A is for Apple, B is for Butterfly, C is for Crocodile, D is for Duck Our SAGE co-op (more on that in another post coming later… I know I haven’t mentioned it on the blog yet and I will get to that someday!) preschool is doing a different letter …

ME AND MY SHADOW! We are studying poems this weekend. Thanks to one of my SHS friends sending a link for a Diamante Poems interactive tool, we decided to try our hand at one: SHADOW Silent, tall Following, imitating, mirroring, A pantomime that echoes your every move- Copying, reflecting, mimicking, …

CORN MAIZE:Today we went to the corn maize with some of our fellow homeschoolers. I wasn’t going to take the time off from “school” to do this, however, it was SO NICE outside and it “did” tie in with our school when you consider that corn was one of the …

This year Josh and Nathan are both using Apologia’s elementary Botany course with our homeschool co-op. Yes, you read that right. The mom teachers are even doing botany with the preschoolers in our co-op. So far Nathan has learned that flowers make seeds. The first week all of the kids …

SCHOOL DAYS – Amanda I can’t believe that another school year has already started. And, more than that, I can’t believe that Amanda is a Senior this year! WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? It seems like just yesterday I was trying to chose between 5 math programs for her kindergarten …

GOOD HUNTING!I bet you think this is going to be a post about hunting, right? NOT! The phrase “Good Hunting” is a jungle greeting we learned in theater camp this week! Yep. Every year the kids and I participate in 2 MCT plays – one in the fall and one …

SCIENCE CO-OP: We tried to take photographs of the moon this year when it was not in the position we are used to seeing it in – at night… This year we participated in a science co-op with a few other families using the Apologia Astronomy book. Each time we …

2005 YEAR IN REVIEWJULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER Harvest Church 4th of July celebration. Nathan is looking at a balloon that has floated away and in the next picture he’s wearing my cap… trying to find a little shade. Here Josh is enjoying a round of boxing which was one of the …

2005 YEAR IN REVIEWAPRIL, MAY, JUNE Missoula Children’s Theater: Emily and Josh both had parts in the Pinnochio play which was performed in April. PROM:Amanda was invited to go to the prom with one of her friends from youth group. She had a LOT of fun shopping for the dress, …