Archive for November, 2008

K + Friends + Apple Pie = YUMMY!!!

Posted on November 19, 2008. Filed under: Homeschooling in NYC | Tags: Baking Apple Pie, Brooklyn homeschooling, Homeschooling Groups, NYC homeschooling, Queens Homeschoolers |

One of our homeschooling friends had a great “playdate” for kids around K’s age in Queens. The theme of their get together was - Apples! K had a wonderful time with his buddies painting & baking. It was a nice experience for him being on his own without me or big sister. After his big day, [...]

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Unveiling of cool NYC art project

Posted on November 19, 2008. Filed under: Homeschooling in NYC | Tags: Brooklyn homeschooling, Homeschooling Art class, NYC Arts & Culture, NYC homeschooling, The Painted Cloud, Williamsburg Art Display |

The NYC Arts & Culture class that the kids belong to unveiled their fabulous window display for a local comic book shop. We were all very excited to see their hard work appreciated and shown off for all to see
Their cardboard box city and papier mache lion took a few weeks to complete. [...]

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Loving Math…

Posted on November 11, 2008. Filed under: Homeschooling in NYC | Tags: homeschooling curriculum, Brooklyn homeschooling, NYC homeschooling, Homeschooling schedule, Saxon Math, Singapore Math, homeschooling budget, Homeschooling Activities, The Complete Book of (series) |

So far so good with the choice of getting The Big Kahuna the Singapore wb’s. He’s enjoying them! We still use Saxon, since it only takes about 15 minutes. We continue working on the calendar & jumped ahead a bunch of chapters in Saxon. I’ve given him the assessments suggested in the program, to be [...]

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