Comments for Handmade Homeschool

Comment on Brugge by Patte

Patte — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:10:50 +0000

ooh! I remember an inner courtyard and climbing a lot of stairs. Was that the belfry? A friend and I camped outside of Bruges around 1993 and had a wonderful weekend just walking, sightseeing, and yummy treats. Thanks for the virtual views!

Comment on Tuesday by prairiepoppins

prairiepoppins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:19:22 +0000

Thanks, Jove. I don’t know that we’re wanting to drive more than an hour while we’re here, so we probably won’t get that far. But thanks for the tip about the afternoon lace demos in Brugges. We should be seeing that on Friday.

Comment on Tuesday by Annie

Annie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:53:11 +0000

Do you know Lois Lowry’s book, Number the Stars?

It’s the story of a family in Copenhagen who help some Jewish friends escape Nazi “relocation.” It is free of graphic horrors and focuses instead on bravery– the bravery that ordinary people had– during WWII.

I’d love to join your history and geograph “class” right now!

Comment on Tuesday by megan

megan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:55:12 +0000

I don’t know if I have commented here before, but I wanted to delurk and tell you that I am so enjoying reading about your trip and all of the activities you are doing as a family. It’s inspiring to me, as mom to a 2 year old daughter, to see the creativity and learning going on with you and your children. While homeschooling most likely isn’t in our future, you make me wish that it was.

And obviously I need to read Emma again. It’s been ten years, and while I remember specifically reading it (in the summer, sitting on a park bench under a tree across from the front door of the Seattle Times), I don’t remember anything about Frank Churchill.

Comment on Tuesday by JoVE

JoVE — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:19:48 +0000

That sounds like a lovely day. You packed so much in. And the Netherlands is very civilized in so many ways. Have you read the Ernst Gombrich “Little History of the World”. That is what we took on our trip (for much the same reason). It stops at the end of WWI but has an afterword in the English edition written many years later. That afterword might help you with the particular difficulty of dealing with the German and British views of that historical period. The book was originally published in German in 1937. Gombrich is Austrian and Jewish. Moved to the UK in 1936 and stayed there. He is actually an art historian, and better known for that, but wrote this between finishing his doctorate and getting a “real job”.

If you get in to Amsterdam, I recommend the Dutch Resistance Museum. We didn’t spend enough time there but it does a very good job of dealing with daily life in the war and the kinds of moral dillemmas people faced, as well as questions of nationalism and occupation.

Comment on Knitting by prairiepoppins

prairiepoppins — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:40:20 +0000

Hi, DebonLI. The pattern is the Waffle Rib from “Sensational Knitted Socks” by Charlene Schurch. It’s just a purl round after 3 rounds of K2P2 ribbing. Easy but really great texture.

Comment on Early morning by Jen

Jen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:07:43 +0000

Happy Canada Day!!!!

Comment on Knitting by DebonLI

DebonLI — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:52:26 +0000

Hi,

Love the blue socks. What is the pattern? I’m living your trip to Europe vicariously. The pictures are amazing. Have fun!

Debbie

Comment on Full week by Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:11:41 +0000

What focus your son has! I see that and get real pain thinking of that little guy locked into a public school all day like my son now is. What an amazing life he will have–and what determination you are building in him.

Comment on by Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:09:47 +0000

It looks perfect!