Although we have a small line-up of home schooling posts about recent happenings coming your way, I’ve been inspired recently to take a little trip down our home schooling memory lane, back to early 2007, when we did a study on chick embryology,  incubated eggs and hatched chicks!   At the time, the kids ages… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

{A}’s Smithsonian Crystal Growing project was very interesting to observe.

As we checked day to day, things seemed to be progressing much slower than we anticipated.

Especially the yellow, which appeared to be behind the other 2 colors right to the end.

Above are the best side view shots… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

Our three second graders, { J, O & S}, have been working pretty hard in math, lately.  They were getting stuck on a particular concept, and so taking advantage of the perks of home schooling, we didn’t move on in their workbooks until they ‘got it’.  We had some extra long math classes even, working on that concept.  So I decided we needed a little FUN with math… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments

Last March I blogged about our then 3 six year olds reading their first chapter book, Nicholas – A Massachusetts Tale. Since then, they have continued to do lots and lots of reading, in the forms of shorter books, magazines, game directions, and what books their big sister has had in her gigantic collection for their age.   Since March though, our library trips have consisted… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments

If you’ve been following along with us, you’ll know that this day is one we waited for. (And waited, and waited..).   If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can read the posts down below this one, because I’m done talking about it. lol. (No offense).

Needless to say, there was a LOT of excitement about beginning our new official school year!  Getting… (READ MORE......) | 8 Comments

See latest update at bottom of this post.

9/14:  Guess what we got today via USPS?

And EMPTY BOX!!

I am not even kidding!  A box, from the place we ordered, with NOTHING in it.

The mailman thinks the box must have opened in Springfield, MA—and they didn’t know what was in the box, and so they just sent the box so we would… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

If ANYONE can believe it, we are not officially ‘Back To School’ yet. I can’t even believe it myself! Yes, we home school. Yes, we keep our own schedules and do as we please, when we please to do it. But, it would please us ALL, to be Back To School, by now!

The… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

When I was out shopping for {A}’s birthday, and found those great cookbooks on the bargain shelves at Border’s Book Store, I also scored this HUGE wild animal book.  {O} was with me shopping that day, and she spotted it first.  She said “Mama, LOOK at this BIG giraffe book!  You love giraffes!”  I do….I really… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

(Tucker – The Turtle)

Being the last day of VBS, I left my camera home, because this is the day that I work for all week.  I take all of the photos I have compiled all week, and put together a slide show for the kids and their parents at the closing of this… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

Today’s Phrase: “God gives us life” Kids response: “Fear not!”

Today’s Bible Story: Jesus dies and rises to new life.  (Matthew 27: 11-28: 10)

Today’s Bible Verse: “Do not be afraid for He has been raised.” ‘ (Matthew 28:5-6)

Today’s VBS Buddy: Blossom – The Opossum