Thursday, August 15, 2013

A Picture A Day: August 15, 2013



We had a great time at a homeschool picnic today at North Mississippi Regional Park in Minneapolis.
Lots of homeschoolers from around the metro area attended.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Driver's Ed at Home

You would think that having the third child begin driver training would be no big deal.  Been there, done that...Right? Nope! It's still a big deal!  I'm feeling the same excitement and worry that I felt when the older kids began this process.  It's an exciting, happy time in the life of an American teenager and an exciting, nerve-wracking time for an American teenager's parents!  


Since we received the curriculum last week we have been reading about insurance, licensing regulations and classes of licenses, to name just a few subjects.  The first chapter was not thrilling.  I was yawning while reading it with AH! He agreed it was a lot of dry information, but was much more interested in the types of auto insurance than I was.  When we began a chapter about the car itself and I found myself nodding off, I hopped up and proclaimed that class would be held in the car!  We took our books and proceeded to sit in our car in the driveway for an hour. AH started the car, turned signals off and on, found the hazards and parking brake, adjusted the seats and mirrors and asked about anything in the car .  When I didn't have an answer we looked in the the driver's education book and when that didn't have the answer we scoured the  owner's manual. Opening up the hood to find out how to check the oil and various other fluid levels was more fun than looking at a  sketch and diagram.  I'm so happy we can study this subject together at home so that he can move around and actively learn the material the way he learns best!   

Friday, April 12, 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

A Picture A Day: April 9, 2013



More Experiments and a round of Battleship in HiSci (History of Science Club) today 

Thursday, March 14, 2013

A Picture A Day: March 14, 2013



Vegetarian Pot Pie and Pizza Pie
for PI DAY!!!
(See the Pi shape in the top photo?!)

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!

The trees are frosted!  It's just a beautiful morning here in Minnesota.
Happy Valentine's Day to you all.
We have a full day ahead of us and first on the list is to shovel!

Friday, February 8, 2013

Monday, February 4, 2013

A Picture A Day: February 4, 2013


After American Sign Language class at a local homeschool co-op, we watched the second episode of Terry Jones' Barbarians.  Very interesting material and a it presents a different viewpoint than one usually sees.  There is a book by the same name.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Friday, January 25, 2013

A Picture A Day: January 25, 2013


Second NHBA book club this month for Icefall by Matthew Kirby.  Learning about ravens, eating skyr and playing Hnefatafl (this is a link to an online version.  Here are the directions)

Friday, January 11, 2013

A Picture A Day: January 11, 2013


We began our National Homeschool Book Awards Class this morning.  Our featured book this month is Icefall by Matthew Kirby.  We loved it here at our homeschool.  Of course, it probably helps that we are of Icelandic descent!!  AH and his friends work on the craft project.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

A Picture A Day: January 10, 2013


Today we get two pictures of what we did this afternoon.  This has been a heavy week of field trips and classes and this afternoon we had some time to just chill.  We read the third Brotherband Chronicles book (The Brotherband Chronicles: The Hunters by John Flanagan) together and then we each did our own thing.  AH decided that he would just play Xbox 360 live and I decided to cook!


Bolivian Quinoa Stew for dinner!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A Picture A Day: January 9, 2013


We signed up for the National Homeschool Book Awards Class held locally here in the Twin Cities.  Today was our first session, a field trip to Engebretson's for a norse mythology story time. Perfect for the first book we are reading: Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby.  What a lovely morning!  As we left she wrote the runes of our names.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

A Picture A Day: January 8, 2013


Perspective and parallax were subjects covered at HiSci (History of Science Club) today!