Category Archives: Home School

Snow Day

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Kay Pelham
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Learning geography

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Kay Pelham

Learned a lot about the rivers and cities of the US midwest and southwest last fall as James filled in this map a little bit each week to go along with our reading of Tree in the Trail. Got pretty … Continue reading →

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James gives the scoop on a couple of Caravaggio works

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Kay Pelham
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Handwriting skills not a dying art

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Kay Pelham

Last fall the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “How Handwriting Boosts the Brain.”  The author addresses the fact that in spite of our ever advancing technological world, the ancient skill of handwriting still has real value. For the … Continue reading →

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James explains Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Kay Pelham

James explains our stick figures representation of Shakepeare’s Cymbeline. We do this as we’re reading along to keep all the characters straight — who’s who and who belongs to whom and who wants to belong to whom. Over a period … Continue reading →

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James narrates “The Story of Marco Polo”

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Kay Pelham

James will be spending next school year with Marco Polo and his travels. This week he got an introduction to the man in a chapter from M.B. Synge’s The Discovery of New Worlds

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Narration of Edward II…Story of King Robert the Bruce and Bohun

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Kay Pelham

Here James narrates the story from Our Island Story. The Henrys I and II should be Edward I and II. The Scottish king that he never names is Robert the Bruce who you might remember from Braveheart.

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Ready to Fly Away?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Kay Pelham

James and I practice Hymn Study as suggested by Ambleside Online which is modeled on the ideas of Charlotte Mason.  We learn the song and sing it once a week for a month (more if we like).  As I said … Continue reading →

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Our “school” day

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Kay Pelham

I was recently asked by a friend to describe a typical school day in our house.  She also homeschools and is considering changing her current educational approach.  I decided to record the results here. Our basic educational philosophy is known … Continue reading →

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