Tales of Homeschool

Magnets! I spent some time talking about whys of magnets -- why do magnets act the way they do (electrons), why can we magnetize certain m...

This sounded like an okay idea on the surface:  Trader Joe's orange chicken, rice, some orange pepper and green onion, diced apples, Go...

Some highlights of the past couple of weeks: MATH: Thalia took a test early in the week, and has now started Chapter 5 of Lial's Int...

Friction. Actually, we started out with a review of gravity from last week.  I used some questions from Science Jim's  Bite-Size Physi...

-- Rick got a couple of tickets to Friday night's playoff game.  His sister drove over from Kansas City to go with him.  They had a f...

Topic of the week:  Gravity. Began by explaining that while Galileo was figuring out that things always fall down , Kepler was figuring...

(*a less-known sub-genre of Home Renovation Haiku) New mirror is hung, And baseboards put into place. Light fixture is nex...