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October 2011

October 27, 2011

Halloween Candy Graphing | Building Cathedrals

I am reposting this so that anyone who is interested can be...

October 12, 2011

Fall Celebration

The boys and I have spent the last few weeks reading through our apple book...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

Shower of Roses: Michaelmas

Shower of Roses: Michaelmas. Okay, so we are a bit...

September 14, 2011

Blindspots

My husband alerted me to this interesting article titled Homeschool Blindspots, by Reb Bradley. It...

September 12, 2011

Dad’s Favorite Read Alouds

The other night, Mr. Red and I were talking about his opinions on children’s books. ...

September 09, 2011

“Will There Be Faith?” – A Book Review

Dear Readers, About a month ago, the Builders were asked to write a review of...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

Back to Homeschooling

We started our school year two weeks ago, and I've been meaning to post about...

August 16, 2011

Curriculum Thoughts–Science at the Shore

We just returned from a 2 week vacation at the beach. The weather was very...

August 06, 2011

“I hardly ever play with my children.”

Last night, as I lay in bed stroking my 6-year-old daughter's hair, she rolled over...

August 01, 2011

Back to School – Are you ready?

Dear friends ~ It is hard to believe that school will begin again in just...

July 2011

July 24, 2011

Good Reads

Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia....

July 20, 2011

Serendipity: Along the American History Trail ~ Lewis and Clark Stop 1

Serendipity: Along the American History Trail ~ Lewis and Clark Stop 1. We are...

July 13, 2011

Spiritual Reading for the Littlest Ones

I am trying to spend the first 15 minutes or so of our after lunch...

June 2011

June 25, 2011

Summer Reading with a Greater Purpose

Many of us are encouraging our children to continue reading throughout the summer months, and...

June 15, 2011

Summer Reading and other plans

Here on the cul-de-sac, school work has to end for the summer, because once the...

June 08, 2011

Scheduling School Time

Awhile ago we had a great discussion on some ideas for a good family routine...

June 05, 2011

On Shaping

From the Simply Charlotte Mason blog: Shaping requires intimate knowledge, trusting relationship, careful monitoring, constant...

May 2011

May 21, 2011

Passion v. Pragmatism

So, I have lived 29 years of my life feeling like I don't really know...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

Resources for Divine Mercy Sunday and the Beatification

I hope that you are planning to spend some time with your family this weekend...

February 2011

February 01, 2011

The Toddler and Pre-School Circuit

Homeschooling moms are routinely overwhelmed with how to occupy the little ones while the big...

January 2011

January 21, 2011

Confessions of a Delinquent

AWOL was at our house for Thanksgiving; her default position is on the couch reading...

January 19, 2011

Meet our new friends

May I introduce you to some of our new friends? Meet Elephant and Piggie: We...

January 16, 2011

Kiddy Catechesis – The Baptism of Jesus

In this latest installment of Kiddy Catechesis, Gianna explains the 1st Luminous Mystery, the Baptism...

December 2010

December 15, 2010

Thanks, I needed this!

Our dishwasher is broken, so I don't really have time to teach today. When one...

December 14, 2010

For Lego Lovers

Here is a link to instructions for a full lego nativity scene. Looks like a...

November 2010

November 10, 2010

Education, made simple

So, many friends now are asking me about homeschooling because their children have started in...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

Attitude of Gratitude

Life can be hard, but truly we have so many opportunities, great and minor, to...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

Boys That Read

A while ago I had to speak to our Town Council in defense of our...

September 15, 2010

Do you U Promise?

I opened a Upromise savings account back when they were brand new, sometime in 2002,...

September 15, 2010

Poem of the day

I am reading my children poetry from The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems...