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Category Archives: Louise
Caught Reading (Double Decker Edition)
Lulu’s reading a pictorial abridgement of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates–just her favorite part, she told me later. (I guess laboring through the unabridged tale was worth it, after all. ) Louise is reading singing (both, really) Sandra … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggy Randomness, Books, Caught Reading, Kid-Speak, Louise, Lulu, The DLM
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Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman (again)
I don’t think I’ve ever done this before (well, except for the times I’ve gone on and on and on about how much my girls love all things Laura Ingalls Wilder), but I’m highlighting a book today that I’ve reviewed … Continue reading
Hawk spotting
Do you see him? My children and I were returning home from a morning out just after noon today, and I spotted this fellow perched on a powerline outside the chemical plant where my brother-in-law works. I was thrilled because … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Education, Kid-Speak, Louise, Nature, Nature Study
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I pray you all have a blessed Thanksgiving day! I’ll see you next week!
Posted in Arts and crafts, Bloggy Randomness, Education, Holiday, Kid-Speak, Louise
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Weekly Wrap-Up::November 7-11, 2011
Isn’t this tree gorgeous? In an already busy household and week, when you add in a birthday celebration, a late-running meeting for Steady Eddie (on a night when he usually takes the girls to dance class, giving me the night … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Field Trips, Kid-Speak, Louise, Nature, Weekly Wrap-Up
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Another reader at our house!
I snapped this picture on Saturday, but I’m sharing it today in honor of someone’s sixth birthday. Just when I think it’s never going to happen, something clicks with my little reader-in-training and she just takes off. I think it … Continue reading
Weekly Wrap-Up::October 31-November 4, 2011
This has been a good week in our homeschool, even if we did only have three days in the “classroom.”. We took an unprecedented two day-long field trips this week! Here’s a run-down of our book learnin’ this week: Circle … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kid-Speak, Louise, Weekly Wrap-Up
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School Day Snapshot–August 22, 2011
I documented our day today in order to participate in this year’s {Not} Back-to-School Blog Hop over at Heart of the Matter Online. It’s day-in-the-life week, which is probably my favorite week of the entire thing. It’s fun and instructive to … Continue reading
School Room Redux
I took these pictures on Sunday night when the room was somewhat clean. I had hoped to get it really, really clean, but you know what? That’s just not happening these days around the House of Hope. So, overlook the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Louise, Organization and Scheduling, Our School Room
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Year Three Day One: Making Something Sweet
Today was the first day of our third official year of homeschooling. When I planned for today, I decided to do something rather uncharacteristic of me: I planned to make today “fluffy”–somewhat unstructured and, dare I say it?–fun. Part of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kid-Speak, Louise, Philosophy and Methods
Tagged 2nd grade, Kindergarten
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