One of the things we are focusing on for our Rwanda study is our sponsored child, Albert. The entire lapbook stemmed from our new relationship with him and we are learning as much as we can about him, his life and his country. P couldn’t wait to write his 1st letter to Albert, this is the longest letter he has… Read More
In the Works ~ Rwanda, Africa Lapbook
We are working hard and learning a lot through our lapbook on Rwanda. We “gave” our son a sponsored child (through World Vision) for Christmas. The little boy we are sponsoring is P’s age and P is REALLY enjoying learning all about Albert and his country. It has been a wonderful experience for us all. One of the really neat… Read More
Portable Word Wall
Every now and then I am hit with what a bright idea (at least it seems bright to me!) and today it happened and I was SO excited because I have been trying to decide a solution to this for awhile now! We have a big word wall down in our school room, here’s a photo of part of it.We… Read More
In the Works ~ Weather Lapbook
We’re almost done with our weather lapbook! I will post final photos next week, but for now here is the link to the one mini book I made myself for it, it’s about the sun. He learned a lot from this study, so did I! Next week we begin our unit on the night sky: moon, stars, planets, etc. He… Read More
Non Stop Learning…
I read a wonderful post over at Jamin’s blog yesterday, about creating a learning rich environment. I couldn’t agree with her more. Even though I have only been homeschooling for a couple of years, I have always believed in my home being a learning rich environment, probably comes form having been a school teacher. As my younger son (age 20… Read More
