I came across this picture and screen shot it:
Monday, May 30, 2016
Peace
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Week 2 of Summer School
I am so excited to share our morning basket for our second week of "summer schooling".
My two oldest guys are doing a couple of pages a day in Handwriting for teens.
Just for fun and to keep sharp we are doing about 10 minutes a day of flash card drills followed by a group activity from Family Math.
Our artist study is Norman Rockwell. So far we have watched a short biography about him on YouTube. We have a calendar of his pictures we are studying. We are finding common features in each (like how his name is always signed in stencil). Recently we found three puzzles of his work and have put these together as a family.
While the boys work on the puzzle is a great time to get in another chapter of our current read-a-loud: Islands of the Blue Dolphins.
What fun things have you found to keep your homeschoolers fresh and sharp?
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Plan Now!
Saturday, May 14, 2016
I.Will.Not.Start.School.
I.will.not.start.school.
I.will.not.start.school.
I.will.not.start.school.
At least not until we get our "schooling area" freshly painted . Actually I am still finishing up a bit of paperwork, filing away last years test, just small things. This Tuesday my co op is hosting a community used curriculum sale {which will force me to finish emptying our cabinet}.
Alas, I confess:
I love touching fresh books!
My heart is a little giddy about planning!
I am forcing myself NOT to open the lab kits!
Two day shy of being out of school for {only} two weeks and I am excited about starting again!
Friday, May 13, 2016
My Library is Happening!!
My job was repairing books and cataloguing audio {read cassette tapes!} Having that job from time to time I came across treasures! One such book arrived to my station basically a s a stack of pages. I totally rebound it and read it. Afterward I read it and shared it with patrons. Soon it was the "hot" read and not available.
In my library venture I knew I needed this book! I bought it last week on Amazon for 78 cents! Four dollars shipping! And it arrived today in MINT SHAPE!!!!!!
This is a very exciting start to my own personal library!
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Summer "School"
Can I really call it school if we are just going to do a few fun things together?
The plan is light and subject to change. We have only been "out of school" for a few days.
Here is the plan:
Math: flash card drills
Geography: 50 states puzzle
Handwriting:
-a couple of pages a day from Cursive Handwriting Practice for Teens (Ben and Nate)
-one page a day from Carson Dellosa (Eli)
Art: Norman Rockwell study
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Great GF cookies
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Easiest Yeast Bread!
So a friend is gifting me 2 dozen fresh eggs! How to graciously accept them? The only way I know to---
Easy Yeast Bread
First lightly wipe vegetable oil in the bowl that you are going to use for mixing.
6 cups of flour (all purpose)
2t. active yeast
2t. salt
4T. sugar
(to correctly measure flour spoon it into the measuring cup)
Mix all of these dry ingrediants together in a large bowl.
Then stir in 4T. of oil.
Next add 2 1/4c. of hot water--not boiling.
Continue to mix until the dough forms a ball.
Take the dough and knead it in flour sprinkled on counter or waxed paper.
Place the dough back into the bowl and let it rise for 20 minutes.
Next punch the dough working out any air pockets. Divide the dough into two equal balls. Place them into lightly greased loaf pans and allow them to rise for 4 hours.
After four hours place the pans into a preheated over set to 325. Bake for 25 minutes.
Allow the pans to cool for 2 minutes...
--run the loaves with butter then turn them out of the pans
--Leave the loaves lying on their sides to allw the bread to cool evenly (you dont want the bottom of the loave to sweat)
Theresa enjoy!!