Faith, Home, & Family
Nothing very exciting going on here this week. I picked our first zucchini. I guess that is exciting. I've either been sick or too busy to take pictures. So for now, the zucchini will have to do. I'm planning on getting quite a few things planted this week in the garden. Lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, onions, turnips, peas … [Continue]
We worked on our Olympic Lapbooks again this week. Unfortunately, we haven't finished them yet. We will continue next week with them and with our England Unit Study. Life kept getting in the way of finishing. Life such as taking a child to the doctor for a tick bite, then getting stung in the parking lot (me!!), then having to take lots of … [Continue]
Our garden isn't ready yet, but our neighbors have been blessing us with some of theirs. So we're eating lots of great home grown veggies this week (and last week, too!) As part of our Olympics study, we're eating a couple of traditional English meals this week. Fish and chips (fries), as well as bangers and mash. Bangers and Mash is … [Continue]
As part of The Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received King Alfred's English by Laurie J. White to review. Do you remember the first time you looked under the hood of a car or popped off the back of an electric toy to see the inner workings? Well, most of us go through our entire life speaking a highly complex and organized set of … [Continue]
As part of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, I was sent Create Better Writers to review. Create Better Writers offers materials for kindergarten through 12th grade that show you how to teach writing and grammar. I received 3 eBooks to review: How to Write a Paragraph, How to Teach the 5 Paragraph Essay and the Homeschool Writing Action … [Continue]
I'm back again to share my garden tour. I'm starting with a favorite of mine. The Mimosa blossom. So pretty and delicate, and fragrant. We can walk outside the door and smell them. The hummingbirds love them, also. Here's the Mimosa tree view from the back yard. See all the blossoms? It's a gorgeous tree. We lost a large branch off it during … [Continue]
This week has been all about the Olympics. We've been watching as much as possible live, and then watching what we missed. We've had lots of great discussions about time differences, the metric system, and sports rules. We've been working on our lapbooks, also. We haven't had any of our English Olympic food yet, but tomorrow we're having fish … [Continue]
