I’m working on getting all my kids’ outgrown fall and winter clothes ready to sell. I have been selling and shopping at this specific sale for 8 years now. (It’s called Weeruns and the sale owner is selling franchises if you’re looking for a home business.) There are so many things I appreciate about participating …
It’s summertime and we aren’t doing much in the way of schooling. So how do we satisfy our kids’ thirst for knowledge? The short answer is books. We have a home that is filled with books. Our library basket isn’t quite as full as usual. But the kids’ bookshelves have plenty. This is the foot …
What do you use to teach math? What is the difference between this math and that math? How do you decide which math curriculum to choose? These are all questions that homeschoolers have to ask at some point. Though many find a math curriculum and stick with it throughout all their years of homeschooling, others …
I found a new meme called To-do Tuesday sponsored by Crazy Adventures in Parenting. (The meme is not new, just new to me.) I’m going to re-post my summer goal list that I posted last Friday along with (a very few) updates. Prepare for children’s consignment sale. Do ironing Catch up on regular laundry Clean …
MckLinky Blog Hop Theme Favorite Photo. I don’t think I can pick an absolute favorite photo, but this is one of my favorites. These are my children last fall in our backyard.
One of my eleven stated goals in my previous post was to work on school planning. I’ve already picked out curriculum, so I just need to look through everything, determine a reasonable pace, and decide how often to teach each subject. Then I could start scheduling every assignment. But I don’t like to schedule too …
I don’t know what my problem is lately, but I have been struggling with being unable to focus on completing tasks. I have about a million balls up in the air and I am just juggling them. I think part of the problem has been my adjusting to the distraction of my new laptop. I …
I’m going to be honest. Geography has not been a subject that I’ve done a good job of working into our schedule. Every year I have plans to add more geography study to our days, and every year I start off strong and then let our geography studies fizzle out. My husband is a …
I love flowers. I really like the idea of gardening in theory. But I am so not a gardener. I really..don’t…do..heat….or sun….or bending and kneeling. But, when things get so bad I fear that the neighbors may hold a meeting to force us to clean up the flower beds, I take action! (Just so you …
For the last two weeks, I’ve been discussing different aspects of teaching multiple ages of children. In part 1, I mentioned choosing curriculum that would assist you in teaching multiple levels by utilizing a combination of curricula that combined children and worked for independent learning. Last week, in part 2, I provided some basic philosophies …
