Today was back-to-school day for kids across our province. While most every other family with school-aged children was getting up early, packing new bookbags, rushing over breakfast, running out the door to catch the bus… while moms were missing their babies (whether off for the first time or the twelfth) within a few hours of [...]
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Sep
09
Not Back to School Today!
by heather
Tags: back to school, biology, exercise, French, grammar, handwriting, home ec, Homeschooling, household, math, Music, poetry, preschool, science, summer, whales
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (9)
Mar
22
First Session Wrap-up: Our First Six Weeks of Charlotte Mason
by heather
We’ve come to the end of our first session of homeschooling with a Charlotte Mason approach. I decided to follow the idea of organizing 6-week session blocks according to the TangleWood School’s suggestions. At the end of the session, we compare what we’ve done with what we’ve planned and see what adjustments might need to [...]
Tags: Aesop, archaeology, book of centuries, Canada, charlotte mason, copywork, curriculum, daily grams, French, geography, grammar, guitar, handwriting, history, Homeschooling, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Leonardo DaVinci, literature, logic, math, Mozart, Music, narration, NOEO science, Pippi Longstocking, poetry, reading, rightst, schedule, Secret Garden, TangleWood, values
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (0)
Feb
11
Love me Some Chris Martin…
by heather
Yeah, I love Coldplay. For a whole number of reasons.
First, their music is actually good. It’s thoughtful, it’s well-composed, it’s interesting. It’s not just bubblegum pop, cookie-cutter rock, same-old new punk. It’s intelligent, from a musical and lyrical perspective.
And this is coming from someone with a Master’s Degree in Music. I ain’t no slouch, people. [...]
Tags: chris martin, coldplay, disintegration, fallout boy, geek, grammys, hybrid meter, Music, pete wentz, piano, poetry, pop music, robert smith, rock, the cure, viva la vida, war
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Posted in Music, Random Musings | Comments (0)
Dec
08
Our Homeschool Curriculum
by heather
We’re not school-at-home. We’re not radical unschoolers. We’re pretty eclectic. I give Flipper quite a bit of freedom in choosing what sorts of things he wants to do, but I also insist on a few things myself. I work very hard, however, at finding materials that will be interesting and even [...]
Tags: Aesop, agnosticism, Canadian Government, Christian, curriculum, eclectic homeschooling, French, geometry, grammar, Greece, guitar, handwriting, history, homeschool, logic, martial arts, math, piano, poetry, reading, religion, Rome, science, spelling, unschooling, virtues, vocabulary, writing
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
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