Chicken update -  The chickens now reside outside instead of in our basement.  We had them in a huge rubbermaid container and one morning I walked into the basement and one was perched on the edge of the container.  That night, they were outside.

Tadpoles - A good friend called one afternoon to tell me that she found tadpoles at our local park.  I was thrilled.  The first chance we had, we went over and scooped some up for a nature study.  I was thrilled that even my 3 year old wanted to make a page for his nature journal.

Homeschool Evaluations - Evaluation season is starting here in Pennsylvania.  I look forward to and enjoy this time of year when I get the opportuntiy to do evaluations.  It's fun to see all the creative projects and field trips that families have participated in. 

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival - Today, we went on a field trip to Maryland's Sheep & Wool Festival.  It was a blast.  We watched a demonstration of sheep dogs herding sheep.  We also saw some unique art, listened to music that was fun and music that was beautiful and I was able to get a funnel cake (one of my favorite parts of any summertime festival).

The weeks ahead - May is a very busy month.  Tomorrow evening I will be hosting a Portfolio Share at my house.  This will be an opportunity for those new to homeschooling in Pennsylvania to see what goes into a portfolio.  On May 12, I will be giving a seminar on what a Charlotte Mason education is and how to do it and still comply with Pa homeschool law.  I am really looking forward to that evening.  At the end of the month, we will be taking 4 days to go camping in a cabin at a state park that is about an hour away.  I am really looking forward to that annual family event as well.

Somewhere in there, we will be continuing to work on Ancient Greece and all that goes with it.  Over the summer, I plan to have the kids do a math page out of their Math-U-See books each day except weekends.  I am also planning lots of trips and other fun activities, but dont' tell the kids they might learn from it, because then they might resist.

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Posted by barriosjaazdh

I have to respond to your Tadpole excitement. I think they are awesome. We had a moment last year when we kept getting the rain in the gulf coast part of Texas. My children and I were promoting "Save the Tadpoles" from our ditch. The sun had risen and started to evaporate the water from the ditch that the tadpoles were in. We had homeschool families come over to get tadpoles in anything they could so they could survive. What an adventure! Isn't nature wonderful.

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Posted by NevadaGunn

I love your blog, I am trying to get SM methods in our daily life. It is such a huge help to be able to read how a "teacher" would do it. Thanks for all the great info. Smiles Jen

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Posted by mominpa

If you hear of any additional tadpoles-- I'd love to have a few--

I have this tadpole-Frog habitat thing-ey-- that I've never used--

Chickens look good!! Outside is MUCH better-- our first batch stayed inside for a bit (till a black snake followed them in :0 ) this batch never came inside--they were outside with a heat lamp from day 1!!

can't wait for the portfolio share tonight!!

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Posted by mumumomma

I love to hear the chicken adventures, they grow fast!

The nature journal pages look great, that used to be so much fun for us, mine don't do those anymore so it's nice to get a glimps of your dc's.

Yes, summer break is almost here, makes the evaluations that much sweeter ;)

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Posted by hotmommy

Oh how I wish my DH would allow us to raise chickens! I think my kids would just learn so much and have a blast at the same time!

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