By Jake
We had Art class today. We painted pictures of our pets with watercolors.
Here's my painting
And here's my mom's
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Blogger's Quilt Festival - Learning to sew
I'm Jake And I am 8 years old. I am homeschooled and I am learning to sew. I help my mom make quilts. This is my favorite quilt because I made it for a baby that we babysat and I like that baby.I made him laugh and read to him. And I did a lot of the work myself. My mom took it to a lady in a fabric store to quilt it. Becky quilted elephants alligators and monkeys on it, because that's what I wanted.
Mom's note The quilt shop is
Sew What! in Oxford Alabama
At the design wall
At the machine
And top pieced
After quilting
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Latin Homeschool books we like
I knew when we decided to homeschool that I wanted to have Latin as a part of it. I reviewed several curriculae, and this are the books I found most useful - and fun! So much of our English Language comes from Latin, and so much of the roman History has influenced our culture.
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
This "I am Reading Latin " set comes with 4 books, and a CD to help with pronunciation. They cover names of animals, numbers, colors, food and names of family members. Each book also has English derivatives of the Latin words. Jake was in first grade when we started these.
There is a second set of four books from the same company: Octavius Octopus, Rena Rhinocerous, Taurus Rex, and Ursus et Porcus, that have a few more words and more grammar.
These books are very good beginner books, and enjoyable for many ages.
Solar Power!
blog title
While looking for a good Latin Phrase to name our homeschool blog, I came across several contenders..
Scientia Potentia est Knowledge is power - Who knew School House Rock stole that phrase?
Discere docendo - To learn through teaching
Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas - We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)
Audio, video, disco - I hear, I see, I learn
Non scholae sed vitae discimus - We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca)
Scientia Potentia est Knowledge is power - Who knew School House Rock stole that phrase?
Discere docendo - To learn through teaching
Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas - We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)
Audio, video, disco - I hear, I see, I learn
Non scholae sed vitae discimus - We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca)
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