puzzling

i love when they help each other.  especially these two, where rivalry is an understatement.

thanksgiving projects

this is a little of what we’ve been working on for the upcoming holiday.  we took a blank calendar and i’ve been putting our things we’re thankful for in the squares.  with the goal of filling it full and thanking our Father for them.  we also have talked about the settlers and the indians and [...]

the nina

very cool.  and nana and papa met us for the adventure – which made it all the better!
i can’t believe people actually travelled on a ship like this across the ocean.  with children.  and i think i get cabin fever during the winter.  i cannot imagine. 
worth catching this if you can.  and if you have [...]

in 1492 columbus…

hey, pilgrims!  it’s field trip time!

the first historically correct replica of the nina is in pine bluff through the weekend.  holla at me if’n you want to join us on our exploration.  and if you can’t pay the fee to get on it, i heard you can at least drive up and look upon it.  [...]

and if that last post was too heavy…

hey, look over here!!  there’s distraction to be had!
i’m still posting the healing of one of God’s creations and the rotting of another. 
you know you want to check it out!

SystematicChaos

yes, i did.
i went and created a new blog.
this one has a purpose, though, i promise.
it’s our homeschooling science blog.  the boys have been asking if they can have a blog.  and i told them that yes, they could, but they have to be able to read and write really well first.  and then i [...]

science, anyone?

hey, i wanna know your science curriculum you use.  and at what age you started it.  i had plans of winging it, but in this five minutes i’m not so sure.  thinking about curriculum.  i’d like to hear what you use.
and if you’ve used the mystery of history at what age did you start? 
what all [...]

linky love

have i mentioned that i love pbs?
well, i do. 
they just rolled out their new programming and these two things are on it.
WordWorld – geared at 3-5 year old pre-readers.  yeah, my 4 year old was all about it.  so cute.  score!
Super Why! – geared at 3-6 year olds learning to read.  and once again, my [...]

teaching art

i’ve always said art is not about how your hand draws, but how your eyes see.  (then i always crack up over the fact that the impressionism movement must have started with a severely nearsighted artist) 
yesterday we learned about the element of line in art.  that sounds all fancy but it’s really not.  i laid blue painter’s tape down on [...]

learning to subtract

i wish this was my idea.  it actually came out of my singapore math workbook for my oldest.  i drew the rabbit on an envelope the boys colored the rabbit.  then i drew the carrots on my oldest’s card and he numbered them.  on my 4 year old’s i wrote the numbers and drew the [...]