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Homeschooling
Today’s Homeschool Science Fair
Today’s Homeschool Science Fair was a resounding success. Above, and the top eight photos below are of my daughter’s project. She distilled a huge amount of information! To read more details about the water crisis, read yesterday’s post by clicking here. Below those are photos of some other projects, but no where near all of … Read more
Water Crisis Facts
My thirteen year old daughter is doing her science fair project on the water crisis. Below she shares some of her facts. Tomorrow I’ll cover the fair itself and you’ll see her diagrams that include more things to ponder (see here). In the meantime, this short list will give you something to think about! The … Read more
MassHOPE Homeschooling Conference
So I’ve just returned home after two days at the MassHOPE homeschooling conference. Above is what I bought – more than nothing, but so much less than usual! All of it is for my youngest daughter, except the phenomenally large Chinese brushes which are for me! At the top left are new and used copies … Read more
Homeschooling Plans for Next Year
I am writing this post in anticipation of going to the MassHOPE homeschooling convention (see here) this coming Friday and Saturday. 10732
My Son’s Flow Chart of How a Bill Becomes a Law
At our recent homeshooling presentation meeting, my son talked about how a bill becomes a law using this flow chart he created.
Our Homeschooling Art Show 2009
Our homeschooling group held an art show yesterday. These events are always fun. I am touched and impressed by the variety and quality of the work. The photo above is my 12 year old daughter’s presentation, with the first 8 photos below showing close-ups of her work. After that you can see my 15 year … Read more
MIT Splash and the Kendall Hotel
I brought my two homeschooling kids (12 and 15) for a weekend of classes at MIT Splash which is a wonderful program we would highly recommend. It is held at MIT every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving and this is our seventh year coming, as their older sister started coming in sixth grade. It … Read more
Photos of Jacob Burns Film Center’s New Media Arts Lab
This is a very cool place. My 12 year old homeschooling daughter has been taking a film class here this fall and I got to see her movie today shown at the culmination of her class. They used the program FinalCut Pro, wrote, directed, acted in, filmed and edited their own movies. Hers was about … Read more
Studying Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime. No one painted like him; he was generally misunderstood. His paintings were used as scrap; Starry Starry Night was tacked up on a kitchen ceiling to stop a leak! He saw paintings wherever he went, but only started to paint at the age of 27, … Read more
Photos at Caramoor
This morning I delivered my twelve year old homeschooled daughter to a special music composition class at Caramoor (see here). For three Wednesdays in a row, she’ll be treated to a first class concert, followed by several hours of instruction in musical composition. Today my daughter heard Leva Jokubaviciute (see here) play Schubert on the … Read more
Eye of the Beholder
I have been contemplating rainbows recently, spurred by something I read in the Sentinel magazine (see here). As a physicist, I know that a rainbow does not exist “out there” but actually exists on the retina of the eye. You can never get to it or touch it, because that remarkable beauty you see is … Read more
Photos of Sunflowers
My two younger children fly in from northern Michigan today where they have been at camp for a month. Strangely enough, this set me to thinking about sunflowers, since the last time I was in the vicinity of their camp I photographed fields of sunflowers. I’ve searched out and resurrected those photos from northern Michigan … Read more
Library Sale Loot
You may already know we have a lot of books in our small house. We stopped counting at 10,000. At that point my professional organizer friend insisted that for every book that entered the house one must also leave. I used to patronize library sales frequently but two years ago quit cold turkey; I was … Read more
Photos of Mount Holyoke College
My husband and I are alone in our home with our children scattered around the globe. As I mentioned before, our oldest is in London as a graduation present from her aunt that lives there. My son, our middle child (14 years old), just flew yesterday to Alaska for a sea kayaking and glacier camping … Read more
Great Card Game: Phase 10
My sisters and their families just left after being here since Friday for my daughter’s homeschool graduation. While they were here we played this game called Phase 10 a lot, given to us by one sister last Christmas, but not taken out of the cellophane and learned until her visit here. The tin says for … Read more
Homeschool Graduation Haiku
The house is scrubbed clean For the big graduation All the books are shelved. A tent in the rain to honor my dear daughter with ceremony. Not done this before Uncharted territory Won’t be here again. She’s continuing ongoing life long learning without stop or start. All requirements self imposed and rigorous are unfolding still. … Read more