Cosmic Aquarellum Review from Timberdoodle
Time for a Timberdoodle review! Actually I’m months behind for a new Timberdoodle review, so I’ve got like 5 or 6 in the upcoming weeks. Timberdoodle, aside from being a fun word to say, is a hands-on homeschooling curriculum that we’ve enjoyed supplementing (mainly our doctor appointments and car rides) with on our homeschooling journey….
Montessori Homeschooling Week in Review: Vol 5
Wow another week blew by so quickly! Somehow I am already in my 34th week of pregnancy and not feeling like working so much, yet we homeschool on. Tonight we are attending a special needs fundraising gala-type-thing, and I’m wearing comfy flats, my maternity dress from Easter #sorrynotsorry and telling baby to scootch over and…
Montessori Sensorial Tasting Bottles
Today’s new presentation tested our gustatory sense with the traditional Montessori tasting bottles. Don’t let my kids’ expressions fool you — the presentation was a lot of fun for everyone. I’ll do my best to explain the set up and process, show my kids’ precious exasperation and tell you where we got all our materials…
Montessori Homeschooling Week in Review: Vol 4
Oh dear. Let’s just get this out of the way. Here are our plans for the past week as taken from the last week in review blog post: I give myself an F as in Failed. F minus. Yes we were busy this week, but no we didn’t succeed with that list. Certainly no field…
The Grammar Garden an Invitation to Learn
“The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination.” –Maria Montessori from To Educate the Human Potential These words came to mind when I realized a change was in order for our Montessori grammar work. We…
Polishing Leaves Practical Life for Preschoolers
Wanted to share my youngest, who’s in preschool, accomplishing some great practical life work: caring for our environment by polishing plant leaves. He was concentrating so avidly; this is clearly a great work for developing attention to detail and fine motor. I set up the tray (green for our plants) with a little pitcher to…
Montessori Homeschooling Week in Review: Vol 3
Week three of our new series brings us to Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum. We stayed busy as always with our usual Montessori workload. I’m currently reading Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood by Paula Polk Lillard. This book is a great overview of the whole Montessori pedagogy, and I’ve…
Homeschool Uniforms: Why?
I’ve had a lot of people begin to notice we have homeschool uniforms this year. The conversation generally goes like this, “Are those HOMESCHOOL uniforms?” I reply, “Yes indeed!” And they usually say something affirmative like, “AWESOME.” Then the conversation stops. I do suspect maybe friends want to follow the “AWESOME” with a “why?” Personally…
Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
Did you know that Wednesday morning’s lunar eclipse was the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the U.S. since March 1866? That’s around when the Civil War ended! To mark the occasion, we decided to wake up super early on my hubby’s birthday and go out on the boat. It was a frigid 32…
Tour of Our Evolving Homeschool Classroom
So I was sharing some pictures of our homeschooling classroom (our sunporch), and I figured after spending so much time flipping through albums trying to find them, I really ought to share some in one post. Our space is constantly evolving with materials and as my kids age and their needs change. But every…