Have you started making plans yet for your new homeschool year? Normally, we school year round only taking a month off during the summer. But this year, we've taken a longer break ...
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Testing Time Flutters
We're gearing up for our annual standardized testing. Just the thought makes my stomach have a little fluttery feeling. It feels like when I was a teenager and my friends and I would drive our cars ...
How Do You Handle School When the Teacher is Sick?
So, what started a couple of weeks ago as a little tickle in the back of my throat turned into a cute little heh - heh every once and again, then turned into a seemingly constant annoying cough that ...
Lessons with Legos
Whenever Little Buddy gets a dollar, it is immediately burning a hole in his pocket to go buy the latest Lego he's been eying. From the boxes full of 100s of bricks to the Star Wars sets with more ...
Summer Schedules
Last summer, we took about two or three weeks off as our summer break as we finished second grade and went into third. That gave me time to finalize all of the reports for our permanent ...
Homeschool Testing
It's testing season in most school systems across the nation and depending on the state requirements, many homeschools are not exempt from providing standardized testing for their children. ...
A Break and Permission to Enjoy It
Our Christmas break was just exactly what we both needed. I thought we'd both be bored beyond words by the week before Christmas, but we weren't. I thought I'd be in the school room every few days ...
Special Days :: Apple Day and The Light Bulb
Today we're celebrating two special days in our homeschool - Apple Day and the invention of the light bulb. Haven't heard of apple day? Don't worry, I'd not heard of it either until recently. ...
Third Grade
This week was a huge milestone.It marked Little Buddy's first week of third grade and the first week of our second year homeschooling. It was quiet honestly a pretty big deal around these ...
Considering Homeschooling? 5 Tips from Our First Year
Are you considering homeschooling? If so, I have just a few tips to share with you from our experience. Tip 1. Summer break is perfect time to start. We began our homeschooling journey the summer ...
Homeschooler’s Inspire Me
Even before we officially began homeschooling, I was inspired by homeschooling families.A good friend of our family began homeschooling her daughter when she was in second grade (sound familiar?) and ...
A Play on a Book Report
Second grade comes to a big, resounding close on Thursday. Sound of the horns, call in the band! There are just a few more things we need to wrap up to be able to claim, all done. I assigned a book ...
Good Morning America Segment :: Radical Parenting & Unschooling
I was forwarded the link to this segment aired by Good Morning America. It's a family in Massachusetts that chooses to unschool their children. I personally believe children need structure and ...
What a Difference Two Years Makes
I sat in our homeschooling group listening intently to the speaker.She was encouraging and inspiring all of the mothers to take time for ourselves. She went on to say mothers naturally put their ...
We Are Addicted :: Molly the Barn Owl
Image via WikipediaIt's official, we are addicts. We can not get enough of the sights and sounds of Molly the Barn Owl. Our regularly scheduled science lessons have been put aside as we spend time ...
Planning for Next Year
Is it crazy to admit that I am already planning our school materials and curriculum for next year? While we school year round and our "official" paperwork has our school year as September 1 - ...