http://www.caerdroia.org/116/ Copyright 2010 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:03:34 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My sig line at The Well-Trained Mind forums states that we use Tapestry of Grace, as well as Classical Writing and a general curriculum that follows, more or less, the LCC philosophy - all of which are teacher-intensive and take... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/01/how_we_use_tape.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2010/01/how_we_use_tape.html Homeschooling Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:03:34 -0600 It looks like blogging ability is back, now. O hai! People keep asking me, "how's school going?" It's going well, thank you, but let me say that working outside the home makes things challenging. I'm not working that many hours,... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/11/and_then_the_se.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/11/and_then_the_se.html Homeschool Journal Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:29:19 -0600 Our 2009-2010 reading lists: Connor - 8th Grade Literature Great Expectations Huckleberry Finn The Red Badge of Courage Kidnapped The Hound of the Baskervilles The Invisible Man All Quiet On The Western Front Animal Farm Lord of the Flies Our... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/09/reading_lists.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/09/reading_lists.html Homeschool Journal Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:33 -0600 It's been a rough year, but we're still here, and still homeschooling. This year I'm teaching 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th grade, and we're gearing up for the Great High School Adventure next year (eek). And we're busy. This year... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/08/im_back.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/08/im_back.html Homeschool Journal Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:29:47 -0600 A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control - Margaret Nofziger The Birth Partner - Penny Simkin A Good Birth, A Safe Birth Third Revised Edition - Korte and Scaer Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom - Christiane Northrup The Girlfriends' Guide to... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/pregnancychildb.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/pregnancychildb.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:33 -0600 Yes, folks, it's a sale! The economic times have hit us hard. Jeff has been unemployed for several months now, and I'm liquidating books and curricula to help us out of this hole. I'll be adding more to this list,... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/sale.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/06/sale.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:54:15 -0600 Okay, I'm sold. The three-week study of Simon Bolivar is, in reality, an excuse to jump into the study of South America for a few weeks. We can do that. I broke down and bought the main recommended text: I... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar_r.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar_r.html Homeschooling Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:18:30 -0600 Tapestry of Grace has us scheduled for a three-week study of Simon Bolivar's life and deeds. We plan to read about him, yes; but can anyone give me a compelling reason for spending three weeks on him? Right now, I'm... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/simon_bolivar.html Homeschooling Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:04:34 -0600 We took a little field trip last Friday, to do something I never, ever thought I'd do: take part in a political protest, in front of the White House. We attended the D.C. New American Tea Party, and had a... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/field_trip_1.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/03/field_trip_1.html Homeschool Journal Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:02:16 -0600 My favorite band has a Whedon connection.... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/02/i_can_die_happy.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/02/i_can_die_happy.html Music Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:58:05 -0600 Big things may be happening here, but you get to wait until I know if they're happening or not. In the meantime, my science post struck a chord with many of you. The lack of decent science curricula is, I... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/02/so_whatcha_doin.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/02/so_whatcha_doin.html Homeschool Journal Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:55:12 -0600 Y'all know that we've never really done science in our homeschool. Not formal science. We try, and fail. And try again, and fail. We don't fail because we're not science-minded, or because we don't have an interest; I think we... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/science_2.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/science_2.html Homeschool Journal Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:31:58 -0600 As I sit down to plan this next semester (yes, I got a late start), I find that my reading list is ... gone. Completely and utterly gone. Not only have I lost the list of works I had planned... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/who_ate_the_rea.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/who_ate_the_rea.html Homeschool Journal Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:24:13 -0600 My kids have been clustered around the Alien Earths website for nearly two hours. It contains an infrared, edge-on galaxy viewer (very, very cool!); and the ever-popular "Planet Families" game, in which you get to build star systems. Fun stuff!... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/alien_earths.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/alien_earths.html Resources Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:07:30 -0600 Our holidays were nice, but busy. Christmas was the first time in ... ? I don't know. Sixteen years, maybe? The first time in about 16 years that my brother, my parents and I were all together. We also got... http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/happy_new_year.html http://www.caerdroia.org/116/archives/2009/01/happy_new_year.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:56:56 -0600