Self Study vs. Group Study
As a homeschooling parent, you may sometimes get anxious that your child doesn’t have the same access to study groups as children at regular schools do. If you do get anxious, then you don’t need to, because there are many positive aspects of studying independently. Let’s examine the pros and cons of Self Study vs. […]
Homeschool Sentence Diagramming Practice
I honestly do not remember doing sentence diagramming as a kid in school. When I saw it in my kid’s homeschool curriculum it was completely new to me. After spending years doing it with my children, one of the things I love most about sentence diagramming is that it pulls so many grammar skills and […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
I awoke this morning as I always do….to the sound of Ava’s knocking on her door, waiting to get out. The sound of little feet with noise like a heard of elephants had already been traveling up to my ears. Chloe and Jayden were up to something. With Ava dressed in her Valentine’s Day outfit, […]
Revisting Why I Homeschool/The World as our Classroom
I was standing in the shower thinking about how much I enjoy my life. Having the kids at home allows me to participate in their lives more. When they are learning something, even struggling with something, I get the opportunity to not only work through it with them, (which can be totally exhausting and frustrating […]
I ♥ Faces – “We ♥ Kisses”
I ♥ Faces weekly challenge is “We ♥ Kisses”. I don’t know about all of you reading this, but it seems to me if you have kids in your house, you can find pictures of them kissing someone! So I am digging back into the archives for a few flash back “kissing” pictures. This next […]
One of Those Days
I am having one of those days where nothing seems to go my way. In fact, I am having a whole week like that! I am so irritable that my senses are on overload. My hair that falls in my face like a mop makes me want to pull it out, or back, or shove […]
My Many Colored Days – Color & Feelings Unit
My Many Colored Days is one of my favorite children’s read alouds. It’s a wonderful way to talk with children about their feelings. And practice colors too! This is a collection of resources to help you share and enjoy My Many Colored Days with your children, while learning along the way!
Simple Woman’s Daybook….February 8th 2010
The Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: February 08, 2010… Outside my window…the footprints in the sand are silent clues to the fun of another day that has past in our childrens’ lives. I am thinking…how wonderful it is that my parents’ have been married for 46 years today. I am thankful for…the science center we […]
Happy 46th Anniversary Mom & Dad
Tomorrow is my parents’ wedding anniversary. They will have been married for 46 years! I know for me, that seems like a lifetime. They are in the minority of people who can truly say they have spent their lives together. So in honor of their wedding anniversary, and in keeping with the NaBloPoMo theme of […]
Reasons Why We Home School
When people ask our children where they go to school, and get the response back from them, “We are home schooled”, we often get that questioning look. The look that says, “What planet are you from?”. Believe it or not we consider ourselves to be pretty mainstream. We did not choose to home school for […]
Flashback Friday – “Project Day”
We have been in our new house almost 2 years now. One of the things we love most is that there has been a minuscule amount of home improvement jobs to be done here. At our old house not only were there always projects to be done, but they were always big ones! From sanding […]
Ice Skating
With winter in full swing it can sometimes be hard to find places for the kids to get their energy out without breaking the “piggy” bank. Last year someone in our home school community started ice skating at a local arena. She posted the “event” to a couple of online home school groups that I […]