This morning we made made an automobile lapbook for a study of automobiles. What is a lapbook? "A Lapbook is a proven method of enhancing, creating and displaying a summary of what a student is learning and has accomplished during a particular unit of s…

Today we visited "the land of the rising sun," or Nippon, as the Japanese call their country. The boys colored the flag of Japan, which has a red circle, or "rising sun" on a white background. They also worked on their Geography songs for…

I've been tagged by my friend, Meg . She is such an inspiration to me! She is a wonderful mum (that is what they say Canada, eh?) and a wonderful, witty knitter! I dream of being as good as she is. So, here it how it goes: 1. Link to the person who tagged…

Our assignment today was to make bread from scratch! Here the boys are taking turns grinding wheat berries into fresh flour. We are using the Country Living Grain Mill and it serves our family well! We are using a whole wheat bread recipe from the Urban Hom…