We are enjoying our ‘First Language Lessons for the Well Trained Mind’.  In particular the kids are enjoying the poems they are memorizing.  Here’s a look back at the first […]

We have a room off the kitchen that is our ‘school room’. Standing at the door of this room I am looking at Elias and Hannah’s shared desk. This room […]

My 4 yr old has wayyyyy more interest in ‘school-y’ stuff than his older siblings did.  I’m sure its because he see’s them reading and writing and he wants in […]

Starting last year I began what i hope will be a tradition of asking the kids ‘What do you want to learn this year?’  It gets their creative juices flowing […]

We’ve been learning about the world, maps and globes- today we included the definition of ‘scale’.  The kids got to pick the object of their choice to determine the scale […]

I found Hannah at the table with a pencil and some paper during some ‘free’ time and this is what she was writing (all from memory).  I’m excited about how […]

I decided to start ‘school’ earlier this year than planned due to the upcoming births I will be helping with in the fall (which always requires some recovery time).  Its […]

In honor of this new school year I thought I would finally start up a blog to chronicle  our adventures (I’ve had enough people hounding me to do this- yes […]