Avoiding Pre-Packaged Fast-Food Schooling
We have been busily preparing our year end goals and accomplishments for a celebration party the last day of the year. In preparation, the children (and adults) have been filling in … Continue Reading →
Category: Home Schooling
Guernsey Giants
One of our boys read an article outloud to the family this morning about cow gestation and how to tell impending labor. It was quite informational and much more interesting … Continue Reading →
Upcoming Fall Ramblings
Ever feel like you fell off the wagon 3 miles back and have been running behind its dust trail trying to catch back up with it? Or feel like the … Continue Reading →
Working on Heart
We had just ended an exceptionally busy week, when my heart sank in thinking about all the things that didn’t get done. The house being a wreck, the farm needing … Continue Reading →
The Guernsey Dairy
We do not have a mature dairy bull on our farm. We have been told by those more experienced than we, that dairy bulls are the most dangerous farm animal around. … Continue Reading →
Homeschool Science Lessons from Junk Birds
I am not quite sure how long the moniker “Junk Birds” has been around in our family. Maybe after we dealt with bird mites invading our house one Spring. I’m trying to forget … Continue Reading →
Homeschool Science Lessons from the Salamander
About 9 years ago, I was brutally made aware that I live in a state with critters that I thought only lived in the zoo. I remember going to the … Continue Reading →
Homeschool Science Lessons from the Frog
The frogs and toads are out in full force. Night time is a symphony of sound. I love leaving the windows open and listening to the night sounds…that is until … Continue Reading →
Homeschool Science Lessons
Stay tuned for more homeschooling outside the four walls of the house, homeschooling away from a school desk and homeschooling without workbooks. I have a series of posts about homeschool … Continue Reading →
The Darwin Onslaught Begins
2009 is the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species“, so we can expect a regular avalance of the godless singing his praises. Here is the first one out … Continue Reading →