The Story of the World

As far as homeschooling goes, our "curriculum" is all over the place really. I use a little of this, a tad of that, a mashup of here and there, unschooling and sit down and get to work, work.

One curriculum, however that we have come across that I really enjoy is "The Story of the World" by Susan Bauer. The text is very readable and the activity book is so much fun. I'm not sure which of us loves it more. I always found history simply boring, and am for the first time seeing it in a new light.

The first handful of chapters focuses on ancient Egpyt, simply enrapturing for all of us.
Today we learned about Pharaohs, and when Upper Egypt finally concurred Lower Egpyt (which happens to be north of Upper Egypt). King Narmer combined the white crown of the Upper with the red crown of the Lower to make the first Pharaoh's crown.

As I was typing up this very blog, I was led away to the kid's room where I found my very own King Tut lying still for, possibly, the first time ever.

The Story of the World

As far as homeschooling goes, our "curriculum" is all over the place really. I use a little of this, a tad of that, a mashup of here and there, unschooling and sit down and get to work, work.

One curriculum, however that we have come across that I really enjoy is "The Story of the World" by Susan Bauer. The text is very readable and the activity book is so much fun. I'm not sure which of us loves it more. I always found history simply boring, and am for the first time seeing it in a new light.

The first handful of chapters focuses on ancient Egpyt, simply enrapturing for all of us.
Today we learned about Pharaohs, and when Upper Egypt finally concurred Lower Egpyt (which happens to be north of Upper Egypt). King Narmer combined the white crown of the Upper with the red crown of the Lower to make the first Pharaoh's crown.

As I was typing up this very blog, I was led away to the kid's room where I found my very own King Tut lying still for, possibly, the first time ever.

Spring is in the Air

Today, Father Winter reminds us that he is still lingering, but yesterday, AH YESTERDAY. Yesterday the glimpse, the promise of spring tickled our senses and we enjoyed Audubon trails on a homeschool hike with some new friends.

A walking stick with training wheels..

The view from the back

"I wish we could take this home and use it as a rug..."

A Maple print in the ice.

Mama needs a new pair of shoes... (but oh how I love these!)

Ferns, really? In a New England February?

Someone's lunch?

And then my wonderful Mother-in-law watched not one, not two, but ALL THREE kids while I was able to take a magnificent walk through the park with my two ladies.

Oh, I love them!

Queens.

Valentine's Day Love

Spread your Love today and everyday.
Love and Blessings to all.

Snow Day!

Dad took an early day yesterday for the storm and we braved the roads and headed to the park for some boarding. Always a skier, never a snowboarder, Mama even strapped in for her first time! Can't wait to actually try it out on some bunny slopes!

Bringing Love and Warmth in the home.

We've been busy adding some color to the house. We needed a little flair after the Christmas Crafts were taken down.

We started with a Heart garland, which I found here

First we cut out 20 - 2 1/2 " or so hearts..


Using my favorite new toy, I sewed across the top of the hearts, attaching it to newspaper, leaving 2" or so in between hearts, creating the garland.


Some little hands, gently tore the newspaper off the garland..


and Viola!

Next we created a Hanging Paper Globe, which I found here


And my favorite, "Stained glass" Crayon Hearts found here. I happened to have made these with a very dear friend, which makes them all the more special.

Homeschooling Pride

Em says today "Remember when 'M' said that you don't learn MUCH in homeschool? Well she's WRONG. You learn ANYTHING (stressing anything and imagine the hand signal drawing out the word anything) in homeschool."
Beautiful.