The first half of the year’s over . What a relief. Between the frantic rushing from here to there, has been snatches of academics thrown in with half-caught moments of spontaneous learning: in between waiting for traffic lights to change, in between lesson preparations and pouring over books, in between throwing food into the pan [...]
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Used books for sale! (Updated list)
We’re clearing our shelves for more books this time of year. So here’s a list of books that we’re putting up for sale. Contact me at childofnarnia@yahoo.com if you’d like to view the books before buying them. Books going for RM3 PARENTING BOOKS Kids’ Stuff and What to Do with it (This books contains lots [...]
The Terrible Plague by Joy, dd9
I Joy, dd9, wrote this piece for a writing assignment early this year. I thought she had given some nifty descriptions of the situation, writing from a first person’s point of view. Well, enjoy! ” The Terrible Plague of London I wasn’t going to celebrate my birthday in 1665. My mind rang with the same [...]
Gusts of wind, the waterhorse and the ordinariness of Christmas.
A sheaf of wind. The Waterhorse Suite. Children’s voices playing. Quiet. I live for such days!! We’re done with the pre-Christmas flurry of carolling, gatherings, performances and gifts. Is Christmas ever complete without these? I suppose so. Several Christmases back, all we could manage were home-made gifts for each other and a Christmas tree the [...]
A Note for Dog Lovers
We adopted a dog several weeks ago. She’s a mixed-breed with some retriever and German Shepherd genes plus, I suspect, a hint of terrier thrown in what with her incessant digging and poking into holes. We’ve spent quite a bit on deworming medicines, Frontline (anti-tick spray/application), dog food and dog food. So caught up were [...]
Homeschooling and Us :Projects (3)
Here’s a collage of several projects that we did this year. The first one is a model of the cell of an animal. We also had fun dyeing a cloth purple by using grapeskins. We experimented with different kinds of arrow heads. Of course, we wished we had the real ones, but our construction paper [...]
