I have talked about our curriculum organization using file boxes. However, there is a reason I have avoided the topic of actual school supplies…markers, pencils,crayons, glue, and so forth. These items have been scattered EVERYWHERE, though I have little pencil boxes for most of it, they never end up back in them. A few weeks…
Our first day of school was an overwhelming success. In some ways, I wish it would not have gone so perfectly, because that is going to set such a high standard for our year. I think God also saw a need for a reality check, as I woke the second day of school with a…
A couple of years ago, I put together File Boxes as modified Workboxes. That really worked, but somehow, I stopped using them. The main reason was the work load to keep them loaded and to make sure everything made it back to their spots. Also, the Hanging File Folders kept falling apart. The first revamping…
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,…
This week we are easing into the new homeschool year. I have four weeks of lessons planned for our new year, but we won’t start on them for at least two weeks. Because we took an unexpected time off through most of the summer, I want to spend some time reviewing where we left off….
We all have goals we want our children to obtain, but, are they the same goals that God has? When setting your goals in your homeschool, it is important to think outside the academic box. Is your ultimate goal, getting your child into an Ivy League University? or Is it helping your child gain a…
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been organizing our homeschool areas. At first, I was going to go back to a school room setting, but, really my children don’t work so good there, or really as a family it is not really a good plan. The one room that could function as a…
Along with organizing this week, I have been implementing new routines to help us get prepared for the new homeschool year. Daily Schedule The above page is posted through out our home and in each notebook, to hopefully keep us on track. We are not a set time, kind of a family, we have animals,…
We all have them, days when we walk through the house and want to turn tail and run because there are messes everywhere. As we move through the house, we notice there is very little that can be done with these messes… What? Where did it all come from? Typically around here, it means we…
