Melissa | October 30, 2011
I cringe at formal pictures. Mostly because I hate paying for backdrops and pasted on smiles that get thrown in a box in our basement after they hit the blog.
But sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and pay for the pictures, post them on the blog, relegate them to the basement and move [...]
Melissa | October 29, 2011
History: Henry Clay and the Missouri Compromise
This was not an easy topic about which to find good resources!
Intro: Youtube videos on the Missouri Compromise and Henry Clay.
This PBS webcast is a great intro as well and can be used with this lesson plan.
Science: Circulatory System
Remember that Week 12 also has to do with blood so whatever [...]
Melissa | October 24, 2011
Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
I was NOT our family who had an off-hand conversation about getting a dog, decided we wanted one, found one, and adopted one into [...]
Melissa | October 20, 2011
Melissa | October 14, 2011
History: War of 1812 (and Star Bangled Banner)
I’ll be honest. I wasn’t super impressed at the materials available for this time period but living in close proximity to Baltimore allows us some cool hands on field trips.
Intro: The History Channel Presents The War of 1812. This is available at our library.
Timeline activity (Appendix K.1). This is [...]
Melissa | October 12, 2011
Some are claiming that learning styles are a myth. I beg to differ.
God, in His infinite wisdom (or humor), graced us with 3 kids and 3 different learning styles.
PJ, The Auditory Learner: While he’s a bright kid that doesn’t miss much, he prefers auditory input. He’d rather listen to a book than read it and [...]
Melissa | October 11, 2011
Nearly every night Mia ends her prayer with “and I pray for everything I am missing. Amen.” She’s a little paranoid and likes to cover her bases. One night Ty prayed for a toy Mia had lost weeks ago. It seemed out of place but Ty is usually pretty random so we let it slip. [...]
Melissa | October 10, 2011
Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
I’m super-organized about homeschooling so it was NOT me who did “Long E” week with Mia instead of “TH Week” because I was so [...]
Melissa | October 9, 2011
‘Tis the season for grape crushing (or stomping).
A vineyard not too far from us has an annual grape stomp festival. We’ve been wanting to go for a couple years now and our schedule and the weather finally cooperated this year.
Ironically, Ty opted out of the stomping competition because it was too messy.
They put in a [...]
Melissa | October 9, 2011
Our long home study interview was today. Each agency and country is different, but this will be 2 of 4 (our orientation meeting at our agency counted as #1).
Again, since each agency and country is different, your interview will probably look a little bit different but this is how ours went today.
Our social worker did [...]
