Monday, April 28, 2008
Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids
Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids - this site was recommended by a homeschooling friend. I want to check it out later.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Farm Life: 1880s style
We went on a field trip to Old Cowtown Museum with our Sonlight group last Friday. DS1 really absorbed the information in the farmhouse. When we were outside, he kind of got the short end because some of the taller kids in our group didn't step back and let the smaller ones up close to the table where "Mr. Farmer" was showing the different kinds of grain, before and after grinding. He got a good look at the farming implements, animals, and in the barn, though.
DS1's favorite parts were looking in the magnifier at the shells "from back east" and playing cat and mouse. DS2's favorit part was seeing the "giant claw" in the barn that was used to lift bales of hay, straw, and grass. My favorite part was seeing the 1880s toys.
By the end DS2 was getting pretty wiggly and inattentive, but DS1 was still with it. One of the other moms commented that she could just see him soaking up the information like a sponge.
I think the group really enjoyed the trip. Next year I'll offer to organize one again, and we can see "Daily Life: 1870s City Living."
DS1's favorite parts were looking in the magnifier at the shells "from back east" and playing cat and mouse. DS2's favorit part was seeing the "giant claw" in the barn that was used to lift bales of hay, straw, and grass. My favorite part was seeing the 1880s toys.
By the end DS2 was getting pretty wiggly and inattentive, but DS1 was still with it. One of the other moms commented that she could just see him soaking up the information like a sponge.
I think the group really enjoyed the trip. Next year I'll offer to organize one again, and we can see "Daily Life: 1870s City Living."
Friday, April 11, 2008
Socializing
For the second day in a row we have had some another homeschooling family over to our house for small group interaction. Both days went well overall and included lunch here. Yesterday's family was an 7 yr old girl, a 5 yr old boy, and their mom. Today's family was an 8 yr old boy, a 5 (almost 6) yr old boy, a 4 yr old boy, and their mom. Today was much louder.
We have also met a single family at a park recently. They were a girl who is older than my boys, a boy younger than my boys, and their mom. That went well, too, even though it was a little chilly.
Even though I like the park days with the big group, I like the one on one family get-togethers better. My boys will play with the other children more instead of just playing on their own or with each other. It's really nice that I'm starting to feel like we have friends instead of just acquaintances within our homeschooling group.
We have also met a single family at a park recently. They were a girl who is older than my boys, a boy younger than my boys, and their mom. That went well, too, even though it was a little chilly.
Even though I like the park days with the big group, I like the one on one family get-togethers better. My boys will play with the other children more instead of just playing on their own or with each other. It's really nice that I'm starting to feel like we have friends instead of just acquaintances within our homeschooling group.
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