Things have been a little free and easy here in our Rocky Mountain Homeschool. The gardening has taken a fair bit of work, but other than his voracious reading of one graphic novel after another, not a whole lotta academics is going on. Oops. Other than twice daily TutorVista sessions- for these periods when structured academics with mum hits the pooper.

However the _ _ it hits the fan this week- literally- as we have mounds of manure to mix into the soil to get the LAST of the garden in.

Also, our P.E. assignment of the spring was this past weekend’s Wasa Lake Triathlon. Beasley participated in the TriKids event on the Saturday. He finished it. After a good swim and then 8km on a piddly little one speed, he was pretty much sapped for the run. Tank. Empty.

An exercise in perserverence, one foot in front of the other, just keep swimming, and all that. He did it. It nearly killed the little bugger, but he did it. And he was smiling at the end.

And he is certain he wants to do it again next year. On a different bike.

Yup. Ditto for mum, little man!

I love the concept of Notebooking. And given our commitment- or lack thereof- to diligently following the modules of our BC Curriculum, I’m looking at it as a really fun alternative!

I think the kids will appreciate the creative collection of their work and it should encourage them towards filling it up- a tangible, daily record of what we do- of what they do.

It will be particularly useful in keeping Beasley’s new hobby organized. He has taken an interest in my camera. The big SLR, with the big lens. Oh and did I mention, expensive?

So, when he is using big, expensive camera, he is required to wear it around his little neck. At. All. Times.

And so, notebooking will allow us to keep a fun, ongoing record, safely archiving his prints, while also having something tangible to show lady liason with our district. She was concerned in our lack of art- Samson does not like art, per se. Sitting, painting, drawing… as he doesn’t feel it is something he can do. Well, now he has an outlet. A way to make art that he enjoys…

He’s off to a great start!

Today I put a stalk of celery in a glass of water with red food colouring.  In a few days, I will see what changes have happened to the celery.

My favourite part about weather is learning about rain and the water cycle.

Gloooooooooooooo-rrrrrrry be!!!!

Yesterday I went to my great Grampa’s house.  It was a long trip.  When I was there, I had swim lessons.  For dinner, I had fresh springrolls and sushi.  In the morning I had a cinnamon bun.  Then we were on the road again!

I tested my body today. First I tested my finger, my hand, my arm, my eyes.The things I used were a book, a knife, paper clips, clothes peg, elastic band.

I looked for information on the computer. I found maps and some stuff about Jacques Cartier.  The maps were cool.

In preparation for our new school week, I have introduced 9-year old to the blog.  He is pretty keen to make his own posts.  Of course, he’s wondering if it pays anything…