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Keeping Organized with Schedules – Part 1
I cannot function very well without a schedule. Oh, I manage to squeak by but inside I feel like I have nothing together. I do whatever task or distraction is at hand rather than doing what may be a higher priority. By the end of the day when I look back on what I have accomplished it amounts to very little. Did I do a load of laundry? Yes, but somehow I never did find the time to put it in the dryer, never-mind it being folded. The baskets start to overflow and the ironing piles up. The family eats well (most days) but what about the dishes that need to be hand-washed? …
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Keeping Organized with Schedules – Part 1
I cannot function very well without a schedule. Oh, I manage to squeak by but inside I feel like I have nothing together. I do whatever task or distraction is at hand rather than doing what may be a higher priority. By the end of the day when I look back on what I have accomplished it amounts to very little. Did I do a load of laundry? Yes, but somehow I never did find the time to put it in the dryer, never-mind it being folded. The baskets start to overflow and the ironing piles up. The family eats well (most days) but what about the dishes that need to be hand-washed? …
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Craft/Work Day for our Back to the Middle Ages Co-op Day
We were able to accomplish quite a bit yesterday in our craft/work day. When everyone arrived we began a group project of making mosaic stepping stones. This young lady is feeling the pain at the thought of breaking a pretty salad plate. Breaking tile and dishes was great for the boys. They did it with relish – with not one iota of remorse. 🙂 After making our stepping stones we took a break for lunch. Then it was on to sewing for the girls and a wood working project for the boys. The girls were making little coin bags for our co-op day. We are going to hand…
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Castles of Long Ago
Thursday the families that will be involved in our homeschool speech co-op day will be getting together to do a few projects related to the time period of the middle ages as well as to paint and build props for our speech day. One of the props will be a castle – or at least a small portion of one. I decided to look on the Internet for castles from that time period. Here’s a few that I found… Lindisfarne castle is located in England on the border between it and Scotland. Not only did it see the English and Scots fight but Vikings frequented the area. Irish monks built the…
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Middle Ages & Speech Co-ops
This post was originally published at Blogger here. Once a year, myself and some other homeschoolers from our church, get together for a speech/co-op day. Several months before we give our speeches, we vote on a topic; the children study it, write a speech and then deliver it to friends and family on the appointed day. We go all out with props, costumes, food and games. The children get to put into play their creative skills and practice speech making. This will be our 5th year. Thus far our Co-op days have been… Democratic Republic of the Congo (we have a family at our church that moved from there and…
