We spent the week off-grid, so with the exception of one science lesson that we did at home previously, we did both weeks in 4 days and finished The Long Winter this week. See more about our curriculum and a list of books and resources we are using f…
A few of my favorite movies: Sleepless in Seattle (1993) You've Got Mail (1998) French Kiss (1995) Love Comes Softly (2003) Anne of Green Gables (1985) Pride and Prejudice (2005) Rear Window (1967) An Affair to Remember (1957) Yours Min…
My Thanksgiving menu: roasted turkey creamy mashed potatoes turkey gravy stuffing corn veggie/relish tray apple cranberry fruit salad fresh cranberry relish squash dinner rolls maple pecan sticky buns egg nog and chocolate milk to drink …
Day 1 We looked up DeSmet, South Dakota on a map and compared latitude and longitude and sunset times to our location here in Wyoming. De Smet, SD: 44.39 degrees North and 97.55 degrees West Sheridan, WY: 44.79 degrees North and 107 degrees West We …
We started The Long Winter, and our first week flew by. It was actually a nice, easy week just following the lessons in the Prairie Primer. We didn't add in extra science this week, but we did start Unit 4 in IEW's Student Writing Intensive A and wor…
"What if you woke up today with only the things that you thanked God for yesterday?" What would you thank God for today? I don't recall where I saw the quote, but it made me think, and as I was tucking Eliana in bed one night, I told h…
Our row of Harold and the Purple Crayon was mostly memory making. See my row with Mali and Elli to see more learning and memory making with this book. -Bo is 5 years, 9 months- For Science , we studied the moon. We learned about the phases of the moo…
By the Shores of Silver Lake begins in Plum Creek just shortly after the family has recovered from scarlet fever which causes Mary to go blind. Pa soon takes a job as a bookkeeper for the railroad, and they move to the shores of Silver Lake where they …
