Pictures - November 10, 2016

Asher getting ready to launch a rocket.

Josie Grace loves spending time doing things with Daddy, especially riding the scooter!

Playing Frida's Fruit Fiesta game to work on fine motor skills and literacy (note Micah's strong man costume).

Pictures - October 24, 2016

One of the purposes of this blog is to keep friends and family updated on this journey of homeschooling (see more on the About page).  So, here are some pictures from what we've been doing over the last couple of weeks!  :)


Classical Conversations

Micah's class made a to-scale model of the solar system this morning.  The soccer ball represents Saturn (see the wire rings around it?), and the tutor is giving Micah (gray sweatshirt) a moon to put by Saturn.

Pictures - October 10, 2016

All pictures were selected by Micah for this post.  Here's a quick peek at what we've been up to at the White house!

 Asher clearly enjoyed his roasted marshmallow (pre-clean eating)  :)

Micah loved our backyard campfire

Literacy with a postcard from Alaska! 

Pictures - Monday, September 19, 2016

Micah giving his weekly Classical Conversations presentation, this week on 

Charlemagne (see Lego representation)

The Beginning

Thanks for visiting the blog!  I'm excited to use this space for a couple of things: to keep friends and family updated on what we're doing, and also to give Micah and Asher (and eventually Josie Grace) a place to write, learn how to use the Internet, and authentically share what we are learning.

To learn more about us (who we are, curriculum we've chosen, etc.), check out the About page.

Kindergarten
I am the mother of a kindergartener.  He's closer to 6 years old than he is to 5!  He was so excited to start school...we actually started in June, took a break in July, and started back up again in August.  It's hard to believe we're already about 25% through our year!


Sampling of what we've done so far

• Classical Conversations - We're excited to be part of a brand new local community!  Micah is in a class with a tutor and several other boys ages 4-6.  We attend Monday mornings/early afternoons, and subjects studied are history, geography, English, Latin, science, math, public speaking, and fine arts.  Right now he is in the grammar (vocabulary) stage, and he's learning about all kinds of things I imagine aren't usually covered in kindergarten - William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionhearted, 7 wonders of the ancient world, present and imperfect tense Latin conjugations, types of biomes, skip counting by 6s, symmetry, 8 parts of speech...it sounds intense, but he's loving it.