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Interest-led nature study on the coast
Y’all. I had big plans this year for nature study. We were going to do Barb’s awesome outdoor hour challenges like I did back when Kathryn was little. We were all going to have nature journals and update them regularly. We’d even incorporate art lessons with our nature journals. It would be Elementary Nature Study…
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Every morning starts this way…
Ancestry research shows much of my kin came from Ireland. The Irish consume more tea per capita than any other country. Coincidence? I think not. With only very rare exceptions, I start every day the same way: I get up and stumble to the kitchen with a black dog at my heels. On my way…
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Life lately: April highlights
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.” Jimmy Buffett This month, Ken ran his first 10K. That’s his longest race ever, and he even did it in this straw hat! One of the most fun things about this race is seeing all the…
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Apologia Physical Science for High School
We’ve used Apologia for science for years now, in elementary school and now for high school. Kathryn absolutely LOVED their Marine Biology curriculum so it wasn’t difficult to convince her to use another Apologia curriculum for this year’s science. See also: how we used Apologia’s Marine Biology in our relaxed homeschool. We haven’t adhered to…
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Life lately: March highlights
“May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun And find your shoulder to light on, To bring you luck, happiness and riches Today, tomorrow and beyond.” ~Irish blessing I’d love to know what my grandbaby girl Khloe thinks when her mommy puts giant bows and butterfly wings on her head. 😉 I did week-end…
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Visual Latin homeschool curriculum review
We’ve studied a few languages around here. I’ve taken an online Cherokee class (and would love to do more later on) and Kathryn has studied Hebrew, but for high school we decided Latin would be most useful for her. After looking into a few options, we chose Visual Latin homeschool curriculum from Compass Classroom. Disclosure:…