Archive for September, 2009

Hmmm…

When Bar­bara announced that there would be a new autumn series, I got so excited.  I waited… and waited… and finally, it was announced. Cat­tails!  Cat­tails? Um, what in the world are cat­tails? Surely, this is some­thing famil­iar only those on the east or west coast, or any­where other than Bayou Coun­try. I sighed quietly […]

This week, so far…

This week was a 1/2 day school week.  We have a two-day assem­bly this week­end, and I always like to sew new things for the girls and I to wear.  I made myself a skirt and shirt (that’s a first for me!) and I made a skirt and dress for Face.  Flower Picker was in […]

Another Week bites the dust!

Hey — get your hands in the air — Queen is rockin’! Tee hee, ok, so it was totally pun-y, but I think I got the mes­sage across!  Week 5 is now over.  We had an inter­est­ing week, to say the least. Our week started with our Theo­cratic Study. We read about some of our fellow […]

Week 4 put to bed!

Oh, this week was excit­ing! We started learn­ing about Pyotr Tchaikovsky. He had an inter­est­ing life.  His music is sim­ply beau­ti­ful. I’m a fan of the Romeo & Juliet Fan­tasy Over­ture. Our Art study was on Ambro­sius Boss­chaert. I don’t think the kids enjoyed his art as much as they did the pre­vi­ous artists, though. […]

We’re Buggin’

I read ahead to the next chal­lenge on the Hand­book of Nature Study blog, and it said to choose a topic that we could stick with for 6–8 weeks. I think, given our fas­ci­na­tion with the T-shirt bug, that we’d devote our 6–8 weeks to bugs! I had made men­tion of our mys­tery guest last night […]

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  • Heb. 4:12

    Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice, that I may make a reply to him that is taunting me.
    - Proverbs 27:11
  • Subjects

  • Current Reads


    Par­adise Lost/Paradise RegainedJohn Mil­ton

    The Adven­tures of Huck­le­berry FinnMark Twain



    The Bobb­sey Twins The Miss­ing Pony Mys­teryLaura Lee Hope


    The Bobb­sey Twins of Lake­portLaura Lee Hope




    Bobb­sey Twins Adven­tures with Baby MayLaura Lee Hope


    The Bobb­sey Twins in Vol­cano LandLaura Lee Hope


    ~READ ALOUD~
    The Teacher
    Beau­ti­ful Sto­ries from Shake­speare for Chil­drenEdith Nes­bit
  • Fine Arts Study

    COMPOSER
    Anto­nio Vivaldi
    Baroque Clas­si­cal

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    ARTIST
    Vin­cent van Gogh
    Winslow Homer

    Impres­sion­ists
  • Past Reads

    #1 Son
    East of Eden
    Around the World in 80 Days
    Jour­ney to the Bot­tom­less Pit
    By The Great Horn Spoon
    The Nar­ra­tive of the Life of Fred­er­ick Dou­glass
    13 at Din­ner
    Up From Slav­ery
    To Kill A Mock­ing­bird
    Croc­o­dile Tears
    Water­ship Down


    Flower Picker
    Frog and Toad are Friends
    Stu­art Lit­tle
    Tom Sawyer (G.I.C.)
    Huck­le­berry Finn (G.I.C)
    Charlotte’s Web


    Face
    Won­ders of the Pond
    Tom Sawyer — (G.I.C.)
    My Book of Bible Sto­ries
    Stu­art Lit­tle
    Huck­le­berry Finn (G.I.C.)
    Charlotte’s Web


    The Mom
    Sarah, Plain and Tall
    The Adven­tures of Grand­fa­ther Frog
    The Bird-woman of The Lewis & Clark Expedition