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 We had a delightful  day  yesterday.   It  was  a beautiful, peaceful kind of day.   My kind of day.

It started  very  early  as we  needed  to get  to town  by  8:30  for  Rocky’s  dr.s  appt.  The girls  […]

Tomorrow  is  Mother’s  Day  so  I have  been  thinking  alot about my mom.   We haven’t  been able  to  be together  for the last  13 years on Mother’s  Day  because my mom  lives  3,000  miles  away.   That […]

As of the last few months,  I have  been  focusing  on how to instill beauty, truth and goodness  into  my children’s academic  life.  In my musings  I have  realized  that  all 3 ideas  need to start in our […]

Baby kittens are born!   Yes,  we have  baby kittens  here  on the Prairie!   We have been very excited  with this discovery.  This example  of  birth and awakening  came  at a very good time.  It also  was an […]

When we first started homeschooling,  I had visions  of  reading  great literature  with  my kids.   These visions included  sitting  together on the couch,  reading  for  a long period of time,  discussing  […]

I think the world  must be coming to an end.   I only read one book during the month of May.   One book!       What is even more  incredulous is that I don’t  really care that I am not  reading  that much.  So […]

I have  tried a  few times  to  do latin  with Mia.  In the process,  we have  gone  through a few  latin programs  trying  to find  one  that  we can stick with.   We have yet  to find  one.   We have  taken a  […]

As  I mentioned  in  my recent  post,  the kids and I  have  taken  to discussing  the idea  of Beauty.  We  have  set aside  some time  in the afternoon  to  gather together  in the living room  to read and […]

Due to my recent  epiphanies, I have made a few changes  to our learning  time.  Actually, there have  been quite a few changes.   It always  seems  that  as the school year  rolls along  we tend  to become  less […]

This is my last  post  on recounting  my educational epiphanies  that  I have  experienced  in the last  few weeks.  This post deals  with  how to present  a lesson  to a child.

Every lesson  goes  through  5 […]

This post is a continuation  of  what  I have learned  recently  about  Classical Education and  what  this is looking like  in our  learning time.

Andrew Kern, the founder of Circe Institute,  gave some  […]

I want  to take  the next  few posts  to  explain  how my understanding  of Classical Education  has changed.  I want, also,  to  explain  how  we have  made  little changes  in our  learning time  that  have […]

I have lots and lots to say  but  not enough time  to say it in.  Hence,  the sparse  posting  as of late.

The  thing  that  has kept  me  busy lately  is pondering  and  contemplating  a ginormous thread  on […]

Today  was  the  100th anniversary  of  the  introduction of the Oreo cookie.   I had  read about  this  a few weeks  ago  so  I stocked  up  on a few packages  of  Oreos  so that  we could  do some  fun activities  in celebration. The kids  and I  were watching  the  CBS Morning News  this morning (I like  [...]

The past week  has  seen a new configuration  in our  learning time.  I called  it unschooling  in a few of my posts  but  I don’t  think that is the correct term.  Maybe  child-led learning  is more accurate.   My kids  have learned  and tried lots of new things  last  week but it  was things  that they [...]

There hasn’t  been that  much reading  on my end  as I have been  taking  too much  time  in researching  Tapestry of Grace.   I only read  three books  this  month  but all three  were  really good.   I  did  attempt a  fourth one  but, alas,  it was a dud.  More on that  later. What  the Dog Saw  by Malcolm Gladwell.  [...]

In keeping  with  my previous  post,  I decided  to  carry through  with  an unschooling  day.    We would  try  it  out  for one  day  and  then see  if  we wanted to  do it for the rest of the week.   Of course,  being  the control  freak  that  I am,  there are  some  boundaries  that  I implemented  in [...]

I sometimes  feel  like  I am  held  captive  in the mind  of a lunatic.   That  lunatic,  sadly,  would be me.   My  lunacy  is mostly  evident  in  homeschooling.   Yes,  I know  how  scary  that looks  in print. Let me explain. I posted a few  posts  back  on how  I was planning  on using  Tapestry of Grace, …[Read more]

I have  come  to the conclusion  that it is extremely hard  to be a boy  when you are surrounded  by girls  24/7.    It is hard  to play hockey,  roughhouse,  shoot baskets,  pretend  to be an undercover  spy  when you are around girls  who only want  to play  Barbies  and  put  on imaginative plays.   There is nothing …[Read more]

Ever since  I  have  read  Norms  and Nobility  by David Hicks,  I knew  that  I  wanted  to follow  his  curriculum  for  Gr. 7 to 12.   The  term  curriculum  is  used  too  liberally  in this case.   It is actually  just a glorified  booklist  but,  oh!  what a booklist  it is.   I have  been  drooling  and…[Read more]