tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70053560736365064182024-02-07T23:22:55.704-06:00BlueSkiesTaking each day to love, learn, explore and discover more about the world in which we live and the people with whom we share it.Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456091240901710538noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005356073636506418.post-13466676945933639342015-09-09T10:56:00.001-05:002015-09-09T10:56:20.454-05:00A Picture A Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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He chose to read this tome as our first book for lit!</div>
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AH is a senior in high school this year. He insisted that we keep up our tradition of visiting the Science Museum of Minnesota on the first day of "school." Definitely a traditionalist!<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page -->
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A Huge, 3 story astronaut at the Science Museum of Minnesota floats in "space."</div>
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We did break from tradition and visited the Minnesota History Center as well. This is in the "Greatest Generation Exhibit"</div>
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Of course it was time for lunch! So we headed to Grand Avenue in St. Paul to Punch Pizza!</div>
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Sound familiar? It's the small business President Obama recognized in one of his State of the Union speeches. They increased their starting wage to $10.00/hour before any legislation forced them to. They are a success story! And that was the starting point of an interesting discussion during lunch.</div>
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A sweet way to end our field trip.</div>
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Had fun practicing some chalk lettering on our chalkboard door! Happy New Year to you all!</div>
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We had a great time at a homeschool picnic today at <a href="http://www.threeriversparks.org/parks/north-mississippi-park.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">North Mississippi Regional Park</a> in Minneapolis.</div>
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Lots of homeschoolers from around the metro area attended.</div>
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Sponsored by <a href="http://homeschoolers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota Homeschoolers' Alliance</a> and <a href="http://hsadventures.org/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homeschool Adventures</a></div>
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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! </div>
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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! </div>
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ASL Classes signing for a co-op talent show</div>
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Paper Mache for the Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict NHBA Book Club</div>
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More Experiments and a round of Battleship in HiSci (History of Science Club) today </div>
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Making paracord survival bracelets for Summer of the Wolves NHBA Book Club</div>
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(See the Pi shape in the top photo?!)</div>
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Warming up before Homeschool Gym.</div>
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NHBA Bookclub. He's supposed to be working on something!!</div>
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NHBA Book Club field trip to Como Zoo for a spice class. </div>
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Here AH identifies uses for sample spices.</div>
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The trees are frosted! It's just a beautiful morning here in Minnesota.</div>
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We have a full day ahead of us and first on the list is to shovel!</div>
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Working on a mapping project with a friend</div>
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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.</div>
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AH worked on directional verbs today for ASL (American Sign Language).</div>
Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456091240901710538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005356073636506418.post-80738548540683733082013-01-25T16:20:00.000-06:002013-02-01T16:23:27.426-06:00A Picture A Day: January 25, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Second <a href="http://www.nationalhomeschoolbookaward.com/" target="_blank">NHBA</a> book club this month for <i><a href="http://matthewjkirby.com/kirbside/?page_id=1892" target="_blank">Icefall</a></i> by Matthew Kirby. Learning about <a href="http://nationalhomeschoolbookaward.com/blog/?p=1210" target="_blank">ravens</a>, eating <a href="http://scandinavianfood.about.com/od/cookingtechniques/ss/How-To-Make-Icelandic-Skyr.htm" target="_blank">skyr</a> and playing <a href="http://www.irt.org/games/js/hnefat/" target="_blank">Hnefatafl</a> (this is a link to an online version. <a href="http://www.irt.org/games/js/hnefat/instruct.htm" target="_blank">Here</a> are the directions)</div>
Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456091240901710538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005356073636506418.post-25010731271248595832013-01-23T15:58:00.000-06:002013-02-01T16:00:37.987-06:00A Picture A Day: January 23, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Working on a 250 word essay today.</div>
Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456091240901710538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005356073636506418.post-23939929338373190762013-01-11T15:48:00.000-06:002013-02-01T15:49:41.090-06:00A Picture A Day: January 11, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We began our <a href="http://www.nationalhomeschoolbookaward.com/" target="_blank">National Homeschool Book Awards</a> Class this morning. Our featured book this month is <a href="http://matthewjkirby.com/kirbside/?page_id=1892" target="_blank"><i>Icefall</i> </a>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.</div>
Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456091240901710538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005356073636506418.post-36565156273157483752013-01-10T20:03:00.000-06:002013-01-10T20:09:18.462-06:00A Picture A Day: January 10, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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!</div>
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Bolivian Quinoa Stew for dinner!</div>
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We signed up for the <a href="http://www.nationalhomeschoolbookaward.com/" target="_blank">National Homeschool Book Awards</a> Class held locally here in the Twin Cities. Today was our first session, a field trip to <a href="http://www.ingebretsens.com/" target="_blank">Engebretson's</a> for a norse mythology story time. Perfect for the first book we are reading: <a href="http://www.nationalhomeschoolbookaward.com/book_icefall.aspx" target="_blank">Icefall</a> by Matthew J. Kirby. What a lovely morning! As we left she wrote the runes of our names.</div>
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Perspective and parallax were subjects covered at HiSci (History of Science Club) today!</div>
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Great morning at book club today. From one middle grade fiction book we learned about immigration, the Charleston, Jazz, Jewish foods, Jewish traditions, Langston Hughes, and American history!<br />
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Then we raced across to the other Twin City and took in a tour of the Terra Cotta warriors at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Great day!!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12456091240901710538noreply@blogger.com0