St. Andrew's Home School

Win some mullah!

Rae — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:29:14 +0000

Check out this post for how to win a $100 VISA gift card.

Parental Review: Walk the World’s Rim

PapaJohn — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:40:29 +0000

As one who read Walk the World’s Rim aloud, I rate the book quite highly: a seven or eight out of ten. I remembered the names of Panfilo de Navarrez and Esteban from Florida History back when I was nine years old, but that’s all they were to me: names. Reading [...]

Book Review: Om-kas-toe

Birdie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Om-kas-toe by Kenneth Thomasma is a book about a boy named Twin Boy who one day goes out of the village with his dad to collect sticks for arrows and finds a raven with a broken wing. The bird fell out of its nest in the wind. In the summer time it is time to [...]

Book Review: Walk The World’s Rim

Birdie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:05:34 +0000

Walk The World’s Rim by Betty Baker is a book about a boy named Chakoh who lived in a village with hardly any food. He lives with his mother, father, three Spaniards, and a tall black man named Estiban. He leaves his home to learn of a new god in Mexico to bring back [...]

Startwrite from the start

Rae — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:59:56 +0000

Recently Jessica over at Balancing Everything wrote about making writing paper for her children to practice handwriting. I did that a number of years ago myself. Not being able to find exactly what I wanted for my children I got to work in my word processor and made what I wanted and I even [...]