Easy to Implement Homeschool Writing Curriculum: Writers in Residence™ Volume 2
Do you think you are a strong writer? Can you identify the parts of a sentence? Are you worried about teaching writing in your homeschool? I can tell you that I consider myself to be a strong writer, but I cannot identify all part of a sentence as readily as I should be able to, […]
Help for Teaching Homeschool High School Writing Skills
Just the words homeschooling high school can instill a deep seated fear in many. Then add words like math, or writing (even science) and the fear gets a little more intense. I am here to tell you that YOU CAN Homeschool High School! The key? You don’t have to do all the teaching! There are tons […]
Weekly Wrap Up ~ First Day
Friday We were scheduled to start next week, but due to a garage sale we are participating in, we won’t be available to do work on Thursday or Friday. To make up for that, we started today. So today is really “Monday” for us! Since I went to a new planning system this […]
Keepin It Real
Today marks one week since I have posted anything here on my blog. I am stressed, tired, overwhelmed, disorganized, frazzled, bogged down, and on and on and on…….. I have a “To Do” list that is currently longer than one whole sheet of paper. From clearing out outgrown children’s clothes, to getting my 50 […]
Wordless (Almost) Wednesday ~ Tackle Football
This is Jayden’s first year of tackle football. He has been playing flag for 3 years and is finally old enough to don pads and start hitting! There’s a catch though. The league and division he will be playing in has a max weight limit of 105lbs……he weighs 52lbs, when wet! People have been asking […]
August 3in30 Week 4
Goal One: Extension from July – “Tone” The whole family (even my mother) has hopped on the “rewind” band wagon! I find that if I can keep a cool head and a calm tone, then it is easier to deal with the kids and they are more likely to respond in a similar […]
Book Review: Blue Skies Tomorrow
[image width=”150″ height=”232″ frame=”simple” align=”right”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Blue-Skies-Tom-cover-2.jpg[/image] About Blue Skies Tomorrow: Lt. Raymond Novak prefers the pulpit to the cockpit, but at least his stateside job training B-17 pilots allows him the luxury of a personal life. As he courts Helen Carlisle, a young war widow and mother who conceals her pain under a frenzy of volunteer […]
Review: VocabularySpellingCity.com
I’ve been given a premium membership to VocabularySpellingCity.com for a candid, personal, online review. VocabularySpellingCity.com helps students study word lists using 25 different learning activities such as Vocabulary Test, Word UnScramble and Word Search. Parents can create their own spelling lists, find published lists already available on the site or use any of […]
August 3in30 Week 3
Goal One: Extension from July – “Tone” I am finding myself adjusting my own “tone” more often now. If I start out nice, they tend to respond nicer as well. Goal Two: If it takes less than 1 minute, do it NOW! I decided that since we are 3 weeks in […]
Book Review: Mugabe and the White African
[image width=”150″ height=”225″ frame=”simple” align=”right”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Mugabe-cover-sm-2.jpg[/image] About Mugabe and the White African: Ben Freeth has an extraordinary story to tell in Mugabe and the White African. “Mount Carmel” farm was purchased by Mike Campbell from the independent Zimbabwean government and operated with the help of his son-in-law, Ben Freeth. Like that of many white farmers, […]
Planning/Filing/Crate System V
So I am now 5 weeks in to my planning for the coming school year. It is amazing to me how I feel as though I have accomplished a lot, and yet hardly anything at all. I am wondering if despite all this hard work, I will even be ready by Sept 12th. My main […]
Homeschool Phys Ed: Summer Edition
As homeschoolers physical education can be a school requirement that seems illusive, and maybe even hard to fulfill. I bet, like many, your kids/family get in more physical education than you think, without even knowing it! Homeschool Phys Ed is easier than you think!As my family and I sat around the dinner table we started […]
August 3in30 Week 2
. Goal One: Extension from July – “Tone” . This week I am not sure if I, personally, took 1 step forward or 2 backwards. While at the gym having a discussion with Chloe, I took a not so pleasant tone with her. She later pointed it out and asked me why. My excuses we […]
August Ten on Ten ~ The Busy Summer Day
Ten on Ten: Take a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. Document a day of your life and find beauty among the ordinary moments. . . . . . . . . . . . . To check out more beautiful Ten on Ten posts, head over to […]