Diamonds in the Rough - Saturday School

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Saturday School

I thought I was done posting entries about our schooling, but when I remembered that it is a woman's prerogative to change her mind, I took advantage of my prerogative.

It is Saturday, many people's day off from both school and blogging. Since we take Mondays off school (preacher's family, you know), we work Tuesday thru Saturday. I would love to go to a four-day school week, but no one else in the house seems to be motivated to do that. So here we are schooling on Saturday, like always. The big girls did their Teaching Textbooks today, because, and I quote, "We LOVE math! This is sooooooo fun!!". Number three child has done no school work, however as I was de-boning a chicken this morning, she had the brilliant (eyeroll) idea to start a bone collection for science. So we boiled those bones to death, trying to get all the gunk off them, then we dried them in the sun. Now #3 is off looking for an adequate display case.

In addition to science, we did a cooking experiment. I have been wanting to try making our own tortillas, since the store-bought ones are expensive and taste like flour and lard. I am sure the authentic ones don't taste like store-bought! A little research at allrecipes.com yielded several recipes and lots of reviews with a plethora of suggestions. We we winged it (wang it??). As I type, our tortilla balls are resting and awaiting rolling and cooking. The plan for supper is chicken tacos, but if we get floury-lardy flat cardboard for tortillas, we will switch to Plan B, which has not been identified yet. (Eggs?) So Saturday School here has consisted of math, science, tortilla-making, kneading, rolling, and being flexible. Hopefully we won't need the being flexible part!

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

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Posted by curiouscat at 3:33 PM

So true on the bones pic.

Let me know how the tortillas turn out, I've never made them, they seem like too much work LOL.

re: no comments-- are they speechless??? Maybe they all agree ;)

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

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Posted by BackwoodsMom at 4:06 PM

I have a kid who is very interested in bones too... What I do with disgusting ones is toss them in a bucket of water with a BIG splash of bleach in it... About 1:4 bleach water ratio.... Put that bucket out on the patio over night, the next morning they look like museum pieces! We have possums, fish, deer, birds... Have a wonderful Easter.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

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Posted by PlainJane at 4:48 PM

I'm glad noone here is interested in gross things. Never tried making my own tortillas, but my favorite brand is Reser's Baja Cafe soft taco tortillias (I also like their potato salad). I can get them at Walmart Superstore & think they taste best.

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Monday, March 24, 2008

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Posted by short at 11:24 AM

I have been a bad blogger, just have not got around to visiting and commenting. I really enjoyed all the photos of schooling, looks wonderful and highly educational!

For what it is worth, I have been working on some entries, I know... long overdue ;-)

Blessings

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

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Posted by cahanbury at 6:27 AM

homemade tortillas are yummmmmyyyy!
how did they turn out? well? well????

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This is the inconsistent journal of a pressured lump of coal being ever soooo slowly conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm a child of God, preacher's wife, blessed mother of girls, frazzled homeschooler. If you are new here, please read
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