Change of (Tom's) School Plans

Tom informed me today that he doesn't want to do ancients for 9th grade, he would like to learn more about WWI, WWII, etc. I have been sitting here for about 1 1/2 hours printing off papers and looking for worksheets for this. I remembered the www.schoolhistory.co.uk website. They have a very good selection. Tom will also do some notebooking about certain people from these times.

I have many books on these subjects. I will list them later on a sidebar.

~Margarete~

(not) Wordless Wednesday

Tom and Katie getting ready to make crystals from the Smithsonian Crystal Kit

Boiling the water

Putting the boiled water and solution in a jar. Yes, he forgot to put on the hot pads on his hands. He was ok.

Katie getting the base rocks ready

Tom pouring the solution on the rocks (going to check the crystals tonight)

Tom and Katie in the drama/musical "The Amazing Grace Race".

The props a few of us ladies created. ~smile~ I drew, they painted.

I WON!

I entered the Homeschool Giveaways...giveaway for the Maestro Classics full CD set. I won! I cannot believe it. I wasn't going to enter but decided to anyway. As usual, I started thinking negatively that I wouldn't win; I need to stop thinking like that. Well, I was wrong! I checked fb this morning, clicked the link, closed my eyes, opened them and their was my name. I had to do a double take. hahaha! I believe Katie thinks I'm crazy.

~LOL~

I am so excited! My children are going to love these. They never heard of Peter and the Wolf or Mike Mulligan, etc.

I will definitely blog about these.

Have a wonderful day!

~Margarete~

P.S. Many months ago I did win the Map Trek with cd from knowledgequestmaps.com . My children enjoy these maps as do I. ~smile~

Please Pray for Isaiah

Please pray for Isaiah and his family. He is back in the hospital and not doing well. The blog is on my right sidebar (scroll down)... Isaiah's Journey.

I know them from our old church.

Thanks so much.

~Margarete~

Crystal and Geode Notebooking Pages

I added some Crystal / Geode Experiment notebook pages on my page at hs launch; just click on the link at the top of the right sidebar. We have been using them for the Smithsonian Crystal Growing Kit. The kit we have is an older one but I'm sure these still can be used for the newer kit.

In the kit we have, they have a little lab sheet cutout section for each experiment but I like the notebook pages better. I did not use every question they had on their "lab sheet."

My Pictures Are Gone?

Can someone please leave me a comment if you can or cannot see the pictures on my blog?
This may be a problem just on my computer but I'm not sure.
Thanks so much!

Yep, it's my computer. I think I have way too much stuff on it. Time to get it fixed.