homeschool
The Trip to the Apple Orchard
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007We went on a field trip to the apple orchard with a group of homeschoolers.
First there was a hayride, pulled by these guys….
We learned about the plants and animals that live in the area. Did you know bears need to eat 25 pounds of food per day to get ready for hibernation?
Then we learned about […]
But What in the Heck Do You Do With All of the Pumpkin?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007You chop it into chunks…..bake it…..puree it….and make pumpkin bread and muffins, of course. We only had the patience to use less than half of our pumpkin. Had we used our whole pumpkin, we could have made nine loaves of pumpkin bread. Um, yeah…..we’re just not that into it.
The ingredients are gathered, and The Boy […]
And Then the Seeds…..
Thursday, October 18th, 2007The Girl and I handled all of the seed toasting, as The Boy wanted nothing to do with any of the “goo”. We were able to persuade him to lick one when they were finished….if you call barely brushing his tongue across the very tippy top, licking.
This is waaaaaay too much butter. Waaaaaaaay. We made […]
Pumpkins…..
Thursday, October 18th, 2007It’s been a pumpkin extravaganza here at the Freak Parade household. We went to the pumpkin patch and picked out some pumpkins. We carved one. We made pumpkin puree for pumpkin bread and muffins out of another. We toasted (er…roasted?) pumpkin seeds. We learned about pumpkins. We made pumpkin journals. We watched pumpkin […]
This One Has Visual Aids
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Someday soon I am going to sit down and actually write something on this blog. Really. But for now, I want to let you know what I’ve been spending my time doing.
These are the pictures The Boy and I took after hitting send on a certain email. An email containing another set of interview questions. […]
The Previously Alluded To Project
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007So I may have mentioned (like a million times) that The Boy is working on a pretty cool project. Not just any project…oh,no….a project so big (and cool) that it involves you. Yes, you. Here’s the deal…
Any of you who also read The Boy’s blog, know that he has been doing some interviews. Some gracious […]
The Birds and The Bees…With a Heaping Helping of Testicles
Thursday, March 29th, 2007So in case you’ve missed it…we homeschool. We have been doing a unit study on the human body, and today it finally happened. We reached the reproductive organs. Cringe. As much as I was dreading this, the kids were all ready to go.
The day’s lesson featured pictures of said organs for the kids to color […]
A Boy and His Blog
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007I need to ask a tiny blogland favor. I have started a blog for The Boy. Yeah? So? I need to solicit some comments from any kind souls who can spare a minute or two. Some background on The Boy….
The Boy has Sensory Integration Dysfunction. It seems to have gotten much milder as of late….it […]