I’m truly amazed when I look back just one year in my blog posts — how could it only be one year?? It puts perspective on why it’s sometimes been complicated to adjust to our many changes. Here’s an excerpt from November 11, 2006. I write about a project that really worked for us in homeschooling — creating a toy car mat to study community.
As we finish week three of our homeschooling experiment, I feel we’ve made some progress in my understanding of my kids’ academic needs, as well as the structure of our home school days.
This week’s theme was geography, which is a subject we could happily study for a month. But instead we’re using a few days of focused lessons as a basis for integrated geography studies throughout the school year. Craig was reading about “communities”, so we also created a “community” play mat for their cars, and according to Darla’s journal, it was a hit. The photos here show the planning process for our six-foot square play mat.
HOMESCHOOL EXPERIMENT RESULTS SERIES:
WHY WE STARTED
the JOYS
the STRUGGLES
the FUTURE for us
UPDATE after we Quit Homeschooling
Family out of Sync
Other Homeschooling Experiment milestones:
The Beginning
Week One – Starting with a Frazzle
Five Steps to Drive Yourself off a Cliff
Week Two – Just when I thought I knew what I was doing
Week Three — Let there be CRAFTS!
One-month Review
D’s Review at One Month
Week Five – Stress and frustration
Week Seven – Flip-flopping curriculum
Note to self – Consider having low expectations some weeks
Two-Month Review — Some aha moments
Three-Month Review — Not all peaches and cream
Four-Month Review — Loving ancient history
Five-Month Review — What I underestimated
Six-Month Review – Let’s Just Skip this Month
Seven-Month Review — Curriculum Review
D’s research paper — Save the Earth Saturday series
Tales of a Fourth-Grade Guinea Pig
All posts about the experiment — including WAY-COOL FIELD TRIPS!
This post is a part of Wordless Wednesday this week.
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12:04 am
they have grown so much. Unbelievable.
12:48 am
Wonderful use of natural light here. The second shot is my favorite. With this type of lighting, I feel like I’m sitting there on the floor watching them (I know, creepy to say, but you know what i mean).
1:17 am
Your kids are darling.
2:49 am
Great shots – happy WW.
4:44 am
Beautiful children. They change and grow so quickly.
5:11 am
How cute. They really are focused and working hard.
great.
5:45 am
Fantastic pictures. Beautiful children!
Happy WW!
5:47 am
This is a beautiful sequence of photos. What kids can do with a caring mom!
6:08 am
Beautiful photos!!!:)
6:35 am
Beautiful photos of a very cool project!
8:03 am
Very nice.
8:06 am
Very cool!
8:11 am
When I used to be in charge of the under 5’s room at our church we used to make whole town street plans out of masking tape on the carpet. And then let the children use the wooden blocks for houses and have the tub of toy cars out. They had a great time.
8:26 am
Wow, you’re #1!!
In WW, that is
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I remember this, can you believe it was a year ago? D&C are growing up before y(our) eyes…
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8:40 am
beautiful shots, very vivid and clear!
8:45 am
They look like they’re having so much fun!
9:56 am
I really admire you homeschooling moms. That is some dedication.
10:37 am
We love maps in our house, too. Happy WW!
10:44 am
That is really cool. Now I want to make one! I homeschooled for a year and so I know that with every project, much more is learned than just what is intended. Awesome project and adorable kids!
11:27 am
great shots, thanks for sharing!
2:40 pm
Really great shots and very intrigued children you have. I think it’s fabulous! My son is like that!
2:44 pm
Great Shot of the kids. Ours our finaly in VS and have even a greater challenge. The car shot is great DOF. Stop by and visit. happy ww