We finished reading a chapter in our history book about Ancient Africa last week. Because Ancient Africans left few writings and artifacts, what we know of the time period is based mostly on oral history passed down. A favorite character in many stories is Anansi the Spider. We read a couple of stories, but the [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by trish
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We were able to continue the tradition of giving out valentines when we were invited to a homeschooling Valentine’s Day party. (Aside: We were able to call it a Valentine’s Day party without fear of hysterics from the atheist/non-denomination parents since all in attendance would be LDS. Another perk from homeschooling is we don’t have [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by trish
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Wow, it’s really dusty here. Glad I just picked up some Pledge to take care of the mess that has accumulated in my absence. (No really, this stuff works great and smells really good, too.) I just took care of 71 spam comments. People find me whenever I post something to Friendfeed or Facebook and [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by trish
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We took a field trip to the Children’s Museum of Houston. We used to have season passes when we first moved here and it was one of our favorite places to go. We haven’t been there in a while and I thought that it would be more of the same stuff, but I was pleasantly [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by trish
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Our first time visiting the Downtown Aquarium Houston was pretty fun. There is a lot to be said for going during the off season. We went through the inside exhibits almost completely on our own. There was an Asian guy there by himself and my mom kept having to take pictures of him with stuff, [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2009 by trish
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Teaching my children at home has so many advantages that I sometimes feel guilty that life is so good. And fun! The kids have naturally begun to do work on their own (like Math, Writing, Grammar and Reading). There are a few subjects that they can do without me and it leaves me free to [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2009 by trish
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I’ve been meaning to give another update on homeschooling, now that we have gone for a whole month. But first, here is a fun photo game for you.
What is this?
What do you think this is?
Here’s another view.
C’mon, you got to know it by now. Here’s more of a clue.
Yep. Now you’re getting it. That’s the [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2009 by trish
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September 16, 2009 (Had this in my drafts… forgot to post.)
The biggest highlight of our second week of homeschooling was the integration of a working Macintosh G4 computer. It was given to us by Jason Huebel of FriendFeed out of the kindness of his heart. He is also a fellow Texan and homeschooling parent. [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2009 by trish
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I started a blog post on September 1, our first day of homeschooling, but never finished it. Only now have I had the chance to come back for an update. Instead of changing tenses, I’m starting all over again. It feels a bit like writing an essay because I intend to give links as a [...]
Posted on September 6th, 2009 by trish
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When you’re clueless about homeschooling, this is the book to buy. It will help you solidify your decision to homeschool, decide what kind of learners you have, what kind of teacher you are, what kind of approach to take, and which curriculum will best suit your needs. It does exactly what it advertises–narrows the search [...]
Posted on September 6th, 2009 by trish
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