Category Archives: Lapbooking

Jumping Out of the Homeschooling Box

Why are you homeschooling? Oh, that is a loaded question, but one of the reasons we chose to homeschool, was we wanted to give our children more than a classroom full of textbooks and workbooks. We want them to learn something with their hands, minds, eyes and ears. We want them to learn to think,…

Wondering Why Blog Posting has been Slow….It is all explained below…triumphs, trials and tribulations…

Several months ago, I announced I would be working for A Journey Through Learning to help promote and market their products.  We have been doing great, and I was assigned a BIG PROJECT.  One that has taken a lot of my time. I have put together a Facebook Party for A Journey Through Learning.  We…

And Another Change…Another Child with Vision Challenges.

In December 2010, we found out our then five year old had amblyopia and strambismus.  She had been to the optometrist at the age of three, so she was due for an exam.  Her condition at the time left her with 20/400 vision, which is legally blind.  At her last exam in April, she had…

If it isn’t Working, Fix it…Don’t be Owned by Curriculum that isn’t working…

As a fairly seasoned homeschooler, I have had to learn this.  Sometimes it is a hard lesson, other times it is fairly easy to take. Already into our second week, I am having to make a couple of changes. Character Quality Language Arts is one of those changes.  This is the second time I have…

Fourth of July Lapbook~A Journey Through Learning

My oldest daughter Lora, loves lapbooks.  She enjoys the cutting and gluing and coloring.  However, her favorite part of lapbooking is the information she learns.  She started this lapbook back in July with another homeschool friend while she was visiting there.  However, this week she started back on it and finished it.  The Fourth of…