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30 May 2013 Soccer Geography

May 31, 2013

Coach West shows the kids flags of countries where soccer, aka football, aka futbol, is popular.

29 May 2013 Hanging Garden Update

May 30, 2013

The seeds sprouted! Radishes, kale, lettuce, beets and who knows what else Sam planted in there. She snipped off little bits of the carpet this evening to sprinkle on our dinner. I was mightily impressed by the speed of germination. We may have to keep this micro-greens thing going.

28 May 2013 Pottery at Parkday

May 29, 2013

A lot of folks came to our homeschooler park day on Tuesday and most of the kids headed for the cicada-humming woods just next to the playground. A group of them emerged at one point with quite the archaeological find: broken pottery pieces! (And by pottery I mean a smashed plate or bowl of some kind… pretty much 21st …

24 May 2013 Ladybugs at the Art Showing

May 25, 2013

Today was the final session of Sam’s class in drawing and painting medicinal herbs and insects at CHEC (Community Homeschool Enrichment Center). It was quite impressive to stroll past walls of ladybugs, katydids, ants, dandelions, plantain and other plants I’d never heard of before. In fact all spring Sam has been …

23 May 2013 Hanging Gardens

May 24, 2013

Really cool Hanging Gardens of Babylon Project at The Story of the World Club today. The kids planted micro greens in their gardens (arugula, lettuce, beets, mustard, basil…) I will be interested to see what sprouts in Sam’s garden.

16 May 2013 Signs of a Successful Science Class

May 17, 2013

Muddy feet and legs. The kids in the Green Adventure Project explored the creek today. Sam was over the moon because she got to hold a salamander.

2 May 2013 Habitats Class

May 3, 2013

Diego shows Sam & Susie around the science classroom for the Habitats class at The Green Adventure Project. Although it sounds like most of the class took place outside in the woods. Lately, Sam tends to measure the success of a day by how dirty her feet are by the end of it. Judging by her feet, today was Very …

30 April 2013 Virginia Bluebells

May 1, 2013

At the James Madison University Arboretum.

25 April 2013 Anansi Crafts

Apr 26, 2013

Story of the World Club met today to talk about Ancient Africa, listen to a tale of Anansi the spider, and get some crafting on. The kids made paper bead necklaces, dry bean tambourines, and egg carton spiders.