Check out our (very Hogwarts inspired) homeschool cart! I can’t tell you how much I love this…it is organized, it’s cute, it was cheap, and it allows us to take our Harry Potter obsession just a wee bit too far – which is exactly how we like it. The cart is from Harbor Freight (with … More Anything off the trolley, dears?
Buckle up, this is a long, but important one… You’ve decided to homeschool…and now the “choose your own adventure” part begins as you figure out CURRICULUM! This can be a prescribed program or lessons you put together yourself, but it basically boils down to what and how you are going to teach your kids. If … More Homeschooling 101: Curriculum
The Good and The Beautiful After months of thinking, researching curriculum, and mulling things over every which way, we finally took the jump and pulled our elementary kids OUT of online school. We are now using The Good and The Beautiful programs for Language Arts, Writing, Science, History, and Handwriting…and we could not be happier! We are … More Ch-ch-ch-changes!
After living in WY for 15 years, I can say with 100% surety that you can never be 100% sure what the weather will be from day to day…sometimes from hour to hour! We experienced Summer, Fall, and Winter all last week – shorts one day, raking leaves the next, then full-on snow (and WAY … More The Week of All Seasons
It’s been a busy few weeks, and obviously I am not quite yet in the habit of blogging regularly…working on it…anyways… The Pre-K-ers The pre-schoolers are working daily on recognizing enough letters that we can re-start our Pre-K curriculum. The 4 year old likes the games, but its going slowly…on the other hand…this week … More A few weeks of Round-Up to catch up on…
We made it through Week 3! The honeymoon period is definitely over and this week called for some quick thinking, some creative solutions, and some apologizing for yelling too much. Also, I finished off the big bag of peanut M&Ms my husband sent me the first week of school, so that may have affected my … More Week 3 Round-Up
I admit that when my kids were in school, and even when I taught school, I really didn’t pay a lick of attention to what curriculum they/we used. I honestly didn’t care because I knew I would make do with what I was given and add to it if necessary. However, according to blogs, Facebook … More The Skinny on Online School
We made it through the first week! Yeehaw! After 4 full days, we have decided that: 1.) There is WAY too much screen time for elementary kids with Connections Academy. We knew that last year, but we dealt with it since it was only supposed to be temporary. Now that we are starting it again, … More Week 1 Round-Up
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