Spartanburg Methodist College – A Homeschool Friendly College
When you get beyond your concerns of homeschooling high school itself, you will find the next hurdle may pertain to college (or no college) depending on your child. Does my child want to go to college? If so, what is their plan? How do we prepare for college? Two or four year schools? Our first […]
Simplify Christmas Using Categorized Gift Tags: Shop Easier, Spend Less, Find Joy
Christmas shopping and giving can become overwhelming, over done, and over spent. I recently stumbled upon an idea for slimming down the Christmas buying that I think I can get behind. With a few modifications and a bunch of ideas I present to you this idea: Simplify Christmas Using Categorized Gift Tags: Want, Need, Wear, […]
I ♥ Faces ~ “Smirk”
I ♥ Faces says this about their challenge this week: Whatever you think constitutes a “smirk” on someone’s face will be acceptable for this week’s challenge. We can’t wait to see what you all enter!
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Dewey, the Universe, and Glitter Glue
Sunday: We hosted our Mother/Daughter Book Club at our house this month. The book we chose was Dewey the Library Cat, by: Vicki Myron and Bret Witter. We did a cute little Dewey Decimal activity/get to know each other a little better activity. I printed out these things: template of a book cover, and […]
Hip Homeschool Hop ~ 9-14-10 ~ Planets
This is something new that I stumbled upon in my time spent blog jumping recently. It is one of the things that has inspired me to work on changing the theme of blog, and adding more homeschool content to my blog. I was thinking I could use this post each week to log something we […]
The Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ September 14th, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: September 14th, 2010… Outside my window…it is dark. I am composing some of this late Monday night so that it will cut down on the time I need to spend with this on Tuesday. I am thinking…about taking a long walk today. The weather is perfect jeans and a t-shirt, […]
I ♥ Faces ~ “Vroom, Vroom”
Clearly Chloe has gotten a little too big for the “Cozy Coupe”! She tied the wagon onto the back, and with Ava in tow, headed down the sloped driveway. At this point she was realizing the error of her ways! LOL! 🙂 Over at I ♥ Faces this week the focus is on vehicles. This […]
Ten on Ten: September 10th, 2010
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. 8am 9am 10am 11am Noon 1pm 2pm 5pm Click here to see more Ten on Ten Posts.
Generosity….One You Don’t Want to Miss!
It is no secret to those of you who follow my blog that I have been a little, well, uninspired and lax with my blog recently. Yesterday something happened that was more than noteworthy. So here I sit, in the wee hours of the morning, hammering out these words that lifted my spirits and gave […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ August 31st 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: August 31st, 2010… Outside my window…the birds have swarmed the feeders since they are newly filled. The sky is hazy but we are looking to enjoy another 90 degree day and some pool time with our friend Alicia. I am thinking…how happy I am that Chloe gained the skills at […]
What About Socialization?
Socialization (according to Wikipedia)- “the developmental processes by which children acquire the behaviors, perceptions, values, and attitudes of an ethnic group.” Does it say anywhere in that definition that public school is a requirement of acquiring socialization? Or that being homeschooled means you cannot be properly socialized? I didn’t think so, but apparently many do, […]
Negligence or Maybe Just Procrastination
My motivation to blog has waned recently and my feeling of guilt over it is rising! During certain moments of the day I ponder the reasons why. Here are a few that I have come up with: the weather is still nice, summer is still here, so I am making the most of it activities […]