Honestly in our homeschool, we have never truly used an art program. When I was contacted to review Simply Draw with Bob Parsons, I thought, hey, this could be a lot of fun, and a nice change from our daily grind. That was an understatement. Philip , my ten year old, a fifth grade dysgraphic…
As many of you know, I have a bit of an addiction to homeschool curriculum. Don’t all homeschool moms? I mean, there are so many choices for us to look over. My goal is to hand pick curriculum that will meet my childrens’ learning needs, styles, and desires, without breaking our budget or causing my…
On the first day we began Travel the World, the below dialog was heard in our home. “Ahh Mom!! Do we have to do this?” “Yes, and I believe once we get going with it, you will find it fun and interesting.” By the third day, we were only getting geography covered as my children…
We had a big week, considering I didn’t ever get to lesson plans over this past weekend. I landed in the garden and only stopped long enough to eat and sleep. So, Sunday around 8 pm, I decided it would be a week of curriculum samples to try it, complete our year end evaluations…
Reading is a skill that is not only needed for education, but for life. If you can read, you can pretty much learn anything you need to. Learning to read can be a challenging process for many. However, children who are read aloud to from infanthood, normally have an easier time learning to read. In…
Our first spring lapbook was about Honey Bees. My oldest, a ten year old, went into more depth then our younger children, but we all worked on this lapbook together. I used this Honey Bee Mini Books set as our lapbook guide. Using this guide allowed me to be able to spend more fun time…
During the days of May 12 through May 14, I “attended” the Schoolhouse Expo put on by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. This was a Webinar for homeschooling parents. It was meant to teach, encourage, support and help homeschooling parents. I have to say it was a HUGE success. There were lots of speakers from those…
As a mom of six children, streamlining our home has become a habit. I constantly look around and try to find ways to make everything flow smoother. Our house is laid out in a way that is choppy, as in lots of walls, cutting up the “flow” of the floorspace. I like wide open spaces,…
The Old Schoolhouse Store is one of my favorite places to browse home school products. They have just about everything in their store. Did I mention that their magazine, The Old Schoolhouse is great too? For our family it becomes a “who gets to read it first” contest as soon as it comes in the…
