Archive for the ‘this and that’ Category

 

Blogging Vacation

June 1st, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

June is a very busy month for us, with a conference and live internet show for Jim, 2 mini-vacations for the family, and Daegan’s birthday—on top of our usual soccer and classes and playdates. We’ve got to get the rest of the garden in asap too if things will have a chance to bloom before [...]

Pummelo (Pomelo) and Parenting

May 5th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Yesterday the boys and I did the big grocery shop for the week. The boys have become quite helpful at the store, and enjoy picking out a treat or two—both healthy and non-healthy. Sure, Gareth (age 5) asked for more Corn Pops, but he also requested broccoli. I can live with that. But it’s Daegan, [...]

Sabbath Manifesto

May 1st, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Today was a very productive day. Jim and I sorted through the laundry room, where TONS OF STUFF we no longer wanted or needed was waiting. We sorted it into bins for Goodwill (charity) and Sprouts (to sell at a consignment store). 5 big Rubbermaid bins and 3 bankers boxes later—to say nothing of the [...]

Spring in Calgary: Snowmen and Swimming Pools

April 21st, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

  Here’s what the boys did on April 8th (hover your mouse over the pics for details): Here’s what the boys did today, same corner of the backyard, April 21—just shy of two weeks later than the above snow pics: And you thought where you lived had changeable weather! And no, you don’t have to [...]

News about the Calgary Science Centre

April 9th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

I heard some news about the Calgary Science Centre today that has me shaking my head. Let me preface everything by saying that this info is via my friend Cindy, so please verify for yourselves, just as I am in the process of doing. I have zero reason to doubt Cindy’s word, however—it’s just more [...]

Happy Easter!

April 1st, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Easter break. I’ll be taking a technology sabbatical for the long weekend. But before I do, I wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed getting feedback and comments from so many different people, both strengthening old friendships and meeting new-to-me homeschoolers. And I am enjoying so many of your [...]

Children’s Literature: Then and Now

March 10th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

The boys and I recently read A Bear Called Paddington (a fuller review in my forthcoming Reading Round-Up), and I was struck by the complex sentence structure and vocabulary of this book published in 1958—it seemed so much richer than much of the literature for young children today. My impressions were no doubt heightened as [...]

Excellent article: Homeschool’s Diversity

February 17th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

I came across this interesting read about homeschooling stereotypes and how they are simply not true; today’s homeschoolers are as diverse as any other group of people. Enjoy Beyond Stereotypes: The New Face of Homeschooling from the Simple Homeschool blog. 

The Gift of an Ordinary Day

February 10th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

My friend Cindy posted this video clip on her blog, and I found it really touching and thought-provoking—no doubt aided by the fact that I too am raising two sons, relatively close in age. Enjoy!

A Real Weekend—finally! :-)

January 29th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Just a quickie post tonight as its been a very busy past two weeks for us; I’ll get to this week’s Reading Round-up sometime over the weekend. Last week the boys started the remainder of their classes, which means right now skating and drama classes on weekends, Sportball and art classes during the week. Last [...]