“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my last dogma defiantly) it is not native to man to be so.” – G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy A while ago I was sitting with Bridget in the doctor’s office, and because… Read More »
As a new school year begins, some thoughts.
It was back to school here too, as much as I try to be in denial about it. How in denial am I about back to school? This is the only picture I took: In fairness, my battery died after this. I was going to muse on the fun of packing up camping gear as… Read More »
Old-fashioned homeschool planning in a binder.
Today we’ll talk about my old-fashioned homeschool planning, for which I used a binder. This system really helped me get a handle on my curriculum, which I was always putting together myself (as opposed to the obvious sanity-saving measure of just buying a pre-packaged one, no thank you, not for me, I am not attached… Read More »
Nursery Rhymes in the Library Project
Title: Original Mother Goose, The Real Mother Goose (two versions of the same basic book) Author: Mother Goose, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright File Under: Nursery Rhymes, Read-Aloud, Education, Collective Memory Age Group: Tiny tots — even babes in arms — on up. Dear Kristen, loyal reader, reminded me to bring the Library Project back around to books… Read More »
History in the *very* young child’s curriculum.
Sometimes I do go on (remember this five-or-so-homeschooling-posts-within-a-post?). Today I will give you one little thing to ponder when it comes to teaching history. [I’ve had to go through and add edits, because apparently writing a quick post is not going to fly with you, my dear readers!! Whom I love!] Disclaimer: I learned this… Read More »