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Category Archives: The DLM
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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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
Homeschooling Challenges
The bulk of our history books were delivered yesterday by the big brown truck. Also in the boxes were some of our art supplies. The possibilities contained in these cardboard boxes are exhilirating: how many good stories will we enjoy … Continue reading
Weekly Wrap-Up::July 25-29, 2011
This has been a week of no (official) schooling here at the House of Hope, but I’m writing up a post anyway because I want to think about how much covert learning took place, despite my lack of micromanaging every … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Field Trips, Kid-Speak, Louise, Lulu, Philosophy and Methods, The DLM, Weekly Wrap-Up
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Sunday Afternoon Rambles
Steady Eddie and the girls are gone this afternoon to set up for a training for his job, the DLM is asleep, and I have spent some quality time already in reading, journaling, praying, and napping, and now I’m ready to work on the … Continue reading
Caught Reading
It’s one of my favorites, and now one of his: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. Which books remind you of your own sweet time with your babies?
Posted in Bloggy Randomness, Books, Caught Reading, Kid-Speak, The DLM
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Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
In honor of the DLM’s first birthday yesterday, I wanted to share this sweet, sweet board book, a gift to him from us and the girls. The girls went to work with Steady Eddie for a few hours yesterday afternoon, so … Continue reading
Posted in Best Books, Books, Juvenile Fiction, Kid-Speak, Picture Books, The DLM
Tagged board books, Poetry, Poetry Friday
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Buttercup
Our buttercups have bloomed, faded, and fallen off the stem since this picture was taken, but I wanted to document this little exchange, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to include the appropriately illustrative photograph. Back at the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Kid-Speak, Louise, The DLM
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Weekly Wrap-Up::September 6-10, 2010
This sixth week of schooling was one in which we threw our schedule out the window. Steady Eddie was off work for Labor Day and he took a vacation day on Tuesday, so we headed to Memphis, Tennessee, to visit … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobooks, Education, Field Trips, First Grade, Holiday, Kid-Speak, Lulu, Picture Books, Preschool, Reading/Phonics, Science, The DLM, Weekly Wrap-Up
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Weekly Wrap-Up::August 30-September 3, 2010
This week at the House of Hope might aptly be called “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” or perhaps “The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat.” This was our fifth week of schooling, so I suppose it … Continue reading
