by Jennifer | May 2, 2020 | a mom's life, education, poems
She sits at the kitchen table dutifully diagramming sentences inscrutable indirect objects and those pesky prepositions (or are they adverbs?) But I am diagramming the way the light glints in her hair as she carefully shapes cursive,brow furrowedbut eyes darting...
by Jennifer | Jan 18, 2016 | 31 days of creativity, education
For a homeschooler, everything is a learning experience, so I can’t resist the opportunity to turn this into a science lesson. For my kids and yours, here are some random facts about radioactivity: When you’re radioactive, you give off radiation. Radioactive...
by admin | Feb 2, 2012 | education
I still have bumps in my arms from where they hit the wooden desks in elementary school. Not this kid.
by admin | Jan 25, 2012 | education
Notice what Geneva is doing in the bottom right corner while the boys give their presentation to our homeschool...
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | education
Boston in the fall is great, but even better if you go with 27 of your closest friends. Five days of togetherness where an adventure is around every corner—what’s not to like? If you are a Busy Boy, you go straight for the guns. Side trip to Plymouth completed...
by admin | Dec 14, 2010 | education
Self publishing has worked its way down to the lower elementary level with this first edition of the Hobbiton Homeschool Newspaper called The History Chronicle, featuring the writing and artwork of one of the Busy Boys.