Being a homeschool parent who loves Susan Wise Bauer’s, The Well Trained Mind A Guide to a Classical Education at Home, I decided it was time to give Jessie Wise’s First Language Lessons curriculum a try. First Language Lessons Even though Chloe was in 6th grade last year, I was unsure how well of a […]
About the book: Jaime and C. J. Fitzpatrick began their married life as most couples do–in love and looking forward to a bright future together. But four years later they’ve drifted apart and are almost ready to call it quits. Mattie Riehl was hoping to give her husband Sol the Christmas gift they have both […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
