One thing I dreaded when I began homeschooling was the thought of school projects. I know my kids would love to do arts and crafts, and science experiments, but everything in my being was fighting against it. The mess. The hassle. The time. The energy. The clean up. The MESS! But I love my kids […]
Author Archives: Jodi
How Old, Question Mark
September 4, 2009 – 9:38 am
Emery doesn’t get as much formal teaching time as Savannah, but he’s always hanging around, absorbing bits and pieces of whatever I’m telling her. We’ve been doing a lot of work on punctuation marks and sentence structure type stuff. One day in her Sight Words book she was learning the words “how”, “old”, and a […]
Classical Conversations
September 1, 2009 – 10:31 pm
Today was our 2nd day of Classical Conversations. We meet every Tuesday, from 9-12, for 24 weeks per school year. I LOVE IT! I first heard about the classical model of education less than 6 weeks ago. In that time I have read tons of books and articles on the subject and am completely thrilled […]
How to Draw a “Der”
August 31, 2009 – 5:39 pm
One of Savannah’s favorite things to do is draw. In school we’re learning about using the acronym “OiLs” to draw pictures. The “o” stands for circles and/or ovals that are hollow. The dot at the top of the “i” stands for circles and/or ovals that are shaded in, the line under the dot of the […]
A Grand New Day
August 30, 2009 – 5:15 pm
Yesterday I went to see Women of Faith in Atlanta. That is always such a worthwhile experience. This year’s highlights included Mandisa, who not only rocked the house with her soulful singing, but had an incredible testimony about her time on American Idol. And another of my favorite gals, Lisa Welchel. I assumed Lisa would […]
