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All About Drawing and Reading
As I was working on April's book list, I realized that I haven't posted anything other than book lists for the last three months.Wondering if we've been actually learning anything?Fear not, there has...
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April's Books
A typical stack of library booksI did a better job this month keeping track of books, although don't expect much in the "Emma's Reading List" as the kid is a sneaky reader. And pretty fast. She is...
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Our Notebook Timeline
We've started looking into the evolution of horses a bit, with plans to dig a lot deeper. That, of course, means a time-line is in order.I love the idea of making a time line on the wall (here's...
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Summer Reading Programs
Emma loves to read. I love to watch her read (and take pictures of it).Reading while doing groceriesShe enjoys reading to herself, but she also enjoys reading to others. Especially other kids.Reading...
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May's Books
Reading is so much fun! Emma is excited about participating in a few reading programs, so we will be doing a better job of tracking the books she has read.Reading "Blaze and the Mountain Lion" next to...
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Navigating the Library
Wednesday was a loooong, busy day. It started with a dentist appointment at 7am, followed by breakfast out, a trip to turn in Emma's Barnes and Nobles summer reading program (she chose "Traitor in the...
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June's Books
Wow this list got long! I'm thinking that maybe next month we should just mention our favorites, unless you like seeing almost everything we have read and listened too (I'm sure I've missed something...
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Emma's Work In Progress
One of the best things right now about me taking college classes is I can pass some of the learning on to Emma.While her eyes kinda glaze over when I start spouting business law stuff, they lit up...
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July's Books
I did a REALLY bad job of keeping track of Emma's books this month. I had 2 big projects, 2 midterms, and 2 finals this month, so that took up a lot of my attention.Read/Listened to by...
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Word Play
Emma loves words. Small words. Big words. She loves them all. Almost daily she throws big words into everyday conversations (and uses them correctly!). Every time it happens, Da and I just look at each...
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Second Grade- Really?!?
Oh boy, this year Emma is technically considered a 2nd grader. What does that mean for us? Nothing really.This year will probably follow the same basic routine as last year. We'll unschool (or...
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August's Books
I have no idea what this child has read this month. She goes through books so fast, I can't keep up. This will probably be the last month that I even attempt to keep up with it.Read to HerselfBooks by...
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Major Life Theme- Books
We love books.The missing book list last month wasn't because there was a lack of books read in the this house, it was because there were too many books read to keep up with. If you need proof of how...
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No Learning, Just Playing
Nope, no learning going on here.Emma and The Tree.We love this tree. So much going on with this tree. "A spotless ladybug!"The little bugger wouldn't stay still for very long, but she got a pretty good...
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Learning Through Horses- Books
I've decided to create a series to document how we incorporate horses into (almost) all our learning. I will link all the posts in this series to this resource page on our site. Feel free to visit...
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Kid Made Window Bird Feeder
Way back in December, Emma decided to make a window bird feeder for the chickadees and finches that lived in our tree. Being the lazy mama that I am, I check on pinterest to see if there were any bird...
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Getting Structured
Have you missed this face?Blame it on facebook. I hate facebook. Since I have been more active on facebook, I have been neglecting our blogs. And I miss the blogs. So, I am back.Emma has been getting...
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Cave Paintings
Emma had such a great time with her cave paintings and I think they came out really good.Before she got started, we sat down and looked through some books that had pictures of actual cave paintings. We...
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Getting Organized
Getting more structured and getting organized seem to go hand-in-hand. So, I am here to bore you with how we organize all of our stuff. Well, all of our school stuff anyway.We currently live in a 530...
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Structure and Organization- 4 Week Check-up
Well, we just finished week number four of our new structured and organized schooling. I am happy to report that we all still like it (for the most part).Here is a recap of the last few weeks in...
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