Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Since Eric was off from school in May, I decided to start summer break for Johann then too. Usually when Eric is around, the last thing Johann wants to do is study. “My live action figure is home, time to play!!!” is more along the lines of what goes through Johann’s mind. But we continued [...]
As part of our world geography lessons we just began a Robinson projection map puzzle. Johann is already learning a lot and Eric and I are realizing how little we learned in school! The land pieces are cut out around all the countries. In the case of the United States, most of the states are [...]
What a horrid day yesterday! Fell asleep on the couch the night beore working on a take home quiz for chemistry. Woke up sore and stiff, still had to finish the take home quiz, so skipped breakfast (Dumb!) Got out the door in time to get to class on time, but didn’t count on a [...]
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This winter has been the season for learning about Antarctica.
Early this winter Johann’s great-grandfather went on a cruise around South America. At home we tracked the voyage on our big wall map and talked about some of the sights, cultures and especially animals we would encounter if we went to those locations. While his girlfriend [...]
Monday, February 20, 2006
Eric and I both love science. Johann has the same innate ability and curiosity and has picked up the bug of enthusiasm from us. It’s good that he is advanced in math and science, but it sometimes makes him a handful, just like we were. We are always searching for new material to keep his [...]
Classroom at the BeachOriginally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Johann is having an impromptu Shanti School (the name he has given our home school) class at the beach. Here he is talking to Tammy and another regular at the Enders Island beach. They had a good 15 minute long discussion about the food web of the ocean [...]
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
The British National Archives has a great section of their site with a tutorial on Palaeography — reading old handwriting, 1500 to 1800. (I thought I had found this by way of Journalisimo, or Moleskinerie, but I can’t seem to find it mentioned at either one now…maybe it was ??? ) Included in the lessons [...]
