Wow, it’s hard to believe that October is already here. Fall has arrived here on Vancouver Island, and the wind, rain and many falling leaves are telling their story in the skies. In honor of a the new 2008/2009 homeschool year. I thought I’d share with you my top 10 homeschooling perks. Each month I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Summer’
July 29, 2008
What’s Growing?
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been almost three weeks since I posted. What can I say? It’s summer after all! Even though we’re on summer holidays, I will try to continue to bore entertain you with a new post at least once a week.
I had mentioned in a previous post, that we were building a [...]
July 9, 2008
Science World Extravaganza!
Our summer holidays took us on a day trip to visit Science World, in Vancouver, B.C. This is an amazing place to take the kids and let them explore the wonders of science to their heart’s content. Pack a lunch and plan to spend the day here in order to explore all the fascinating science [...]
July 3, 2008
Romancing the Raptors!
We wound up our school year with a final field trip that took us up island to the Pacific Northwest Raptors in Duncan, BC. Since we have been learning quite a bit about owls while reading The Guardians of Ga’hoole series (the author of these books has done extensive research about various species of owls [...]
July 2, 2008
Where Have I been?
I’ve been rather absent in the blogosphere, but not because of writer’s block, or lack of things to write about. As a matter of fact, I’ve been quite busy. I’ve been on vacation for the last week or so, and the hot weather has taken us outdoors. As Buzz Lightyear so eloquently puts it: “To [...]
June 10, 2008
Kids Got Imboreditis?
Things are winding downhere as far as formal learning and reporting goes. Real learning; however, never stops around here. No, we do not homeschool year round, so to speak – but informally, I guess we never stop. Even though our last portfolios have been handed in, year end conferences have been attended, next year’s curriculum [...]
June 9, 2008
The Great Big Pool of Bigness
That’s right: we bought a new pool for the backyard. It’s one of those simple set pools – a no brainer. Not really something to write home about. Unless….
You see the pool we had the year before last was very similar. Sixteen by four feet deep. The problem we had then was the lack of [...]
July 19, 2007
The Money Pit
OUR LITTLE BOAT THAT COULD COULDN’T
My husband picked up this little boat for a “fixer-up” hobby. After working on it all spring and having to throw much money at it, the day finally came when the boat could be deemed water worthy. After much excitement and jubilation we piled into the truck with boat and [...]
