We’ve been doing science experiments galore here. Our mentor is a book we found that is quite cool, in case you’re in the market for good science experiment books. It’s called Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes by Steve Spangler, and it’s loaded with fun experiments and good clear descriptions of what’s happening, without using too […]
Have you noticed the “I Love Homeschooling!” button on my sidebar? Caleb says it’s a picture of me (with a haircut). I say it’s him (with a haircut). Actually, it’s neither of us. It’s a button for Home Life Academy, a private school designed for homeschoolers. After doing a bit of research, I enrolled Caleb […]
A few days ago, I took the kids to the lake. Caleb fished awhile, then we hit the beach for a couple of hours. That girl loves a good crowd. Her mamma? Not so much. But I had a ball anyway – of yarn. Although I am rarely a sunbathing beach babe, I am always a […]
Our days have been full of sun, water, squishy mud, fishing, friends, and picnic lunches. And ordering school supplies and books and building hydrogen fuel-cell cars and Cuisenaire rod towers. And reading lots of storybooks, history books, fact books, and one certain young man hogging the library’s microfilm machine for hours on end. And for […]
