Category: Homeschool
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What to Read Wednesday: Zoo Edition (& Dr. Seuss Day)
This week’s What to Read Wednesday theme seems providentially inspired and aligned as my selection of zoo-themed lit is “If I Ran the Zoo”, by the incomparable Dr. Seuss. We must have fifty Dr. Seuss books in our home library, but tragically not this classic– never fear, the public library’s here! This tale’s chock-full of Seuss’ signature whimsical other-worldly…
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Phat Tuesday (the simplest of Mardi Gras)
G is for (Mardi) Gras! Gras is French for “fat” & Mardi =”Tuesday” Growing up in Oregon, I never heard much about Mardi Gras apart from the notorious debauchery associated with the MTV (per)version. I’ve never even been to Louisiana! But with Center Sister still keen on all things French, and sufficient time in our schedule, we decided to read up on the roots of…
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What To Read Wednesday: F is for FOREST
I’m super stoked to be joining four lovely like-minded ladies in hosting a weekly book-wormy blog party: What To Read Wednesday. Homeschooling mamas aiming to encourage young readers while simultaneously expanding our libraries one book recommendation at a time– like a modern Reading Rainbow! take a look, it’s in a book… This week, my first with the gals, we’re…
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No Place Like Home
In recent weeks, the bulk of our spare time and energy has been squarely focused on the girls’ participation in a local musical production of The Wizard of Oz. Performances now behind us, I’m left reveling at the hard work and tremendous courage that singing solos and memorizing page upon page of lines required of each of them. (Check out the video montage…
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Be Mine
We had a wonderfully simple and homespun Saint Valentine’s Day celebration this year. The kiddos sent out fun, right-brained Valentines to a few of their pen-pals, and received some back in return. My mom (in town to see the girls’ production of the Wizard of Oz) charged the kiddos with preparing & serving a romantic, pink fancy dinner and treats on our…
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D is for Dress-up
This week I’m jumping aboard A Net in Time & Hopkins Homeschool’s fun blog party. These teacher/mamas are blogging through the alphabet, and when the letter D rolled around I knew it was time to chime in… In our homeschool the letter ‘D’ definitely, decidedly, unDeniably stands for DRESS-UP! (duh.) Tropical Island Night at Awana tonight… or as I like to call it, here…
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Homeschool Manifesto
In this house we… make believe, dress up, seek adventure, make music, shake our groove thangs, read aloud, love Jesus by loving others, mark the days, celebrate & savor, tinker & create, build forts, stop to smell the roses, dig in the dirt, explore nature, climb trees, play games, and keep it simple. Still, the following is also often true of our household:…
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Saint Helen’s Valentines
Everyone agrees, Great Grandma Schafer was a saint. Patient and gentle, loving and kind, she was a joyful delight and a pillar of peace… I might be biased, but she really ought to be canonized alongside our favorites: Patrick, Nicholas, Lucia, & Valentine. Evidently, she also loved Valentine’s Day. Her stash of hand-crafted valentines from primary-school days in the 1920’s…
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Over the Rainbow
Big news in our house: Firstborn was cast as the lead in a local musical production… any guesses as to the role? Perhaps these bedazzled Steve Maddens might tip you off. Ruby Slippers can only mean one thing– she’ll be Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz! Center Sister also got a part as the fortune…
