Category: Homeschool

  • The 80’s

    The 80’s

    My sweet grandma turned 80 years young today. Family gathered to celebrate, and our kiddos debuted an original movie they filmed in honor of her beautiful life. It was a fabulously fun homeschool project– we wrote a script full of family jokes, assembled costumes, crafted sets & props, and Center Sister edited the entire thing–…

  • Palentine’s

    Palentine’s

    We must be surrounded by hopeless romantics because we are presently awash in Valentines. My mom and stepmom each delivered goodies, and today we’ll sport pink and red and pass out our own. For us, the day isn’t all romance and chocolate and flowers —though we do partake of all three-– it’s camaraderie, creativity, and gratitude…

  • Year of the Pig (Chinese New Year)

    Year of the Pig (Chinese New Year)

    Xin nian kuai le! For the first time in our six years of celebrating the occasion, we didn’t cook or clean for Chinese New Year. Still, we feasted… to ring in the Year of the Pig we hosted a festive family dinner at our favorite local Chinese restaurant and let the professionals do the heavy…

  • Winter Term

    Winter Term

    Puxatony Phil did indeed spy his groundhoggish shadow yesterday, so there are to be six more weeks of winter, officially. We’ve already had a full and fun winter term of homeschool… the following’s a photo compilation of recent shenanigans, for posterity’s sake. Juicing the final apple haul from much older Sister’s orchard. Visiting the resplendent and enigmatic…

  • Persons of Interest (historical biographies)

    Persons of Interest (historical biographies)

    The girls recently completed biographical essays on historical figures for their Excellence In Writing class. They each selected a notable person that piques their interest, and no one ought to be surprised by those subjects. They’ve given me permission share/save them here. Marie Antoinette – by Ar, 6th grade Marie Antoinette was the last Queen…

  • Multicultural Children’s Book Day

    Multicultural Children’s Book Day

    Guess what day is right around the corner? Multicultural Children’s Book Day! I was thrilled to be selected to participate again this year, ever eager to expand our home library and our perspective via quality, diverse reading material from all corners of the globe. This year I’m reviewing Bonnie West & Diane Carter’s new book,…

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas

    A Charlie Brown Christmas

    In early Fall, Firstborn auditioned for a role in a local production of A Charlie Brown Christmas. She was cast as Violet Brown, and a rigorous rehearsal schedule ensued. It was a big, several months commitment from the whole family (memorizing lines, learning songs & dances, driving across town several times a week) but one…

  • True Confessions from a Working Homeschool Mom

    True Confessions from a Working Homeschool Mom

    Little known fact about this frumpy homeschool mom: I have a fancy-pants professional past-life; I’ve been a Realtor for seventeen years. You’d never guess it from looking at me now, leading field trips in Birkenstocks, 19-digit library card number memorized, but I used to wear business suits every day and drive a zippy sports car. I…

  • Ocean’s Nine

    Ocean’s Nine

    A rag-tag group of nine notorious scallywags recently took over the Oregon Coast Aquarium for an impromptu field trip: My much older sister, m’self, my three, her three, and the ringleader of our syndicate, Grandma Tina. (Our zoo membership provided free admission for the entire month of November.) The weather was so lovely that we…