Posted in Learning Notes, Journal on Apr 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
Paddy’s reading:
Paddy has been interested in this Harper Collins Treasure of Picture Books. I got it on a bookstore remainder rack and it’s a nice book, though the quality of the selections vary. His favorites right now seem to be Harold and the Purple Crayon, and Caps for Sale. […]
Posted in Plans and Ideas on Apr 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Things to love, do and think about this week:
Spring — the outdoors — all that is going on out there –“Let children] once get touch (sic) with nature, and a habit is formed which will be a source of delight through his life.” –Home Education, pg. 61
Aidan’s “learning to read through writing” project
Paddy’s […]
Posted in Big Picture, Plans and Ideas on Apr 29th, 2007 No Comments »
I am going to stream consciousness about this past year and how it’s gone in terms of homeschooling.
I started this blog almost a year ago while I was experimenting with “total unschooling”. I wanted a way to record and reflect upon what was happening in our days. I continued this during […]
Posted in Thinking about Learning, Plans and Ideas on Apr 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
My old friend Cindy at It’s About the Journey has written a series of posts on planning from an unschool-y perspective:
Planning with a Light Touch
A Little More on Planning
Put on Your Oxygen Mask Before You Secure Your Child’s
I am going to use these as thinking material as I go through this process too. Also, […]
Posted in Therapy, special needs, Journal on Apr 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
Aidan had his IEP today. It isn’t like your standard school IEP since the only service he receives is speech. He is not enrolled in school and one of the things we tossed about a little bit was the possibility of enrolling him in the school independent study program so that […]
Posted in Learning Notes, Journal on Apr 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Today will be an on the road day since Kevin has a dental appointment and Clare is going to the opera with her friends — we are dropping her off.
Motivated by the possibility of computer time, the boys got through their spring daily academic checklist quickly. Sean has been keeping up day by […]
Posted in Nature, Journal on Apr 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
I decided to do today as a photojournal.
am — Sean reading Father Brown while Aidan works on Handwriting:
Then we went for a walk to the ridge:
Still snow on the ground
But a few signs of spring:
Paddy clambering up the ridge — granite, coniferous trees and blue sky — you know you’re in the Sierra National Forest!
Sean […]
Posted in Literacy and Language, Early Childhood on Apr 24th, 2007 No Comments »
This is what Aidan and I were working on this morning –
(Disclaimer: I don’t have any formal Montessori experience — I can’t even get the hang of reading the books about Montessori at home — so this is just how I am using the materials to suit my special needs learner. […]
Posted in Learning Notes on Apr 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Today I was up reasonably early and the day went well. When the boys asked what they were supposed to do today, I could just hand them the printouts I mentioned in yesterday’s log. I told them that we were phasing back now in readiness for summer, and they were all right with […]
Posted in Literacy and Language, Early Childhood, organization on Apr 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
I uploaded these checklists to help get us through the next few weeks before we phase into summer.
Weekly chart for Kieron (year 5)
Weekly chart for Sean (year 8 )
Aidan’s Therapy Sheet
Paddy seems to be catching the literacy motivation bug. Yesterday evening he spent a lot of time scribbling on […]
