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While we claim to homeschool year round, we readily admit to taking it easy, academically speaking, through the summer. A math lesson or two per week, and lots of reading and music practice (our older 4 children play violin), but nothing real heavy or structured happens for some weeks while the kids are busy outside [...]
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In light of our recent field trip fiasco, I thought I’d take the opportunity to assure you that not all of our field trips turn out that way… Remember this picture? A couple weeks ago, while our oldest 2 were being treated to a day out at Valley Fair with my youngest sister and her [...]
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More pictures of our field trip that failed… Or did it? We could have turned back. There was a time when I would have… We could have driven home. There was a time when I would have… We could have been discouraged. There was a time when I would have been… We could have been [...]
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We sort of home school year-round, but that certainly doesn’t mean hours of schoolwork a day throughout the summer. Nope, there are way too many nice days when everyone would rather be running around outside, but then there are also quite a few days that are uncomfortably hot and sticky and everyone would rather be [...]
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Our 3, 5, 7, 9, & 11 yr olds got their September calendars all numbered and adorned with their own personalities and they are each now ready to be 3-hole punched and added to their big 3-ring binders that will hold the evidence of what they do this year in our homeschool. Writing samples, artwork [...]
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Can you tell what those little hands are doing? eta- HINT- that is not wheat It’s not even technically a grain, but a grass… Share this!FacebookStumbleUponEmailPrint
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When I first undertook the task of teaching our oldest child to read, I was so intimidated. Teaching a child to read seemed like such a huge and daunting thing, I mean, learning to read is so life-changing, so empowering, so not something to take lightly. I didn’t take it lightly. While I didn’t take [...]
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Or, more appropriately titled, “12 Reasons Why WE Homeschool”. 1. They’re our children. We believe that, ultimately, it’s our responsibility to raise our children to adulthood and overseeing their education is a big part of that. Our children don’t belong to the state and they don’t belong to any village- they live in the state [...]
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