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My other blog is so crammed full of my stuff I wanted to transfer some of the homeschooling stuff over here. Here is a bunch of pictures from some of last years adventures, A camping trip to Walnut Grove ( laura Ingalls land) Eastman nature Center, homeschool work, yardsale goodies, lapbooking etc...

Pros and cons of homeschooling this year. The downfall has been keeping enough record. The girls have done a lot and learned so much. Emily is reading so well, is doing great at math, has learned so much. I need to do better at cataloging all this next year. I just realised I did not hand in her little report cards and have to do that in the morning! With the remodeling of the house this year I've been bad about it. Next year must be better. The other con has been the girls a little too isolated . I'm making strides to correct this. In the fall Emily will be in 4-H, I'm looking into the Elk River youth theater, and the homeschool chamber orchestra. Those 3 plus her little play dates should cover it. I'm so proud of them , how hard they work and what they know at their young ages. We love home schooling and looking forward to a productive new school year.

Picnic Day

Too cold to swim but we had a great day at the lake anyway.

Grad party

Some friends of ours had a graduation party for their son at a local park. Girls had such fun and Alison is now out cold

Keeping Busy

We've been running around a little. Went to Twin lakes for a picnic, Kelly Farm on children's day and to the back to the 50's carshow . We've had several playdates, bought a new pool, the playhouse is done enough to play in. Girls are having a pretty nice summer so far.

Time Has Flown

I am so proud of Emily how well she is doing with reading. The first of the year at 61/2 she was really struggling with the simplest words. Now she is reading on a 3rd grade level I'd guess. Is doing well in math too. Starting to multiply.

The weather has been beautiful and the girls are able to get outside alot.

Stupid little Game

Emily got a stupid little meal prize and it has turned out to be a good thing. Catz...she has a little virtual kitty that she has to take care of , feed, groom, train , love, and then she goes to this little store to buy things for it. Has to budget her money to have enough food and , etc. Very good for the math level she's at. Emily just loves it and , now i see there's a Catz 2, no wonder this one was free with a meal.

Here I Go Again

My original blog is still up and going but this one is primarly for homeschool activities. It has been a long winter and probably not as much accomplished as should've been. Between my mother's death, remodeling, and health problems our homeschooling has been a little sporatic. Still I'm amazed at what my girls have learned in the past 6 months.

Emily has gome from not being able to read in September, to reading on a 2nd or 3rd grade level. She writes and reads daily and is fascinated with so many things. She is doing well in math with too little instruction the past 2 months, has begun learning fractions. When shes did a unit on birds ,looked up Minnesota birds on the interenet, listened to their songs, colored a realistic bird book, and read her library books all by herself. She likes to make her own books.

Units-over the winter

Birds
Solar System
The Continents
Dolphins
Tide Pools


We like TV. I have no problem using TV for part of thier education. We have watched the most wonderful nature shows, there are great movies that are educational. I think it's great. She loves Word Girl, and Martha Speaks. Kind of dumb cartoons but they have certainly increased her vocabulary along with her reading.

Alison at 2 1/2 is has an amazing vocabulary, learning so much and most of the time adorable. She is 2 though so a handful and definately has a mind of her own. On my birthday , a present was missing..Alison had taken it and hid under the table and unwrapped it. So much for that surprise. It's a hummingbird feeder so she will get to enjoy it.


Alison is aVERY polite little girl..If I give her some treat she'll say "thank you mama, dis is wonderful" If you say thank you to her she always says" you're welcome".

So this is my attempt to record their adventures . I may repost some older things from the other blog just to organise it.