From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Blog Carnival – All Things Austen

June 29, 2010

Welcome back to DaisyChain Daily Carnival!”. Thanks for visiting!Carol Topp is hosting a fun Homeschooling Blog Carnival. Check out all the posts on the topic “All Things Austen”!   Thanks Carol, for including my post “A Great Reader?” It makes me want to celebrate with tea!

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A Great Reader…

June 26, 2010

“Miss Bennet despises cards!  She’s a great reader and takes no pleasure in anything else!” Our whole family can recite pretty much the entire script of the BBC/A&E version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.  Our son Isaac has a curious obsession with the movie and gets to watch part of it daily as a [...]

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Christmas in… June?

June 20, 2010

Who says gingerbread houses are just for Christmas? We bought a few on clearance after the holidays and the kids were itching to “do something fun” so we broke them out.  This is my 19yo daughter in a particularly silly moment. Hooray for after Christmas sales!  Hey, this is better than the time my younger [...]

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Ice Cream in a Bag

June 14, 2010

It’s HOT here in Kansas!  I loved making ice cream in a bag with the kids when they were young.  They still like to make it every so often, even though they’re “too old.” (ha)  Here’s a fun video on how to make ice cream in a bag.  It’s quick, easy, and I like this [...]

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Summer… break?

June 9, 2010

We’re on week two of our four-week break.  I need to get some planning done for the coming year.  Do you do your planning planning for the school year over the summer?  Do you work on it throughout the summer, leave it till the last week or so, or avoid summer planning all together? I’d [...]

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