My daughter’s Costume to present the Renaissance at College
My daughter wore a Venetian gown I had sewn to college for her architecture presentation in her Renaissance art, literature, and history class.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Homeschool Pedagogy
After failure, we found a credentialed vision therapist
After an eye doctor took our money to set my daughter up for vision therapy, he did nothing. Our journey to find a credentialed vision doctor and therapist.
Homeschool graduate diagnosed with eye tracking difficulties
He said she is such a sweet girl and must be a genius, to have had such horrible eye tracking issues all these years and yet still be successful in school.
Colonial Williamsburg spoofed by Adventures in Odyssey
We were laughing at this hilarious fictional rendition of learning how to be an actor interpreter at our favorite historical site, Colonial Williamsburg!
Rhetoric literature success despite vision issues
Her reading speed is not fast but she understood much of what she read.
To help her get through the literature books, I finally subscribed to Audible.
How do I Plan Becoming History Presentations?
After inviting extended family to join us, they better understood the value of our homeschooling.
Impressed, they worried less and encouraged us more.
Exploring DNA at the Witte Museum
The kids got to interact with DNA, see how it spirals, match pairs, and see all the various parts at the Witte Museum exhibit in San Antonio.
Impressionist Bluebonnets and Lafayette
I noticed a beautiful impressionistic painting of bluebonnets in La Grange, Fayette County, Texas. A Texas town named for the Marquis de Lafayette!
Charcoal Sketching Art Lessons
The Phonics of Drawing CD taught us how to draw with charcoal utilizing perspective, light and shadow…then we sketched teddy bears.
Crepe myrtle mockingbird nest in our yard: Nature Journal
Throughout the entire storm Mamma bird sat on top of those birds in that nest, bracing herself while the winds furiously blew, and the rain poured down.