My DS was Ps'ed for Junior, Senior Kindergarten and part of grade one. That's since he turned four. I should have kept him home because he wasn't emotionally ready to handle the separation. Even though he is extremely social, his social skills are geared to adults. He LOVES being homeschooled. It allows him to be himself and not have to conform to fit in. He isn't into sports like most boys or other rough play. He likes building and using his imagination. He is my deep thinker who loves an in depth conversation on anything. It really was hard once grade one hit in PS to sit in a desk, not eat...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Apples and Squirrels, Oh My!
The fruit vendor is up from the Georgian Bay. So excited to be buying bushels of apples for eating and pies. I love them crisp and sweet and ready to eat!Next week we are going to tackle a lapbook in school that I had to make up all myself! I feel so nervous and excited all at once to tackle such a venture with the two eager kids I have. Little sponges, I call them, sucking up all the knowledge of the world they are given. My kids love learning new facts. We watched a grey 'black' squirrel bound happily along one of it's litter mates this past week in the backyard. And it got us to thinking,...
School Week Two.
Well still I am hobbling through lesson making on my old computer. So any images of the classroom or kids work will have to be posted later.That being said. I almost felt like we got into a fantastic routine this past week. There were of course a couple of shaky moments but on the whole it went well. My grade two did a lot of math review and language also. My SK(Senior Kindergarten) was elevated to grade one work. And although she protested over some of it she can complete it with my help to read things for her. It can be so frustrating as a teacher knowing they can do the work and to have them...
Bush Plane Museum.
Monday this past week we finally got our field trip in to the bush plane museum. It was so much fun for the kids to use the interactive flight center. All of the experiments we had done were reinforced with what they got to look at there. We then toured through all the planes and watched a short film on forest firefighters and water bombers. I encourage anyone with an interest in flying to go to their website and check it o...
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Week One Aerodynamics Down..well almost ;P
For our fist official back to school week we looked at aerodynamics in regard to flight. We talked about the four forces required for flight; weight, lift, pressure and drag. We looked at some of the historical figures associated with flight, the Montgolfier's and their hot air balloon, Leonardo Da Vinci and his Ornithopter. We talked about the Swiss scientist Bernoulli and discussed his principal. We then recreated Bernoulli's ball with a hairdryer and a ping pong ball. The kids thought that was great fun. DH made them each a whirly bird toy out of white cedar and they got to paint them. We...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Strange Language?
There once was a song written that illustrated the difference of pronunciation in speech. It was called 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.' By Louis Armstrong. It clearly demonstrated that pronunciation makes little difference in meaning. However spelling makes a huge difference. Spelling has been on my mind since I found out that the way I was taught in PS to write the word dilemna is wrong???? According to all dictionaries out there the spelling is dilemma. Dilemma looks wrong after so many years of writing the word the other way. I am shocked! And a little perplexed. How did my grade...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
RETHINK ALBERTA
At the risk of angering fellow Canadians I post this. I know our country is vast. I know it's resources are too. But I want a pristine home for my children and their children. I want to know that our great country will remain great. And since we are striving for a better future for all mankind and for our nation this needs to end! RETHINK ALBE...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Year of the Dollhouse!
Browsing with my spare time I came across this idea. I think it's admirable I am not sure how feasible it would be to do for a whole year. But I love the idea and wanted to share in case someone else was interest...
Welcome.
If you are new to my page and just passing through via the blog hop I encourage you to look through our homeschool links. They are a wealth of helpful sites and it's all free. If you so choose to read my blog I apologize for my rant earlier today. It's long winded and not in the spirit of love thy fellow man. I shall try to refrain from future rants and stick to the more uplifting moments in my life.For example the house right now is quieter then it has ever been. My kids went out with DH to make plans for my birthday which incedentally is tomorrow. I will be 35. Hard to believe so many years...
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Okay the Bandwagon Here I Come.
Socialization by definition is the ability to function in society. No where does it state that you must learn from your peers how to behave like a functioning member of society. That said the term is often alluded to in the course of conversation with non-homeschoolers as a much neglected area in a child's development when homeschooling. It is a silly question really as one knows you learn social ability from the world you interact with not from kids your own age. If in fact the person asking means will they have friends. Then they should be posing their question as such. Will my kids have...
Flats Away!
So I mentioned earlier the great forum Homeschooling Spot.com One of the great woman on there has organized a flat exchange. We are sending out two flats for the kids this week coming. I do think it is a great way to learn social studies and geography. I am looking forward to starting treasure boxes with the kids for each of the countries that they travel to. Last year we had been making a scrapbook. But that seems a bit more pricey for scrapbooking pages for the albums with all of the informative brochures you usually have returned to you. So rather then just toss them I read another homeschooler...
Friday, August 6, 2010
Summer Roadblocks.
I love this homeschooling life we have embarked on. However I am discovering how truly difficult it can be to schedule anything in the summer. I have been working on trying to fit in the dinosaur/paleontology unit and it has been a bit slow going. Seems the neighborhood PSer's are out in abundance. It just seems each time we start school the doorbell rings with kids wanting to play. I know school for them will start soon and so the doorbell will ring less. So I let them run but it can be somewhat frustrating to develop a routine or schedule of any kind during the summer. I shall have to see...
Monday, August 2, 2010
You May Have Noticed.
If you have been using the links and are confused now. I assure you they are all still there. I have just changed the theme for the page as I found the other a little graphically dull. I may do this on occasion as no one likes seeing the same thing forever. I hope you will continue to frequent our page and see what we are up to. This week we are studying Dinosaurs and Paleontology. I am using an older computer at the moment as the good on is sick with something. So I can't post pics but will when I can. Let's spread the ideas around as much as possible. If you see something we have done please...
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Whoa there!
Talk about your days whizzing past before you know it. Mine started at four am as my DH had to get up for work and I never can really go back to sleep. Before I knew the kids were up the usual routine of breakfast, dishes, laundry, and then the power went out. So we went out. We have been slowly picking away at finishing their homemade custom playhouse. DH just put the PVC screen door on yesterday. I was so glad to finally see it being used as we had bought it five or more years ago at a local hardware stores garage sale. It was a beautiful door which unfortunately did not fit our home. So there...
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