This was our first week of school, and quite a lot happened: –bookwork, from math to history to science. –experiments, like the above one from Apologia’s General Science. –online work in the form of MathScore. –reading books like Crazy Horse, Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine, and Paradise Lost as well as lighter fare by Enid Blyton and Josephine Tey. […]
Weekly Wrap Up
August Wrap Up: Puppy, Raspberries to Give Away, Timers for Effectiveness
In our lives this month… So, here we are at the end of another month full of sunshine, rain, fun, and work. August’s highlight was our new puppy, the sweetest little fellow with such soft ears and a great desire to please…most of the time. He is difficult to photograph, though. In our homeschool … […]
Weekly Wrap Up: Rain, Rabies, and Learning
Here you need to imagine a picture of the beautiful orange-edged yellow roses my husband got me yesterday. Unfortunately, I could not get the picture onto the computer. In our lives this week… This week was almost the opposite of last week. Because of rain and cold weather, we did hardly any gardening or swimming. The girls […]
Vacation Wrap Up
In our lives these weeks… We’ve been to Manitoba and now we are back home, after 5900 km. We enjoyed precious hours with extended family, with countless conversations, walks, games, and meals, and hours of play in and out of the water. Our memories are full of people, wildlife, waves, and the endless tree-carpeted hills of […]