Friday afternoon the boys and I attended a workshop on vermicomposting, or worm composting, put on by a lady who runs a small business in Calgary, Worms at Work. There were 30 or so young homeschoolers in attendance—including some friends that we didn’t realize would be there—along with about a dozen Moms. The boys are [...]
This morning the boys and I headed to Calgary’s Firefighter Museum, for their grand-re-opening. Despite the pouring rain and gloomy skies, we had a wonderful time. We listened to speeches, heard some live music, learned local history, talked one-on-one with a friendly “old timer” fire fighter, checked out displays, and so on. The boys got [...]
Last week I wrote about the “What Number Am I?” problems Daegan has been enjoying, and asked you to send along any questions you or your kids made up. MamaGames sent us a wonderful question from her son, KarateKid, who is about the same age as Daegan. (Daegan loved seeing KarateKid break a board with [...]
This past weekend was the Victoria Day, or “May 2-4”, weekend, a little bit of wordplay as the holiday often lands around May 24th, and a “two-four” is slang for a case of 24 beers, which are often enjoyed during this “kickoff to summer” long weekend in Canada. I had a great time gardening and [...]
One of Daegan’s favourite sort of question for our ‘Problem of the Day’ is what I call a “What Number Am I?’” riddle. Here’s some that we’ve done in the past few weeks: All three of my digits are the same. The sum of my digits is 6. I am a 2-digit even number. I [...]
Today was Gareth’s final ocean-themed playschool class, “A World Down Under.” We parents came to pick up the kids a few minutes early, so the kids could perform a little song routine for us. To the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”, we listened to and watched “the fish in the ocean go swim, [...]
Daegan has been on an arts and crafts kick over the past several weeks, though admittedly it is waning as the weather warms and the creepy crawlies in the garden beckon. A few weeks ago he created this dinosaur picture completely on his own—my only involvement was him coming to me with the finished product [...]
A few days ago the Jim and the boys made their own fossils using plastic dino skeletons, sand, and plaster of Paris. Over the weekend we finished the project, removing the sand to reveal the fossil impressions. Jim began by carefully sliding the fossil “cake” out of the bowl, supporting it with his hand as [...]
This afternoon the boys and I met up with some friends down at Fish Creek Park, a huge wildlife area in south Calgary. The boys rode their bikes, scooters and trikes while while we two Moms walked and talked. It was a lovely way to spend an absolutely gorgeous afternoon in the sunshine! And we [...]
After getting some chores and homeschool work done, the boys and I headed over to meet up with the Calgary Attachment Parenting group at their weekly park day. They meet at a park / playground that is pesticide free (and frankly has less dandelions than lots of other places right now!) The boys had a [...]