Some quotes I like

The other day, I posted some quotes I like. Here’s a few more. “College isn’t the place to go for ideas.” ~ Helen Keller “Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” ~ Oscar Wilde “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ~ Mark Twain “I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays, and have things arranged for them, that they seem so forlornly unable to...

Day Ninety Seven

Wow, I’m almost up to 100 days. Here’s an update on what’s been going on in our corner of the universe. Jacqueline went camping with her Brownie troop as an end-of-year celebration. She had a great time! They do all sorts of activites, they swim, BBQ, go hiking, etc. I also signed her up for a one week Girl Scout day camp in June. This was her third year in GS and she wants to go back in August when they...

Day Ninety Six

Now that we have a gigantic world map on the wall in our family room, the kids are very interested in where the people that visit here are from. Here’s the latest stats: United States Canada France United Kingdom Australia Germany Philippines Malaysia Mexico Japan Singapore Norway Barbados Bahamas Netherlands Luxembourg New...

Day Ninety

The homeschooling carnival is ready for viewing at Principled Discovery You’ll find my post on what unschooling is and isn’t. (A carnival is a collection of blog posts on a related topic) Share

Soda geyser

I told Billy about the soda/mentos geyser video I saw on the Adventures in Living blog. He, of course, thought it was very cool and came home with some cheap diet soda and mentos. I went to Steven Spangler’s site for the details. He has a fantastic site, full of science experiments. Experiment: This activity is probably best done outside in the middle of an abandoned field, or better yet, on a huge lawn. Carefully open...

Homeschooling the older, adopted child

I have an article on A To Z Home’s Cool about homeschooling a child that was adopted at an older age. I am grateful to Ann Zeise (the web owner) for giving me the space to share something I feel strongly about. Check out her site while you’re there. There is literally TONS of information on homeschooling at her site. Share

Links we like

Just some links to sites & pages we throught were interesting: Falling Sand Game Science Experiments Music related games and activites Panda cam Paper Toys One red paperclip Share ...

Bird restaurant

We have our own bird restaurant. This past Christmas, we decided we need a bigger tree for next year. When we dismantled our tree (6′ artifical), instead of throwing it out, Billy dug a hole and put it in the dirt in our back yard. The kids strung popcorn, using a needle and thread, and we placed it all around the tree. Then, my husband screwed hooks in some very large pine cones and we tied ribbons to them. Then we...

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Shawna (10 years old) & I had an interesting conversation a couple of weeks ago. It started with Billy & I talking with her about how she tries to manipulate & control people. We were basically talking with her about how people want to be treated and that manipulating & controlling people, and situations is not a way to gain trust. So we asked her why she thinks she does it. She thought for a moment and said...

make it, don’t waste it

As a family, we do what we can to make our money go further.At times, we try to make things ourselves, instead of buying it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Other times, we look for ways to use something before we get rid of it. It’s kind of fun to try and with the kids being homeschooled, it gives them a chance to see that being creative and using what you have is an alternative to buying. Not to...