Who likes Fractions?
So we’ve officially made it 1/6 of the way through our experimental year of homeschooling. The early start we got in August means we’ve now completed 31 days (of the required 180). I decided to…
Category: Homeschooling
8 hours x 5
“What did you do with your 8 hours, Mommy?” I laughed out loud but really, this question sucked all the oxygen out of the car the first time I heard it from my 1st grader!…
The Grass isn’t Greener
I heard a quote recently that made me smile: “The grass on the other side of the fence might be greener but it still has to be mowed!” I love this! It sums up a…
What Every Parent Wants to Hear
As parents we often question the decisions we make. Homeschooling has been a pretty epic example of this in action. From the hours we spent debating, praying, and wondering about whether we could, would, should…
OMG, it’s a Butterfly Paci!
When I was about 11 (hundred) months pregnant with our first baby, we were sitting in a church service behind a young couple holding their sweet, 3-month old baby girl. The baby was sleeping soundly…
What we’re NOT doing
Lots of people have been asking me what we’ve been doing lately and how the homeschooling is going. While I blogged a few weeks ago about how I really thought it was too soon to…
“C” is for “Cytoplasm” – and it’s good enough for me!
This week my middle red-head asked me if I thought she was learning anything. As I’ve been candid about in previous posts, I wonder the same thing – although I don’t share this with my…
Homeschooling in the Forest
We’re all familiar with the saying, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” What I’m wondering, is how many other homeschooling families…
Because it’s different . . . and that’s NOT (always) bad!
First of all, I need to address a fact that most of us are familiar with. Kids are amazing!! Plain and simple. Their seemingly endless capacity to adapt to any and every new circumstance never…
Day 1 down . . . 179 to go!
Day 1 is down. I’m trying to take it all in stride – especially the part where I asked my young students what their favorite part of the day was. Two of them answered with…