kindleseed

Voting

2008-11-04T11:34:00.004-05:00

We are getting out the vote here at Kindleseed. We're hosting some elections- who would you vote to come and baby sit at your house for a week?

Mrs. Smith
Allows 2 pieces of candy after every meal
Makes children go to sleep at 7:30 pm every night
Favorite color is pink
Makes you clean your room every day
Takes children to the park every day

Mrs. Clark
Never allows candy in the house
Lets children stay up as late as they want to
Favorite color is blue
Lets children make messes and rarely clean up
Doesn't take children to the park very often at all

Which Amusement Park should we go to ?

Rocky Ridge Amusement Park

Has the biggest Ferris Wheel
Has the tastiest cotton candy
Is the cheapest, but has less rides
Opens early in the morning, and closes early in the evening.
Has a Science Lab area
Has a pioneer village.
Has little carts to take you around the park.

Daisy Dump Amusement Park

Has the biggest rollercoaster
Has the tastiest fudge
Is the most expensive, but has more rides
Opens in the afternoon, and closes at midnight.
Has a sewing area
Has lights on all the rides
Has a water slide area.

Fall breakfast under the hanging leaves

2008-11-04T00:42:00.001-05:00

Fall breakfast under the hanging leaves
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

I have decided that I am just going to blog at Kindleseed using photos that Justyn takes.

I mean, we are doing school work, things are pretty lively around here, you'd think I would want to blog about it. Sheesh, my record keeping is getting worse and worse.....

This was our morning- the tastiest cinnamon rolls ever!

A link to share...

2008-10-30T00:10:00.004-04:00

SuperHeroDesigns A beautiful moment speaks to the every day nature of suffering. It's confirmation that one is indeed human. : )

Homeschool Civics

2008-10-23T21:28:00.001-04:00

Homeschool Civics
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

K and friends at the Obama rally today!

Crowd

2008-10-23T19:15:00.001-04:00

Crowd
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

Justyn's photo of the crowd at the Obama rally today. Some news sources said 35,000, some said 36,000.

Drumming

2008-10-20T23:19:00.001-04:00

DSC_0125
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

The mama has been bliss-led learning about drumming for the last past few years now..... Glad to provide this learning example for the kiddos!

Native American Studies with Wellspring

2008-10-13T18:19:00.001-04:00

Native American Studies with Wellspring
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

We've been gathering for several study times together with WellSpring friends..... Native American studies today was interesting....Thanks to Tia Raquel for putting today together! Thanks to Tia Justyn for the photo love!

Mama A and her girl

2008-09-29T16:30:00.001-04:00

Mama A and her girl
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

Taken by Justyn..... at the Apple Orchard today! Fall is on it's way....

Pic Quote of the Day (Mother Teresa)

2008-09-10T12:25:00.001-04:00

Pic Quote of the Day (Mother Teresa)
Originally uploaded by Whatever's OK's.

Found on flickr as we talk today about Mother Teresa's Inspiration Day. (Sept 10 1946)

We have declared 2008 the Summer of Super Heroes! We talked about what a hero is, what are the things that makes a person a hero..... and then K selected some people that we learned about..... Sacagawea, Ruby Bridges, Teddy Roosevelt, (she picked him!) and a few others that I can't remember off the top of my head.....
So we are continuing our summer learning by including learning about heroes on an ongoing basis.
This week- Mother Teresa!

K and her plot

2008-06-17T20:50:00.001-04:00

K and her plot
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

Jnr Master Gardener!
K is doing Jnr Master Gardener again this year..... she loved it last year, and so did I! Every week she came home with interesting knowledge about gardening. Eventually she learned more than I know about gardening, I think I will join L if he would like to do it next year too!
She is sharing a plot with her friend F this year.

Where in Heaven is Mozart?

2008-06-14T23:27:00.001-04:00

Wow!!!!

WellSpring Pottery...

2008-06-08T09:46:00.001-04:00

WellSpring Pottery...
Originally uploaded by emaho.

Jamie took this photo of the WellSpring Ceramics class at Corey's studio. K made a mug and some abstract sculpture! She loved it.... all the kiddos who went had so much fun!

Bubble stretch!

2008-06-02T09:59:00.001-04:00

Bubble stretch!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

With the weather being so nice, it's easy to find play outside! We had a fun bubble morning with friends, we made both tiny and HUGE bubbles, using straws and yarn!

Blue Print Music today- from the balcony!

2008-05-31T20:57:00.001-04:00

Blue Print Music today- from the balcony!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

The WellSpring families have been fans of our friends BluePrint Music for years now. We love going to see their live shows, and it's such family friendly good fun. They played the ArtsGarden a few weeks ago, and most of WellSpring showed up for it!

First swarm call of the season!

2008-05-31T20:55:00.001-04:00

First swarm call of the season!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

This year we have been kept busy with swarm calls, but as Jamie and I are both helping, it's felt pretty manageable for Rob hopefully.
The kids are really good about coming along to pick-up a swarm.
K has claimed a swarm that went to friends in Zionsville, she will help me manage the hive in my friend Kelly's beautiful garden!

Make your own Magnetic Poetry

2008-05-31T20:51:00.001-04:00

Make your own Magnetic Poetry
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

When K was in a preliterate stage, we had a whole words learning environment, I had everything labeled with little word tags, magnetic poetry, etc etc.... I just got the Magnetic Poetry out for L, and will be starting to tag things. So once again we will have a dishwasher that says "dishwasher" etc......

K and L at the tennis courts

2008-05-31T20:35:00.001-04:00

K and L at the tennis courts
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

So we've gotten hooked on tennis this spring!
I had been thinking of introducing a fun sport that the whole family could enjoy, a team sport..... and we kind of fell into tennis as a fun option!
K is loving it, and L is too. There are awesome courts at the park just down the road from our house, we go when we can. This summer K will have classes as part of an Indy Parks/ National Junior Tennis League program!
(Oh, and it's good exercise for the mama!)

Our love notes for the world.

2008-05-31T20:30:00.001-04:00

Our love notes for the world.
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

Trying to keep up with the homeschooling blog....only a month behind- sheesh!
So going all the way back to April..... We wrote some love notes to Indianapolis and went around downtown putting them in places where people would find them! (inspired nby www.HopeRevo.Com)
It made some handwriting into a fun adventure. : )

Playing with Magnetic Poetry at Butler University Library......

2008-04-27T23:25:00.001-04:00

Playing with Magnetic Poetry at Butler University Library......
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

We went to the library at Butler specifically to play with the Magnetic Poetry they always have out for National Poetry month. They have heaps of interesting and fun sets of poetry and the kids had fun leaving some on the magnetic board there!

Cove 4 in the Learning Curve

2008-04-27T23:24:00.001-04:00

Cove 4 in the Learning Curve
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

We are making it a habit to head to the amazing downtown library at least once a week. Whether we are researching a project, attending a program or just reading and picking some books, it's a great space to be.

K at work....

2008-04-27T23:22:00.001-04:00

K at work....
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

This is the new space in our house- the computer desks are all at the same height, I have space for the lap-top, the printer sits on a shelf by itself..... the kids have decent chairs.... it all works very well!

K painting the walls green!

2008-04-27T23:21:00.001-04:00

K painting the walls green!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

OK, I just realized how long it had been since I posted on the blog. ("Random and Unreliable", I should just take Emily's old blog tag!)
In the early stages of Spring, I had a fit of re-organizing and re-decorating, and completely re-did the learning room in our house. It's the room with the computers and the shelves full of stuff. We painted and re-arranged and generally made everything much easier to use. We all love it!

Nothing to do with homeschooling

2008-04-27T23:15:00.001-04:00

"mama's soocle"
Originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

OK, this photo has nothing to do with homeschooling, it's just the circle that I hosted at Justyn's home..... it was so beautiful, I wanted to remember this evening with my circle sisters.

L on the Police Bike!

2008-03-29T15:16:00.001-04:00

L on the Police Bike!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

After the St Patrick's Day parade was over, we walked past a policeman who was guarding a closed street. It looked like he might have been one of the policemen from the stunt-bike part of the parade, so we went over to talk to him, and he very sweetly answered questions, and invited the kids to sit on his bike!
I have learned so much in our home schooling adventures simply by being open to each moment, by talking to people and learning that way. Of course this is something I seem to do naturally, but it's so much fun to learn about the world with the kiddos like this.

Brrrr! The parade watchers are a little chilly!

2008-03-29T15:11:00.001-04:00

Brrrr! The parade watchers are a little chilly!
Originally uploaded by annamaren.

St Patrick's Day 2008! My kids *love* a good parade as much as I do, so there was no helping it, we bundled up and went downtown for the annual St Paddy's Day Parade! Here they are with their friend A whose sister was in the parade with her Irish Dancing School!