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RSSBefore you get offended unnecessarily, I am in no way suggesting that people who have a college education have wasted their time. I only want to share that over the last few years, my personal views about post-secondary education, specifically as it relates to my children's educational future, have changed dramatically. But instead of going [...]
September 23, 2008
The Lynx is Back!
September 23, 2008 By 5 Comments
Remember that beautiful Green Lynx I photographed a couple days ago (you can just scroll down a bit to see the picture)? Well, as I went outside this afternoon to take a picture of this slightly-less-beautiful spider that was napping outside our window (UPDATE: This hairy spider is a Platycryptus undatus [a tan jumping spider] [...]
September 17, 2008
Not for the arachnophobic!
September 17, 2008 By 7 Comments
My kids discovered this gorgeous spider outside our dining room window. We haven't yet determined what type of spider this is (other than huge and kiwi-green!), but hopefully it won't take much research. With a body that's a good 2 inches long and such beautiful markings, surely it won't be difficult to identify! If you [...]
September 13, 2008
Slow Cooker Chicken Wet Burritos
September 13, 2008 By 5 Comments
Wet burritos is one of our family's favorite meals. I've made them before with refried beans as a filling and with a taco meat/bean filling, but I'd never made them with chicken until last night. After having tried all three versions, I would have to say that chicken is my favorite, not only because it's [...]
September 11, 2008
Apologia Exploring Creation Homeschool Science Curriculum
September 11, 2008 By 4 Comments
Jaden's in sixth grade and will be starting "big-boy" science next year (by "big-boy" I just mean he'll be doing a full-blown 7th grade General Science curriculum), but I didn't want him to miss out on reading through the Apologia Exploring Creation books, which I absolutely love. We already covered Apologia Botany two years ago, [...]
September 7, 2008
A Rare Two-Meal Day
September 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I can't remember the last time I prepared two sit-down meals in one day, let alone on a Sunday which is often one of our busiest days. But for some reason we ended up making two full meals today. After the fact we realized that our meals were very representative of our fairly new MediterrAsian [...]
September 1, 2008
First Grade Language Lessons
September 1, 2008 By 9 Comments
I'm a big fan of the Ruth Beechick-style of teaching. Dr. Beechick, like Charlotte Mason, espouses using real books to teach, especially in the teaching of language. (If you're interested in reading more about Dr. Beechick's philosophy, I would highly recommend her The Three R's series for K-3rd grade and You Can Teach Your Child [...]
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