Collage #1
We did a class at the Apple Store.† [This is something FREE they offer for homeschoolers so check if you have a store in your area].† The class was for Middle/High School kids and they taught them how to make movies in iMovie.† They discussed plots and story-lines for their movie.† He asked for actors and Keilee decided to be the director and camera person.† She also got to go up and do the editing.† She had a blast and has been making iMovies ever since.
COLLAGE 2:
1.††††††††††† Keilee and Nomad doing Teaching Textbooks.† He is such a help.† I think Kei said he drooled on her laptop.† Good timesÖ
2.††††††††††† We played a game with her Eyeclops.††† She got this cool thing a few years ago and it has been stuck on a shelf.† I took it out and plugged it into our television so she has easy access.† She took 6 or so things and had them one at a time on the TV and then took pictures of them.† I had to guess what was what.† This is a quilt of my Grandmothers.† I would have NEVER guessed it. The Eyeclops makes things HUGE.† So cool.
3.††††††††††† Keilee has knitted 3 scarves for Nomad.† He loves them.† He will go get one and bring to us to put on him.† We ëoohí and ëahhí and tell him how handsome he is. ††
4.††††††††††† After the great class at the APPLE store, Kei has been making iMovies.† This was a stop animation one she did with her 167 WebKinz!!!† She also has made one of Nomad. Then she got her flash drive and grabbed over 100 photos off my computer.† She transferred them to her PowerBook and made the most adorable iMovie complete with songs.† I helped her ZERO with this.
5.††††††††††† Keilee got Banagrams for Christmas and we have loved playing it.† This is something she made with words from ìHunger Gamesî trilogy and ìEnderís Gameî our current audio book.
6.††††††††† Dr. Pepper Shredded Pork from Pioneer Woman.† It was SOOOOOOOOoooo† good!††† I mean anything with Dr. Pepper in it, I am in like Flynn!† Cooked it in my Red Dutch Oven I got for Christmas.† I am seriously in love with that thing!
My resource of the week is a couple of my favorite sites.† Check them both out if you haven’t.† So worth it!
The first is a site I found when Keilee was 8.† We have used it so many times.† The Brain Hat is just one of the cool things she has!† She has tons of free printables.†
The second site, The Toymaker, we have also loved forever.† It has the most beautiful paper projects in the world.† All free.† I just so admire people who offer their talents free for all to enjoy.††
†HOMESCHOOL MOTHER’S JOURNAL
Places weíre going and people weíre seeingÖ
Keilee has had play practice which of course she loves.† She is a very believable Wicked Witch!
My favorite thing this week wasÖ
Watching Keilee get so excited about making iMovies. She made 4 movies in 1 1/2 days!
Iím readingÖ
ìRange Free Learningî on my Kindle.† I LOVE this book.† It is making me rethink some things.† I just love how I can still get so excited about homeschooling!
Whatís working for us:
Very little television.† I am seriously loving this.† Today I was going through my Netflix queue and I realized I do not hate TV, I hate mindless TV.† I have some amazing things in our instant queueÖartists bios, science and history documentaries, and much more.†
Itís not that I think all TV is horrible, I was tired of turning the TV on every night and just zombieing [ok I know that isnít a word but it sounds cool] in front of it.† We watch less than 2 hours a week now.†
I am praying for:
My Daddy.† He and Marlene are in Florida for a couple of months and he has been to the doctor once and the ER once.† They think he has bronchitis but it is scary to me because I canít go check on him.
Linking up with Susan’s ìFavorite Resources”
and Mary’s ìCollage Fridayî
Happy Weekend to all !
Karen
ìWe have a cultural notion that if children were not engineered, if we did not manipulate them, they would grow up as beasts in the field. This is the wildest fallacy in the world.î ~ Joseph Chilton Pearce From “Range Free Learning”
Hi! I forgot to thank you for telling me about Gilmore Girls. My daughter and I have been renting them from the beginning from the library and we love it!!
I tried to call the Apple Store in New Haven to check on classes but got so frustrated with the automatic answering system I ended up hanging up. I will try again soon. I would love for Lilah to take the iMovie class if it was offered. She is writing a story now with the intent on making a movie with her friends. It is going to be challenging because I don’t know how to help her.
We have discovered to new shows we love and watch through Roku on Netflix, Gold Rush and Billy the Exterminator. Through Billy, we might have discovered the perfect, organic pest control for our garden this summer!
I love so many things here 🙂 So cool about all of Keilee’s movies…good for her! Super cute about Nomad and those scarves!
I REALLY enjoyed Free Range Learning, too…so glad I bought it!
Jenna and Lauren got Bananagrams for Christmas and it is lots of fun!!
Last, but not least, thanks for linking with Favorite Resources. I’ll have to check those links out. It’s funny, I just pinned a brain hat like that just the other day when I was looking for some fun human body projects 🙂
Davan loves Banagrams, too. She bought it for herself a while back and then carried it everywhere for a few months. She’d do the same thing – create themed crosswords and such.
Ender’s Game is a favorite book here! We also liked Ender’s Shadow and the other Bean books, but not so much the ones that followed Ender after the war.
How cute about Nomad. Ranger will put up with a bandanna if Davan puts one on, but certainly wouldn’t ask for one.
I’d love to see one of Kei’s movies if you felt comfortable putting it on You Tube.
Oooh I just signed my daughter up for that iMovie class. That looks so neat. Thanks!
You go Kei with you movies! I think she was born to be a creative artist. In fact, do you think she’d be up for an interview on my site in a few weeks? I’d love to ask her about how her home education has played a role in her creativity. You can e-mail me if she’d be up for something like that.
I love reading weeks-in-review of homeschooling parents with older children. It helps me “see” where we’re going! It sounds like a wonderful week!
I hardly watch TV. I like the show Parenthood and that is it. Unfortunately I never remember when it is on since I am not TV-driven and it really doesn’t pay for us to get Tivo because Jason only watches football and that would be no fun Tivo’d and well, we don’t feel the girls need it for iCarly…actually the girls are only allowed to watch AFTER dinner and we have been watching The Waltons during that time. I keep asking if we can cancel cable, but Jason won’t because of football. ugh.
A and P did a similar class at the Apple store, I have to look and see if they have anything coming up! Can you answer a question for me on Stop Animation? How does it work? Do you set it up, film, stop, move stuff, film, stop, move stuff…it must have taken forever!!! Wow, that is more patience than I have…but I think it is so cool…I envy someone who has that patience!
So many great things this week! I fully expect to see Kei in a movie one day (or directing one).
We went to see the movie We Bought A Zoo, and my girls were pretty sure that Kei played the homeschooled girl in the movie:) They are totally impressed that she’s going to be the wicked witch…I’m totally impressed with her movie making.
Definitely checking out the Free Range Learning book and the sites you mentioned! Thanks:)
Also, prayers for your dad. I know how you are feeling. My dad has to have surgery on Wednesday. We’ll go down for it and stay a few days, but I wish I was close enough to check in on him more often.
Awesome Apple store class! Indeed to see if our Apple store in ATL does this, too.
We are knitting again, too. Kei must be a great knitter!
Happy weekend!
Another wonderful, creative week for you guys.