Happy Birthday, George Washington!
Painting by R. Peale
George and Abe brought the kids presents (play money and “Campaign in a Box” kits from the dollar section of the craft store) last week on President’s Day, but we didn’t do much more to celebrate then because we were spending the day off with friends.
Since KarateKid has been [...]
KarateKid and I were lucky enough to review an interesting set of historical outline maps this month. Called Map Trek Volume 2, this 82 page pdf file from Knowledge Quest contains 32 different maps to go along with the study of medieval history.
Each map is reproduced twice in the Map Trek file: first as a [...]
(Some days a simple title just won’t do, you know?)
The day started with ten books in the nursery… a cozy cuddle to read…
1. Everything Has a Place by Patricia Lillie, illustrated by Nancy Tafuri – a very simple picture book with 5-6 words per page about how birds go in nests, babies go on laps, [...]
For the first of my three posts about yesterday’s trip to New York City, I wanted to let JediBoy take the reins, since for me, the trip was really all about fulfilling his dream to see the Statue in person. Together, we chose a series of pictures that he took with his camera inside the [...]
This morning, Leigh and I were chatting online and looking for something fun to do with the kids to commemorate the moon landing. If I’d been more myself yesterday I probably would have thought ahead and planned a bunch of things, but sometimes we have to work on the fly! In the end, we came [...]
Learning never stops for us… we’re always playing and learning and growing, every day. Naturally. But of course we’re also obligated to complete the state’s paperwork, and so there are days when we’re more aware of “schooling” and things like grade levels and goals and skills.
As far as the official paperwork is concerned, [...]
JediBoy, as you may remember, has long been entranced by gods from various cultures. When he was three, he insisted on being Thoth (Egyptian god of writing and scribes) for Halloween. As we have worked our way through Story of the World: Ancient History, his favorite sections have been on the gods – Egyptian, Greco-Roman, [...]
Now that June is upon us, I’m trying to put together some plans for the kids for the next academic year. One thing that has worked so well for JediBoy this year is using Story of the World for history, so we’ll be moving on to volume 2 next year – the Medieval Age. Next [...]
I just wanted to share our secondary activity during the main hours of Inauguration-watching today. Last night I downloaded a free lapbook file from Curr-Click which was created for today’s ceremony. The packet contained pages of history and trivia to read together and then a series of pages with very simple flaps to glue on.
It [...]
Rosa sat
so Martin could walk.
Martin walked
so Barack could run.
Barack ran
so our children can fly.
Celebrate today, celebrate tomorrow, and celebrate our future.
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