Posted in curriculum on Apr 26th, 2006 4 Comments »
Josh and I have enjoyed two new art picture books this
week.
First:
Michelangelo’s Surprise
by Tony Parillo
I wish I had found this gem during the winter months as the story line revolves around a surprise “snowman” that Michelangelo creates for his patron, Piero de’Medici after an an unusually heavy snowfall. The story is actually factual too!
Second:
Rembrandt and Titus: […]
Posted in nature on Apr 26th, 2006 1 Comment »
John James Audubon
1785-1851
As avid birders and members of our local Audubon society, this name is very familiar to us and so it was with pride that we celebrated his birthday today with the folowing:
- watching the video, John James Audubon: The Birds of America
- reading this picture book
Audubon: Painter of Birds in the Wild Frontier […]
Posted in nature on Apr 25th, 2006 2 Comments »
have been added to our Southwestern Birding Tales page.
Hope you enjoy.
Posted in fun stuff on Apr 25th, 2006 No Comments »
You know you’ve eaten too many robin eggs (the Easter candy variety not the real ones) when the top of your mouth is tender and sore from sucking on them.
Ah well. Maybe MOM wil learn her lesson next year.
Posted in nature on Apr 25th, 2006 6 Comments »
Picture courtesy of
“A wise man will know what game to play today, and play it.”
Henry David Thoreau
Wandering around the internet this evening and reflecting back over our day, I came across a passage in this journal entry of Henry David Thoreau posted on a wonderful blog aptly named, The Blog of Henry David Thoreau. This […]
Posted in fun stuff on Apr 24th, 2006 2 Comments »
Josh just took this Encarta quiz for fun. He got an 8 out of 10. Not too bad since the ones he missed were with Chemistry and Geometry topics he has not yet studied.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2006 1 Comment »
Well I had to change the theme but I finally was able to get things to look more the way I wanted. Josh who is 12 and VERY into anything Narnia was disappointed but mom likes flowers so it worked out in the end really.
I added two pages on the side bar: one is for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2006 4 Comments »
A change of location is always exciting.
This will be the third time I have moved my blog to different sites and I am hoping it will be the last lol. I have been wandering around the blogs here and am excited to find so many other homeschoolers.
Hopefully it won’t take me forever to get the […]
