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Always Ice Cream?
My fabulous HS friend Claire passed on a link to Always Ice Cream, a paid web site for girls that’s supposed to be safe and educational. Has anybody else tried it out there? What do you think? And...
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Nifties
Here’s a few nifties I’ve been meaning to share…. Right now you can download Dan’s Doodles for free from CurrClick. They look like some really neat designs for coloring with the kiddos! Freely Educate...
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Play Games, Help Cure Cancer?
Have you heard of Foldit? How does my game playing contribute to curing diseases? With all the things proteins do to keep our bodies functioning and healthy, they can be involved in disease in many...
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Genetic Mutations (and Pilgrims)
We bought the board game Cranium at Good Will last week (for $1.50 and it was like new!) and played it last night. You need four players, which can be tricky with Anna away. Jack (7) is technically...
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7 Weird Things We’ve Learned Lately
Sometimes things just seem a little stranger than usual, which always tickles me. Here’s 7 strange things that have come up in our homeschool lately! Victoria researched how to build catacombs under...
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On the Agenda: Plan, Party, Fight, Play, Plant, ID, Clean
On my agenda for the next week: Plan Jack, Alex and Victoria’s birthdays (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday), throw one party, host one soiree, make three cakes, buy presents, survive. Take the kids to see the...
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10 Fun Ways We’ve Learned and Played Lately
Oh what a busy week! Jack is now 8, Victoria is now 13, Alex is now 4 and I am now really tired! Here’s a few ways we’ve been learning and playing lately… 1. We had a joint birthday party for the...
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Five Fun Ways to Homeschool This Week
It’s been forever since I’ve done one of these posts so I thought I’d throw out some fun alternative HS ideas for the week… Play a homeschool version of Balderdash. Write up a list of vocabulary words...
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August Homeschool Fun
Happy August! Here’s a round-up of ideas I’ve written for ways to work some hands-on, educational fun (and just plain old fun!) into homeschooling this time of year… Living math ideas for August Water...
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A Quick Little Learning-to-Read Game
Here’s an example of how we play with words to help our kids learn to read. This is a game Alex and I played yesterday. I’ve done something similar with all of the kids and it always works well and...
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