We finished up this year’s science studies with a quick study of bones (again) and the five senses. I found quite a few more good books for this study, so I thought I’d update my original post with these finds. Our official science curriculum for this school year was Elemental Science–Biology for the Classical Child. … [Read more…]
We took a field trip last Friday to the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. Steady Eddie and I went many years ago, in the B.C. era of our marriage (Before Children, that is), but the girls had only been on a drive-through trip one Christmas to see the Christmas lights. Steady Eddie saw online that Friday, May … [Read more…]
The month of April has been full of poetry at the House of Hope, thanks to my commitment to participate in Poetry Friday and the Kids’ Poetry Challenge. We have also just this month begun visiting another local library, in addition to the couple in neighboring towns that we usually frequent. I’ve found several poetry books … [Read more…]
Last week we enjoyed Mary Ann Hoberman’s Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems, which has been the most age-appropriate for my young girls of all the poetry collections we’ve enjoyed so far this month. (We’ve enjoyed them all, but this one has required the least amount of work to understand.) Hoberman was named the Children’s … [Read more…]
See that list over there in the sidebar that’s titled “Lulu’s Booklog”? Well, I’m removing it as soon as I get a minute to fiddle with my widgets. (Isn’t that fun–fiddle with my widgets. Ha!) There’s no way I can keep up with all the stuff that Lulu reads and re-reads. It just can’t be … [Read more…]
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