Fly on the Wall
Quarto is fascinated with weather, so yesterday morning when I turned on the weather radio to listen to the forecast, it was not a surprise when Quarto appeared within seconds and became fixated on the...
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After lunch, Quarto and The Man were in the bathroom washing their hands and had the following conversation:The Man: Remember that time we weed an X?Quarto: Yeah, that was funny!The Man: Hey! Next time...
View ArticleFlexibility
This is a cross-post from my other blog 11:36. (When you have problems keeping one blog updated, it is perfectly logical to begin a second one, right?) Enjoy!My plan today was to be at the local...
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Achoo!
A few weeks ago, I decided that I needed to go out and take some pictures of our quince bush. Some people crave chocolate, I crave alone time taking photos... I haven't tried alone time + photos +...
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He Collects Sea Shells By The Seashore
This past Christmas, we went to visit Frodo's parents. They live near the beach, so of course we had to go walking and collect shells on every walk. I wish I had taken pictures of the kids' collections...
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Coming Soon: Carnival of Homeschooling
Next Tuesday, the Carnival of Homeschooling will stop here at Apollos Academy. If you would like an entry included in the carnival, follow the instructions here. Whether or not you can contribute a...
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Carnival of Homeschooling: May Flowers Edition
April showers bring May flowers.Has the weather where you are been as topsy-turvy as it has been here? If so, you probably received your May flowers in April and your April showers in May like we did....
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Primo and Secondo were playing a video game when I heard Secondo ask, "Can we please play a game I don't always win? This is getting irritating!"Oh, to have her problems. *grin*
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Quarto, commenting on the thunderstorms accompanying a cold front overnight:"Mom! I know why there wasn't any lighting in the back! Because it was a front!"
View ArticleProve It
We have homeschooled our children since birth (theirs, not ours).We would practice letters and numbers. Do arts and crafts. Learn songs. Explore our house, our yard, our neighborhood, and wherever our...
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~Carnival of Homeschooling~hosted by the Lesson Pathways BlogEnjoy!
View ArticleAlfred Yankovic, Editor
CNN posted a pretty typical article about homeschooling last week: Less Families Homeschooling Primarily for Religious ReasonsHowever, maybe CNN should make sure they edit properly, especially when...
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Silver Lining
For the last month or so, someone in our house has been sick. Why we can't just all get sick over a 3-4 day period and be done with it, I'll never know, but that's a kvetch for another time.Having...
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Carnival of Homeschooling - The Tryptophan Edition
Image SourceWe are less than a week from Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. The holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year in the States but every homeschool parent knows that, no...
View ArticleDisunion
One hundred-fifty years ago, the Civil War (War Between the States, War of Northern Aggression) began.The New York Times is running a wonderful series in honor of the anniversary entitled Disunion....
View ArticleCOH - Gingerbread Can Cure Poison Hour Edition
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View ArticleHappy 5th Anniversary COH
The Carnival of Homeschooling will be celebrating its 5th anniversary this week. If you would like to contribute to the anniversary edition of the carnival, follow the submission guidelines here. Don't...
View ArticleRosetta Stone Giveaway
Now is the perfect time to give your child the gift of possibilities for the holidays with Rosetta Stone Homeschool — and you can WIN a Level 1 Homeschool program, language of your choice (valued at...
View ArticleCOH - Week 262
Carnival of Homeschooling ~ Week 2625th Anniversary Edition featuring quotes from The Princess Bride hanging out at its homebase, Why HomeschoolEnjoy!And Happy Anniversary, COH!And as an aside: I think...
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COH - Passing on the Bad Juju
This Week's Carnival of Homeschoolinghosted by The Headmistress over at The Common RoomThe first four times I hosted the carnival, something went wrong - I got sick, the power went out, something. The...
View ArticleSome Education Links
I came across these two news stories in my weekly Google Education feed and thought I would share them.The first is about a new documentary coming out about the American public education system...
View ArticleIt's All Relative
Quarto and Terzo are compiling family history books as an exercise in learning how histories are put together. How do we know what we know from history? They have a page for each person in our...
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Excuses, Excuses
I told myself at the start of the new year (well, the start of last summer... okay, like two - ten - years ago) that I would exercise for at least 10 minutes every day. I would either take a 20 minute...
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