Book Review: Prisoners of the Sea
One of the advantages of our approach toward homeschooling is that we created a culture of reading aloud as a family. Having not done this in a while, we…
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Book Review: Help Your Kids with (Math or Science)
Where were these books when I needed them homeschooling? I absolutely love these and give them an enthusiastic five stars. I bought this set as a…
At MIT SPLASH Again
We’ve been to this wonderful program for high schoolers for many years now. In fact this is my 12th consecutive year, among my three children; next year will be my last. For the most recent eight years we’ve stayed in a hotel on Kendall Square with a family that comes up to this from Florida; … Read more
Two Cool New Science Books
Our teenaged homeschooled daughter is very enthused by these two new books. Originally seeing both in a great local independent bookstore, she was able to get one through interlibrary loan and begged me to get the other for her, “and not to wait for Christmas either, please.” I have a homeschooling budget and have learned … Read more
I Picked Our Daughter Up from Her Summer Program
When I picked our younger daughter up from her Summer Field Institute Program at the College of the Atlantic, there were presentations (above), lunch and a bit of a tour (photos below). Our daughter had a phenomenal time, or to use her words, “It was beyond awesome.” She saw 12 whales, and some seals and … Read more
Our Daughter at the College of the Atlantic
Yesterday, I dropped off our younger daughter for the two week “Islands through Time” program at the College of the Atlantic’s Summer Field Institute. For two weeks, she’ll join 14 other kids with five professors in an intensive course that will give her 3.3 hours of college credit. She is considering this school as a … Read more
At the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
I recommend this Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival held on the lovely grounds of Boscobel with its outstanding view. We saw All’s Well that Ends Well last night, preceded by a picnic with friends and ogling the majestic panorama at our feet; it was wonderful. These actors perform to an intimate three-sided audience as entertainment instead … Read more
Our Daughter Back from Cattle-working in Colorado
Our youngest daughter is back from a two week program of cattle-working in Colorado. She had a great time and flew home on July 4th to an awesome display of fireworks from above. She keeps repeatedly saying the whole trip was “so fun,” which is the majority of our non-specific feedback! Offered as a co-ed … Read more
Our Daughter Moves In and Starts at Syracuse
Yesterday and today we have been working hard to settle our daughter in her new apartment in Syracuse. Her lease begins today and today was also her first day of school. We were grateful to able to start getting her in the day before, but she needed help finishing the move-in task because she is … Read more
My New Poem: An Era Ends
An Era Ends
It is normal and good.
No big deal in one way.
Totally obvious and natural.
But still there is a twinge.
We were expecting her
when she first visited that room
still in the womb
and it was in that space God gave us a sign
and we knew we would buy this house.
Homeschooling by the Numbers
I am so grateful we had the guts to take the homeschooling plunge; it has been a huge blessing and has become a way of life.
Love my Knitting Girls
This year I taught a knitting class to some precious nine year old girls whose siblings were in older classes with our homeschooling group (that our youngest daughter was taking.) Since these girls were at lose ends while their siblings were busy, I volunteered to give them a constructive activity during the same time frame. … Read more
Used Curriculum Sale 2013
I was in charge of our homeschooling group’s Used Curriculum Sale again. We held it two years ago and again yesterday. We did not have the crowds we hoped for, but most vendors reported selling a third to a half of what they brought. I did particularly well because I had fourteen Great Courses for … Read more
Homeschool Prom 2013
Last night was the Homeschool Prom for northern Fairfield County. About 50 kids attended, and here are some photos of our daughter and her friends just before going. Most of these kids I have known since they were five. Our daughter (in the short blue dress) made the necklace herself, that she wore to the … Read more
Last Kid’s Forum as We Know It
Our homeschooling group has held a Kid’s Forum presentation group every month of the school year for the last twelve years that we have routinely participated in, as we have been an active part of this group since the beginning. The most recent eleven years we’ve met at a church hall a block from my … Read more
Homeschool Friend Builds a Jet Engine
We have homeschooled alongside Christopher and his family for well over a decade. Carpooling a lot with him recently we’ve been hearing about the jet engine he has been building. Yesterday at our Homeschooling Science Fair we finally got to see it! He did an awesome job on it, and I couldn’t be more proud … Read more
Photos of Another Visit to Brown University
A year and a half ago I visited Brown with our middle child who ended up not applying there. Today I took our youngest for her first formal college visit…