September in Review and Plans for October

September was definitely a “mixed bag” month. It was a big adjustment for all of us to have a kindergartener in the house, and this change...

Weekend Science - Air

We are continuing to learn a little more about science of the world around us. This week we continued with matter topic and focused on gas...

Week In Review–Sep 25, 2012

School. This week has been a much smoother sailing for me and Anna. Not so much for our papa who was quite sick with the virus that Anna b...

What My Child Is Reading–September 24, 2012

We didn’t have a “theme of the week” this week, since Anna’s reading assignment in K was Curious George . She might be the only chil...

Writing, Et Cetera…

Yet again I didn’t manage to do any art projects at home – Anna was not at all interested. Ironically, she was quite keen on doing more ho...

Weekend Science – Solids, Liquids, Gases

I am trying to continue our tradition of doing “semi-science” activities on weekends supported by non-f...

Week in Review – Sep 18, 2012

  Home: It’s been a busy and stressful week. I had to work long hours, and daughter has been missing me. On the other hand, she was Ms Cra...

What My Child Is Reading – Kevin Henkes books

Amazon.com Widgets I dedicate this week review to the books by one of our favorite authors – Kevin Henkes. Chrysanthemum was Anna’s...

Busy Busy Work

This has been a hard week . I think the novelty of kindergarten is wearing thin for all of us. Anna was coming home exhausted and cranky,...

A Science Journal

On Sunday we went for a walk around the block. We brought some items home with us for “studying” (Anna’s def...

Week in Review – September 11, 2012

In our lives… We all enjoyed a long weekend even though I had to work through some of it. By the end of it Anna was telling us that she ...

What My Child Is Reading – Books about Trees

As always Anna read a variety of books this week, but I want to try something different and limit my reviews to one “theme” if I can. ...