Big Brothers
One of the fun things about homeschooling is that you have time for more of these moments.
Nature Study
I feel like we never get to nature study. I have it scheduled for Fridays but by the end of the week, we don't seem to have the time or energy needed for this subject. Not all is lost though. During the week we do spend time outdoors and I found a couple of great picture books that even my two older boys enjoy. The first one is Bedtime in the Southwest. It's a funny look at how southwest critters might behave when Mama and Papa tell them it's time for bed. The second one is Way Out in the Desert. It is new words to the old song Over in the Meadow. It's a great, gentle introduction to ten southwest animals as well as different Sonoran desert plants. The other night, outside our boys' tae kwon do gym, our 4-year-old daughter was inspecting some of the flowers. Suddenly she ran over to me, yelling excitedly, "I saw a bird! It had the long pointy nose for drinking juice from the flowers!" I asked, "A hummingbird?" "YES!" she yell...
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Lee
I was excited to see you lived in a motor home last summer. We were in a wee caravan for six months last summer too (two of those months without any 'facilities'- a very long story). We didn't meet anyone else doing the same. We are in Europe. Now I know that whatever happens to us financially, we will be fine.