t had this much snow since March of 1993 when a blizzard came through. My dad (and larger-than-usual…
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1st Charlotte Mason Carnival of 2011
Welcome to the very first 2011 edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! SOCIAL STUDIES Amy at Fisher Academy International presents Plutarch Study – Alexander as part of their study of citizenship, character training, and of course, history. Need some ideas for history study? Kris at Science of Relations shares Colonial History, an 11-week reading…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 776 – 800
Have you joined the gratitude community yet? 776) My aunt’s car to borrow when ours is out of commission. 777) Lindsey earned her learner’s driving permit test! 778) Another relaxing week after the holidays (last week). 779) Photographing Ken’s cousin Laurie’s wedding Saturday. 780) My super-cool new camera strap: the RS-W1. 781) A great turn-out…
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Homeschool Changes: Good vs. Best
We’re making changes in our homeschool. Again. For Kathryn, that means getting back to the things we love and eliminating or restructuring other things. We loved homeschooling our first few years. It was much more interactive then, and Kathryn and I both miss read-aloud time, nature studies, art projects, and such. We have sacrificed what’s…