Category Archives: arts and craftiness

Snapshot of a Day

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Albreda

The first book I read about homeschooling, about ten years ago, was Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days, by Nancy Lande, which tells the stories of a single day in the life of dozens of homeschooling families. It was THE book … Continue reading →

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Sparks

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Albreda

I’m kind of scared of power tools.  I know how to use them, but I don’t have the right benches and clamps to hold things while I work, so I always feel a bit encumbered when working, and thus unsafe. … Continue reading →

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Co-op? No, thank you.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Albreda

I’ve just come to the disappointing decision that our family will not be participating in the local elementary homeschool coop this winter and spring.  The leader worked hard to bring the cost down, the activities sounded interesting, and I know … Continue reading →

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Beara’s Latest Novel: A Halloween Tale about Scale

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Albreda

(Beara made this physical book in a class last summer, with musical end note papers and everything, so now that she’s drawn this lovely little tale in it, I’m loathe to bend it open enough to get flat shots, so sorry about … Continue reading →

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In Theory…

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Albreda

… I’ve got everything I need, supplies and curricula-wise, to start our more formal Fall.  That said, I *did* just order Mathematicians are People, Too (vols 1 & 2), and Hakim’s The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way.  (Great … Continue reading →

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Wonder where I’ve been all week?

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Albreda

When it rains it pours.  When it pours, our roof leaks.  When our roof leaks, our bathroom ceiling falls in.  The night before the girls’ fifth birthday, no less. 

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…in which I am Mean Mommy.

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Albreda

My kids are way too much like me.  When I was three, back during the baby-bust of 1975, my mother tried to get me into the kindergarten Sunday school class, since there weren’t enough kids my age to run a … Continue reading →

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Snow Painting!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Albreda

Here in Northern Vermont, we have at least two feet of snow most places, and mud everywhere else.  Wanting to add some color to my world, (and wanting to make my own fun for my birthday,) Daddyman and I took the kiddos … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday, Right on time for once

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Albreda
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Week in Review: Feb26-Mar5, 2011

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Albreda

Coolest unschooly investigation of the week: Big D asked what makes it so spiders can climb walls?  This site was more in depth than I thought she would want, but no – I found myself explaining chitin, setae, and Van der Waals … Continue reading →

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