~Eliana is 27 months~ I didn't have any activities planned for Tot School this week. I did manage to catch her playing with the dressing bear puzzle. And we did an experiment to see some raisins dance. Check out Leslie's post, called Dancing Rais…

We decided to go with The Whole Story Version of Around the world in 80 Days . The Whole Story series has a unique documentary approach: Complete, unabridged text as origianlly published. Generously annotated with hundreds of extended captio…

Inspired by New Harvest Homestead , my goal is to do at least one thing a week to put food by, whether it is dehydrating, canning, freezing or packing buckets for food storage. This week I choose to make strawberry jam. I used: 5 lbs fresh strawberries 7-8 cu…

I love camping . . . in my motorhome! Here are some pictures from our trip last weekend.  Cuddly Campers   It was dark and rainy when we woke up early Sunday morning. By what seemed like late morning, the rain slowed down, the sun came out and we ventured out…

I am working on assembling our portfolio for the 2008-2009 school year. Here is what I am including, so far: Cover page Legal Papers - copies of state homeschool requirements, copy of letter of intent, plan of instruction, response letter Course of study…

I thought I would share how we set up the workbox system in our house. With some rearranging (and all the cleaning and organizing that goes along with rearranging!), I was able to move the boxes and carts into the dining room where we do school.   …