Because I am a book junkie, I have a ton of books and curriculum around. I collect it. And when planning for my kids school year, it frequently ends up as a “wish list.” By January, our homeschool never looks like the plan I make in August. And that’s totally cool. There is nothing wrong […] Read more…
Block Scheduling {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
One of the things I figured out the hard way, is that school is VERY simple to start. Math, reading, writing and lots of read aloud’s is all you need until they are proficient readers. Otherwise, you will spend hours spoon-feeding them everything else. Once we hit that point, though, block scheduling has been the […] Read more…
A Day in the Life of a Homeschool Family {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
We have been homeschooling for about 3 years now and what works for us seems to change every year. Siblings get older (or get added) and changes as we figure out what works for us as a family. Here are some past day in the life posts from previous years. Real-life homeschooling at its best. […] Read more…
Year-Round Homeschooling {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
Hubs and I are crazy hard workers. We both worked 3 jobs through college and now own our own business. It has its good points and bad ones, but homeschooling year round has worked really well for us for a few reasons. 1. Flexibility We own a business and homeschool for the lifestyle. We aren’t […] Read more…
Making ABC’s Easy as 123 — The Alphabet Game {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
3/13-3/18 My youngest daughter is completely different from her older sister. My oldest is calm and totally into workbooks and things. My younger daughter is more about learning via osmosis. Or computer. That will do it too :). When the opportunity came for reviewing some items from one of my favorite homeschool companies The Critical […] Read more…
Behind the Scenes…2 Interviews!
I’ve been interviewed at not one, but TWO fellow TOS Crew Member blogs, one about Homeschooling and one about Homemaking. Have you ever wanted to know what goes on around here in a more personal way? Check out my interview about Homemakering over at Homemaking Organized and an interview about Homeschooling wherein I gush about books over […] Read more…
In Freedom’s Cause {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Winter can get so boring north of the 45th parallel. Last week school was canceled more than once due to windchills of -20! We’ve been mostly stuck indoors for 4 months now with no end in sight. When that happens, it’s nice to have interesting things to listen to while playing. Our latest was a […] Read more…
Schoolhouse Review Crew 2014 Year in Review & Favorites
Again, I have been totally blessed as a member of the schoolhouse review crew. This was my second year and my kids love to try new things & mix it up a bit. Like last year, we have tried things that we adored and others that didn’t work so well. Here is a review of […] Read more…
Online Math & Language Arts Practice at IXL {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
My youngest is very tactile and wiggly and is not really capable of the kind of “school” I did with her older sister. She prefers to learn organically and indeed, picks up everything on the fly. But she does like to do school type stuff & always asked to do “computer school” like Dagny. When […] Read more…
If He Had Not Come {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’ve never been to this blog, we LOVE books. People who come over are astounded at the number of books we have. Every celebration involves books and so when we had the opportunity to review a new Christmas book […] Read more…