Category Archives: Lifestyle of learning

R.E.A.L. Homeschool Spanish Review

Are you frustrated with trying to teach a foreign language?  Do you want to teach Spanish?  R.E.A.L. Homeschool Spanish is a program that may help take the frustration out of teaching Spanish. R.E.A.L. stands for Relax, Enjoy, Aspire, Learn Spanish Pricing: $49.95 for download version of the Book, Activity Book, Answer Book, and audio files…

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Signs of Autumn for Homeschool Families~Includes a free Autumn Scavenger Hunt

We have entered October, and for many that means we are surrounded by signs of Autumn.  If you haven’t been surrounded yet, you probably will be shortly. In our area, Kansas, we don’t have as many of the coloring leaves and such, but we do see lots of changes in the rural farm areas.  We…

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Fall Field Trip Frenzy

Every fall it is like this…field trip opportunities abound. This year though, it has been a little busier then the last couple. We have been to a homeschool fun day, the eye doctor four times, State Fair two times, Wild Life and Parks day, Peace Treaty Pageant, Farm helping too many times to count (from…

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Friday Fun School September 2

As I have mentioned before, Fridays are our Fun School days.  We play games, and do experiments and other such fun. This Friday we will be doing a Nature Scavenger Hunt.  This is one of the activities in our Exploring Creation through Flying Creatures study. Next up with will break out our new Scrubble Cube. …

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This Week’s Homeschool Plans Were Stormed~Literally

As in, the rain we have been praying for came, along with high winds, and hail. We didn’t really receive at our home, but over at my in laws where we keep a lot of our farm equipment is another story. The out building that we stored some of our smaller equipment was blown away. …

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Our Assignment and Record Keeping Notebooks~Using TOS Planner and My Custom Planner Pages

Over the years, I have worked hard to put together a record keeping book that would work for assignment too.  However, they have always been a little too much for my older children.  This year, however, seems to be the year I figured it out. I have used forms from my The 2011-12 Schoolhouse Planners,…

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Jumping Ship from the Institutionalized Educational Mindset in the Homeschool~Part 2~Planning Your Day

As homeschool moms, we can get quite concerned about covering everything.  In fact we sometimes have the ability under the influence of this concern to schedule every single minute of our children’s days with school work.  I am guilty of this…I do it every year as I plan.  This year is not ANY different.  Despite…

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Jumping Ship from the Institutionalized Educational Mindset in the Homeschool~Part 1 Grade levels and Start Dates

Over the years of homeschooling, I have become braver in getting away from the school at home mindset.  However, I have also known, I needed to get farther away from that mindset in order to be able to attain our goals with our children. Grade levels is one way I am doing that this year. …

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Our Homeschool Area~Homey Homeschool

Well, this is post about OUR homeschool…At this time in our homeschool journey, nearly every room in our home resembles a schoolroom.  We don’t narrow it down to just one area…Why? Because as a homeschool home, I want my children to see that learning can take place anywhere…they need to be able to think outside…

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