Dewey's Treehouse

These books all came in a box from a family out west who are finishing their homeschool years and have decided to part with some treasures. ...

This weekend was the big annual used book sale! We found: Two volumes of Best in Children's Books that we didn't have Maggie R...

"So, with my tongue somewhat in my cheek, here's the money-saving tip: shop, at least occasionally, somewhere where you can't ...

Is this a hot dip? A side dish? We're not sure, but it was quite tasty. Hot Spinach with Cream Cheese 1 10-ounce package frozen spinach...

Funny how things go in cycles. In the spring of 2005, right after we started blogging, I posted about a newspaper article, describing young ...

On Saturday the Squirrels went to a church rummage sale. Mama Squirrel found a boxful of half-used spools of ribbon; two large pieces of fab...

Another four-day week--so we're just catching up. We may not get all this done, but we'll try. Tuesday: Bible: Events after Absalom...

Have you ever had strawberry candies made from sweetened condensed milk, strawberry gelatin powder, and coconut? They were a staple of fan...

Everybody in the Treehouse except Mama Squirrel hates dates, and Mr. Fixit can't tolerate walnuts (some squirrel he is). But Grandpa Sq...

For our Kiffle buns this year, we're trying something new: making sweet roll dough in the bread machine using this recipe , and then sh...

The computer's been unavailable (still ailing) most of the day, so I'm just checking in now (late afternoon). Mr. Fixit took Crayon...

Monday: Hymn, memory work Mr. Pipes : William Williams Math drills Miquon Math page P8, and play "Square Number Concentration" (ho...

For fun, we are interspersing regular lessons today with stunts from STOP THE WATCH , a Klutz book we found at the thrift shop. (I adapted ...

I'm adding White Vegetable Lasagna to the Moms of Many cooking-for-a-crowd post , since it makes a big (for us) 10 x 15 inch pan of lasa...

A couple of years ago I posted a favourite recipe for Raisin-Sesame Cookies . I wanted to make some today, mostly because they're one o...

My mom taught school on and off when I was young. I was thinking this morning about the trouble she used to have to go to to make reproducib...

All-Purpose and General Jinjur (get the joke?) posted an (inside-pages) photo last August of her favorite children's book : Gene Zion...

I didn't write in any memory work--it's still there, just not noted. Plans for this week: Monday (yesterday): Mr. Pipes and the Brit...

More of Crayons' Term II exam responses. Book: Canada Eh to Zed Question: What are some Canadian things starting with the letters V, ...

Crayons gave this narration today as part of her Term Two exams. It's one of the last chapters from The Wind in the Willows. Toad Hall ...