Have you heard? My new favorite spelling program, All About Spelling, is launching a new website – All About Reading. Previously, I reviewed the first of their new readers, Beehive Reader 1, which is tied to All About Spelling 1. (They are changing the name of the Beehive Reader to Cobweb the Cat. I will …
I don’t have a lot of school to report this week, because we took the week off! But, I didn’t take the week off. My goal was to catch up on my planning so that we can finish the year strong. I didn’t accomplish everything I set out to do, but I will be starting …
The Terrestria Chronicles is a series of Christian allegories by Ed Dunlop. The setting is Terrestria, a land of knights and castles. Book Four: The Crown of Kuros In book four, Josiah, in his impatience to get to the archery tournament, fails to lock the vault that contains the Crown of Kuros. Morphina, an evil …
It’s Tuesday evening of my week-long spring break and I feel like I’ve gotten nothing done! I’ve actually gotten a lot done, I just haven’t touched any of the school planning. Yesterday afternoon I took the kids to 4H. The kids did paper bag presentations. I was proud of my little guy standing up and …
We had a good week, but I seem to have caught a bit of spring fever and summer-itis. We managed to do our core subjects this week, but failed to do any Tapestry of Grace or Apologia science. (I mean none!) I am taking next week off for a little break. During the time, I …
My mother-in-law is giving me an afternoon out tomorrow. She and my father-in-law watch the kids fairly often when I have a doctor’s appointment or some other appointment where taking the kids with me is inconvenient. But this is different. I didn’t ask for this. I don’t need her to watch the kids. She just …
I have been tremendously blessed in so many ways. But one important way is financially. No, we’re not rich. (On a little side note, have you ever noticed that no one will admit that they’re rich?) Well, I take that back, by American standards we are not rich. Compared to the vast majority of the …
Phew. I’ve been so busy lately with life, that I haven’t had time to blog about it. I guess that’s a good thing. Last week, my husband turned 40! This is the inside of the birthday card my older son (11) made for him. I made him a carrot cake that was delicious, though a …
When I look back over this year on the Homeschool Crew, I’ll always remember it as the math year — the on-line math year. I have had the opportunity to review lots of math products this year, and Math Galaxy was somewhat at a disadvantage with its review being later in the year. When I …
A mother who cannot face her future. A daughter who cannot escape her past. Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her. Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well …
