5 days ago
May 29, 2007
cookin up sand pies for supper!
I gave Sam a tub of water on the porch today and he had so much fun mixing it into his sand table.......what a mess!!! But he was there ages enjoying the whole process :) I often read about parents who won't let their children do anything messy - like mixing water into the sand, but children learn so much from getting mucky and messy - and its just sand!!! It dries!!!
I'm lovin' it...
Air conditioning...the house was at 78f earlier......so we put the air conditioning on and woohoo the house is lovely and cool again :) Oh I am so loving the air conditioning....and will love it even more by the end of the week when it heats up even more......
Once the sun starts coming through ther front windows this house really heats up...but not any more :) woohoo!!
Once the sun starts coming through ther front windows this house really heats up...but not any more :) woohoo!!
Busy busy bumble bee..........
A bumble bee working hard around the apple blossom.....if you click on each picture you can see them up close - and then click 'back'.....
Unschooling...is it detrimental?
DD didn't really touch math last year...she wasn't interested, so we did the basics and didn't push it.....didn't touch on multiplication because it wasn't going in and she just didn't seem ready.....she basically took the whole year off of math and just focused on other subjects that she was enjoying.....
A whole year at home 'unschooling' for the most part...
Susies class just did a review test - big math test for the year (Susie started in February) and she came top! 1st in the class :) sometimes taking a break ......even a year...to relax and play can help you be 'ready' for certain subjects and topics....
My kids chose their own topics last year...studied what interested them.....had so much time to relax and enjoy and rest and just 'be'......and yet they are all at the top of their classes already...no problems 'fitting in' at school, no socialising problems (yes I am rolling my eyes) and no gap between where they should be and where they are...
I see soooooooo many benefits to our 'year and a half off' but no downsides at all......
A whole year at home 'unschooling' for the most part...
Susies class just did a review test - big math test for the year (Susie started in February) and she came top! 1st in the class :) sometimes taking a break ......even a year...to relax and play can help you be 'ready' for certain subjects and topics....
My kids chose their own topics last year...studied what interested them.....had so much time to relax and enjoy and rest and just 'be'......and yet they are all at the top of their classes already...no problems 'fitting in' at school, no socialising problems (yes I am rolling my eyes) and no gap between where they should be and where they are...
I see soooooooo many benefits to our 'year and a half off' but no downsides at all......
and other gripes...
Have to say several 'topics' at a certain website today just make me want to shake people.....
Creationism Museum opening in AB
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/05/29/museum-ab.html?ref=rss
Thoughts?
Will you visit this museum?
Thoughts?
Will you visit this museum?
What a lovely day...
I can't add pictures right now for some reason, so I will do that later..and I may as well blog instead....
Today turned out to be a lovely day....preschool was fun...we made spiders from egg cartons, did workbooks with the children, played games outside and then played in the playground.....it went fast and was uneventful which is a good thing when you have 20 preschoolers! I don't have to work on Thursday after-all...at least they don't think so, if I don't, then I will go and watch Laurie in the track meet in town (it was postponed from Monday because of the wind (?????) must have bene worse in town as it didn't seem that bad here...
After preschool, we came home and had lunch and then went back outside for the afternoon...we let the chickens out, let Charlie out....planted more things in the vegetable garden.....watered everything (animals AND plants!!)......Abigail collected the eggs.
Then we went for a walk down to the road...I took my camera and took some pictures of the blossom on the apple tree, the children sat amongst the dandelions.........
We came back to the house and I gave Sam a big bowl of water on the porch so he could mix it all into his sand in the sand table.....he had soooo much fun getting all mucky and making sand pies......
I sat on the porch and read for a while and took some more pictures.....then the children came home from school and we all sat on the porch and ate Philly Swirl popsicles (0 points on WW......not that I am doing WW but I thought that was interesting)
Lloyd came home from work and dinner is in the oven.......after dinner we will go back outside and work on the vegetable garden some more.....
more later - with pics I hope!!!
Today turned out to be a lovely day....preschool was fun...we made spiders from egg cartons, did workbooks with the children, played games outside and then played in the playground.....it went fast and was uneventful which is a good thing when you have 20 preschoolers! I don't have to work on Thursday after-all...at least they don't think so, if I don't, then I will go and watch Laurie in the track meet in town (it was postponed from Monday because of the wind (?????) must have bene worse in town as it didn't seem that bad here...
After preschool, we came home and had lunch and then went back outside for the afternoon...we let the chickens out, let Charlie out....planted more things in the vegetable garden.....watered everything (animals AND plants!!)......Abigail collected the eggs.
Then we went for a walk down to the road...I took my camera and took some pictures of the blossom on the apple tree, the children sat amongst the dandelions.........
We came back to the house and I gave Sam a big bowl of water on the porch so he could mix it all into his sand in the sand table.....he had soooo much fun getting all mucky and making sand pies......
I sat on the porch and read for a while and took some more pictures.....then the children came home from school and we all sat on the porch and ate Philly Swirl popsicles (0 points on WW......not that I am doing WW but I thought that was interesting)
Lloyd came home from work and dinner is in the oven.......after dinner we will go back outside and work on the vegetable garden some more.....
more later - with pics I hope!!!
Dandelion delight......
I know most people think of them as weeds, but I just love sunny dandelions......a little boy at preschool gave me one today :) and my yard is FULL of them...although Lloyd may cut them all down tonight!
After several months of snow I think Dandelions are bright and cheery flowers!!!
Tuesday morning.......8am...
the bus will be here any minute to pick up the children.....Chris overslept this morning having stayed up late last night to watch a show.....and he was miserable too - which means he will NOT be staying up late to watch it next week....he wasted his chance! Silly boy!
We are all up and dressed and ready to leave for preschool....I have to be there at 8:30am.....I hate mornings..but despite being very groggy and sleepy earlier, I am quite awake and organized now.
Poor Lloyd though...Sam was awake when he left just after 6am.....and I woke a little - so he starts talking to me and I basically told him to stop talking at 6:10am so I could go back to sleep!!!! There should be a law to stop conversations before 7am!!!!!
Ah well he forgave me
(bus is here....bye yellow bus!)
yes, he forgave me and has phoned twice from work already to sya hi and make sure I wake up properly :)
No other news really.......have a great day everyone!
We are all up and dressed and ready to leave for preschool....I have to be there at 8:30am.....I hate mornings..but despite being very groggy and sleepy earlier, I am quite awake and organized now.
Poor Lloyd though...Sam was awake when he left just after 6am.....and I woke a little - so he starts talking to me and I basically told him to stop talking at 6:10am so I could go back to sleep!!!! There should be a law to stop conversations before 7am!!!!!
Ah well he forgave me
(bus is here....bye yellow bus!)
yes, he forgave me and has phoned twice from work already to sya hi and make sure I wake up properly :)
No other news really.......have a great day everyone!
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