Memories

If you read today’s THM, you probably know that our old horse, Billy, isn’t doing well. In fact, we thought that last night was going to be his last night.  I’m happy to report though that he’s still hanging in there. I can’t kid myself that he’s actually getting a lot better. The vet doesn’t think he will. He said that he’s simply at the end of his life and that his...

Ree’s Blogging Tips

I was scanning through my Bloglines (which is about to go the way of the dinosaur) and saw a great post from The Pioneer Woman where she shares Ten Important Things I’ve Learned About Blogging. It’s really good stuff. I especially appreciate her humor. And I think she’s right about blogging often, it’s just that I’m kind of lax in that area. I have good intentions really. I even craft...

Madeline Lapbook

As my friend and I scanned the Five in a Row books, we looked for titles that we thought would be particularly interesting for our children and that we already had or could find easily at the library. Honestly, when we decided to do Madeline the main reason was that the library had two copies of it available at the time. We’re total literary snobs. Ha! We wondered if the boys would think it was a...

Make Way for Ducklings Lapbook

I’m quite an eclectic relaxed homeschooler. We value the skills we learn in everyday life. We love learning from real books and the great outdoors. We enjoy using the computer and learning online. We totally appreciate a well-done textbook at times. We take a multilevel unit study approach to many topics. We even use notebooks and lapbooks sometimes! If you missed my entry on how we decided to do lapbooks...

FIAR Lapbooks/Peter Rabbit

A few years ago, a friend and I were looking for some fun activities to get our boys interested in reading and work on a few other skills. We decided to use Five in a Row, pick a book for the week, read that and use some of the activities at home with our boys at home, and then get together once a week to let the boys put their lapbooks together. Jon was probably 6 when we did these and my friend had boys 3 and...