Molly at Counter-Culture mom wrote a good article on the value of catechising children. It was a good reminder for me. We have been memorizing the Westminster Shorter Catechism for a couple of years now. Our memorization has slowed down over the summer though and I am planning on working some on it every morning in our …
We have been using Rod and Staff’s English Grammar textbooks for 3 years now and I really like them. They are thorough, well-organized, with good explanations. There are more exercises than I feel are really necessary for my children, but I have solved this by not assigning every question in each set. Doing this took about …
I finally figured out at least one way to post my schedules here. I converted my spreadsheets to images and then post just like pictures. This is our MWF schedule. Our Tuesday/Thursday schedule. This is our chore list. It tells us what to do when our schedule says morning chores, etc. I ran across a …
I have finally come up with a schedule that we can give a shot for school in the fall. There are still a few blank spaces but I think we’ll just have to try it to see where the problem areas are. I’m trying to figure out how to post it using google docs. If …
I guess you could call me a "Binder Queen" wanna be. Cindy Rushton has a book entitled Notebooking! Yes! You Can Be a Binder Queen Too!. I think to qualify as a Binder Queen the binders have to be full! I have been working on sorting, filing, and discarding our papers from this year. I have …
We’ve been having a really nice summer so far. Yesterday we went for a hike and a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We did finish listening to Story of the World Volume 3, but that is the only "school" we have done all summer. I’ve been working on planning for the fall. Well, I’ve …
