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We went exploring by boat this time. We took the boat up the pine river behind our house. We found several Mallard ducks, Canadian Geese, A pair of Swans, seagulls, a Muskrat, painter turtles, snapping turtles, squirrel nests, muskrat lodges. It was 77 degrees and beautiful weather to go exploring by boat! Who would think we would be boating inste...
While we are travelling in Scotland I beganreading to my older boys a book I picked up here- I Rode with the Covenanters , by Kathleen Fidler. We have readseveral books about the Covenanters along the way (not least Douglas Bondâs wonderful Crown& Covenant trilogy ), but it seemed good to read another as we wereseeing so many things related t...
Found a House Centipede on the ceiling tonight. The last three years I have seen more bugs than I ever thought existed. And I collected bugs as a child in Florida! This thing was huge by centipede standards in Michigan. We looked it up and released it outside where it belongs. This thing looked like a shrimp.
The boys are using their magnetic boards to learn to write numbers and letters. Tippy-toe is using it to count as well. They love the boards and no more stacks of papers with scribbles that have to be saved. "Write" on the boards and then swipe with the magnet and erase. No mess and they are proud of their work just as if it was on paper. Call it ...
The Story of Ferdinand is a favorite of mine. We are rowing this story this week. I love the reference to this book in the movie where Sandra Bullock fosters a boy who becomes a professional football player and they are reading this book to teach him to read. My oldest daughter went to Spain so we have gotten out her pictures to study Spain. I lov...
I bought a wire christmas tree for our Joshua Tree. It's perfect and I can't wait to pick it up. I got it from a garage sale site on facebook for $5.00. On the same garage sale site I bought an American Girl Doll-Josephina. I have the books already so I plan on turning the doll and books into a study for Pitty-pat. The doll and accessories was onl...
We got a pack of Wildlife Fact File cards in the mail. Pitty-pat has been fascinated all day. So I went down into my homeschool storage and dug out the 3 ring binder of the same set of cards that L.H. my coworker gave me a few months back. Her boys had out grown them years ago so she was kind enough to give them to us. Pitty-pat has sat on t...
Aaron took the bigger kids bowling tonight. Littleman turned to me when they left "Mamma what happened" He is not used to having the kids and Aaron leave us at home. It was so funny. While they were gone we read books and played with blocks. time well spent one on one.
At Home With Montessori has a wonderful â5 thingsâ series which describes 5 things you can do, create or provide for your babyâs first year of life. Whether you have babies, hope to have babies or have already watched your babies growâ¦soak it up, book mark it or joyfully reflect on this time you had with your little Angels. Her...
Pickled Beets Recipe for Aaron (this years garden project) original copied from allrecipes.com saved here for future use Recipe Yield 10 (1 pint) jars Ingredients 10 pounds fresh small beets, stems removed 2 cups white sugar 1 tablespoon pickling salt 1 quart white vinegar 1/4 cup whole cloves Directions Place beets in a large...
I attended a Spiritual Care Seminar at work for health care professionals. I immediately found that mindfulness was the name for what I was trying to do all on my own for Tippy-toe and his anger issues. I am going to develop my own "therapy-play" with a mindfulness emphasis. Since there isn't a therapist nearby that specializes in RAD and taking t...
I set little man up with a couple preschool apps on my phone and was astonished to see how well he did with the touch screen. I will be searching and listing a few in a post soon. All the other kids enjoyed a gift of colored construction paper from a coworker. Christina,Cam,and the littles made welcome home posters and pictures for Trent who comes...
I bought a box of books from ebay. All of them are FIAR books. In no order they are Roxaboxen, Another Celebrated Dancing Bear, Three Names, The Bee Tree, Climbing Kansas Mountains, Grandfather's Joourney, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Day, and Follow the drinking gourd. I am so excited to get the first manual which I also ordered this ...
