I thought it might be fun to blog about what we are doing in school this year. At times I think some extended family members might be thinking “those poor York kids… their parents are schooling them AT HOME (gasp)… and do you know that neither one of them finished a four year degree… those […]
Category Archives: School
Summer Two Thousand Eleven
August 21, 2011 – 3:12 pm
It’s hot. The end. What’s that? You’d like to hear a little more about my summer? Well, okay. But it mostly revolves around being too hot to do anything that doesn’t involve air conditioning or a swimming pool. Except for this: I went to Youth Camp for a week with the middle and high schoolers […]
Digging into Dinosaurs
April 28, 2011 – 7:11 pm
Like most boys I know, Emery is a huge fan of dinosaurs. I’ve been reading him books about dinosaurs since he was old enough to crawl over to the book basket and choose one for himself. But something changed this year. He learned to read. Oh, that’s great, you say. And it is. He’s a […]
Oakhurst Community Garden
April 23, 2011 – 8:37 pm
Yesterday we went with our homeschool group to Oakhurst Community Garden in Decatur. I didn’t know what to expect really. The fieldtrip description mentioned dirt and worms, and that’s all I needed to know. My kids were gonna love it! I ended up pleasantly surprised. While there were in fact plenty of dirt and worms, […]
Hillcrest Apple Orchard
October 8, 2010 – 10:50 pm
Our homeschool group took a field trip to Hillcrest Apple Orchard in Elijay today. We could not have asked for a more beautiful afternoon! There was so much here to do other than pick apples. Which, come to think of it, we didn’t even do. But we did get to milk Buttercup, the cow. Be […]
