“What line? I don’t see a line.” This was what I actually spoke out loud less than two weeks ago. I quickly scanned my environment, naturally seeing nothing but mere spectators. I was after all, in hot pursuit with my camera in hand, trying to catch a photo of my daughter as she took off from the starting [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘P.E’
May 12, 2008
Oh, go take a hike!
Occasionally I get asked what we do for PE as a homeschooling family. Over the years, we have participated in numerous activities, and you can read about some of them and glean more ideas here. I find that homeschooling allows us to try out numerous activities without going too nuts.
(Though homeschooling families can sometimes over do the [...]
May 28, 2007
Bicycle Science
Taking advantage of the beautiful weather while out cycling last week, we had some amazing nature discoveries. While stopping for a rest, my dd looked beside her to discover brand new baby spiderlings that had just hatched. We stayed and watched them for a little while then carried on further up the trail only to [...]
May 14, 2007
Staying Fit Together
I recently aquired a bike for my birthday. I say aquired because the bike was originally bought for my youngest as a surprise for her birthday, only to discover the bike wasn’t a 24″, but a 26″ frame. This “boo boo” caused a chain reaction in bicycles. A smaller bike in the correct fit was purchased [...]
May 6, 2007
How the heck do you teach P.E.?
Well, I’m definitely not out there on the track with a stop watch and whistle with my kids everyday, but that doesn’t mean they are not active. Our homeschool community has a fantastic yearly track and field meet, there are homeschool swimming lessons, there is homeschool dance and ballet, there are wonderful parents who organzie team [...]
