When we lived in The Netherlands, my three little ones and I would often head to Amsterdam. Since our railway pass gave us free admission to museums, we liked to visit a museum in the morning and then, of course, the zoo in the afternoon. We did not go to the Rijksmuseum frequently, but often […]
Homeschool Highlights
Homeschool Gardening
We are a family of gardeners, and occasionally gardening trumps book learning. Like this morning. Accompanied by our friendly hens, the girls and I planted the early crops: onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce, beets, chard, New Zealand spinach, rutabaga, and chard. First, of course, we cleared away any left-overs from last year and all the weeds […]
St. Matthew Passion by Bach, Free Online
Easter is approaching, and it is good to focus on our Lord’s death and resurrection. When we lived in the Netherlands, one Easter tradition some of our friends had was attending the St. Matthew Passion. Others sang in it. Now people all around the world can watch it online. Centuries ago, J. S. Bach wrote […]
Our Annual Reading Week
“Mama! We have more than a hundred books waiting for us at the library,” announced Miss 10 early this morning. Mr. 17 looked up from the news on his cell phone, shocked. It is, objectively-speaking, a large number of library books, but this is, after all, our annual Reading Week. What’s Reading Week? Well, one week […]