It is not a surprise to me that 5 of my brothers and sisters (including myself) chose to become teachers. Our mother is a master teacher, who not only has dedicated her life to helping children learn, but who also has never stopped learning for herself. My life is so richly blessed because of her.
This was a fun dress to make. I used the tunic pattern from Sew Serendipity, lengthened the sleeves, and added a full skirt. 6 yards of hand block printed cotton voile
I did something that I haven’t done in awhile: I used the library card catalog to fine a book on a topic. Jason Wilkes’s book “Burn Math Class and Reinvent Math for Yourself” came up.
From the Prefacer: “Introducing a concept like this(i) leaves open infinitely many questions, (ii) makes any reflective student feel as if they are missing something, (iii) implicitly suggests that it is their own fault for not understanding it…..When I first heard the definition of slope in high school…I felt something like ‘I couldn’t invent any of these definitions on my own, from first principles, so there’s something I don’t understand about all of them.”
Oh I love when an author can put into words my exact experience. This is going to be good. #momslearningtoo #lovethelibrary #allforhomeschool
For American Tall Tales we read about Febold Feboldson yesterday.
Banana Cream Pie drew him dumping 1000 goldfish into the lake.
Apple Pie drew the frogs he got to sing so that rain would fall on the prairie.
These stories come from American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborn
#howwealveary #homeschoollookslikethis #homeschoolart
Today in architecture we learned that the dome of the Capitol building is made of iron, and that it takes 43,000 pounds of paint each time it is repainted. For fun, we guesstimated how many gallons of paint that would be. Surely paint weighs more than water, but since I know water weighs 8lbs per gallon, we used that number and figured it takes 1,075 five gallon buckets of paint to paint the dome.
Peanut butter play dough models of the Grand Canyon for geography today. #howwealveary #charlottemason #homeschoollife #homeschoolisthebest #homeschoolrocks
Recipe for Peanut Butter Playdough
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 cups instant powdered milk
3 tablespoons honey
Early Morning Resurrection Rolls.
we have been looking forward to these for weeks!
Happy Easter 🐣
He is Risen, indeed.
Marvelous Pigs in Satin 