Nature Journals
I’ve been teaching a lot of language classes this summer as well as working in the garden and preserving food, but as I was preparing for the upcoming school year, […]
King Alfred and the Beggar / El rey Alfredo y el mendigo
Una vez los daneses le echaron al rey Alfredo de su tierra y tenía que esconderse por mucho tiempo en una isla en medio de un río. Un día todos […]
Our Typical Homeschool Day
I’m the kind of person who has high expectations for our homeschool days, but because I have diabetes, if my blood sugar is “off” even by a little, I can […]
El rey Alfredo y los pastelitos / King Alfred and the Cakes
I have been very busy over the past few months launching a new part-time language school in my little hometown! I am feeling so proud of myself for getting out […]
Adapting the Y1/Y2 History Rotation
I don’t know about everyone else’s experiences of history in public school, but I didn’t have a single history lesson until fifth grade, and there was no systematic presentation of […]
The Great Spanish Experiment – Day 2
We just got back from a wonderful Spring Break trip to Sacramento (post forthcoming), so this follow-up has been a bit slower than I expected. We have continued to study […]
Spanish Lesson Experiment
I recently started a new approach to teaching foreign language in our homeschool. Because I am bilingual and *gulp* a trained language teacher, you would think that this was my […]
Adventures with Sentences
The heavy snow and ice that has settled over my corner of the world has provided me with ample time for reading and reflection. Trapped in my driveway with no […]
Snowed In!
Our snowy winter has made nature study quite an adventure! We still go out every day for around 40 minutes to an hour and we talk a lot about how […]
Here is a recent NPR article on the topic of digital media and kids
Worried About Screen Time? Don’t Let Kids Go It Alone http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/04/505468990/worried-about-screen-time-don-t-let-kids-go-it-alone?sc=17&f=1001
