Homeschooling

Last Friday we went to a local orchard and enjoyed picking peaches.     And today we decided to turn some of those peaches into peach pie.    And then we used that peach pie to learn fractions.  Fractions are always better when they involve a real pie. 🙂   Nature, Baking Skills, and Math.  I’d...Read More

One activity that we planned on doing for our Pioneer Unit was to make homemade soap from lye and lard.  I borrowed the supplies from my brother who likes to make soap and we finally got around to doing the activity yesterday.   We didn’t wear our pioneer clothes though since they were put away in...Read More

Ok… so today is technically Thursday, but we are learning about Germany this month and decided to make some German food.  My dad served his mission in Germany so I asked him what foods we should try.  He said bratwurst, sauerkraut, kloesse, and spaetzel.  So that’s what we made.   We listened to a lot of...Read More

Our Garden isn’t looking amazing these days.  The plants have had some issues with the leaves dying, but they seem to be on the mend and they are still producing fruit, so that’s good.  There is definitely a learning curve (combined with our climate and deck gardening conditions) with all of this and I have...Read More

Yesterday morning, we went took some lilacs to Thilda’s grave.  This was our second year doing this and this year felt even more meaningful since going on our trip to Sweden last fall and getting to know Swen and Thilda even better.   We spent quite a while wandering around the cemetery, looking at a lot...Read More

Yesterday, on a whim, I decided to rearrange and reorganize in the schoolroom.  If you’re curious about how it used to be set up, you can see that here.  A lot is still the same, but I made some changes too. We’ve acquired quite a few books this year for the Well-Educated Heart monthly rotation and...Read More