Homeschooling

Board gaming sounds like such an ideal activity for a homeschool family. It encompasses all that we hold in high regard: together time, fun and laughter, real-life learning and social skill development. But if you are homeschooling multiple age-groups of children, it might be challenging even to visualize – let alone actualize – a family…

As a homeschooling mom to three, I see that title and look a little askance, just like I expect you’re doing. I have three children to educate who are in approximately 8,253 activities. Each. They need to eat seven times a day. I have this thing about clean underwear; my husband, sadly, has this thing…

It’s the new year and if you are like most homeschool moms, then you are hashing out which New Year’s resolutions you want to make. And while we are deciding to lose another ten pounds and keep our bathroom cabinets organized, another area we might consider resolving about is our homeschools. In an effort to…

We have been doing poetry tea parties since the kids were really little. I stumbled on the concept from Charlotte Mason home educators well before my own kids were school-aged and fell in love with the ideas of pulling out the nice linens, finding a book of poems to read, and sharing time together over…

My oldest daughter is weird. She loves handwriting. But there was a time when we struggled. She learned cursive quickly, allowing us to move from simple handwriting practice to copywork with ease. But then it happened. “Why do I have to do this anymore?” Why indeed? Practice does make perfect, but she was already writing more…

I received Rosetta Stone Language Learning for free and was compensated for my time. I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are my own. There are a myriad of benefits to learning Latin. The problem with teaching Latin is that there is no way to do immersion in a dead language. I mean, other than…

I received a Logos Biology Science Kit free in exchange for my honest opinion. I loved biology when I was a kid. I excelled in my seventh grade life science class and hung on every word my 10th grade biology teacher said. To me it was the most amazing thing in the world to see…

Reading has been going well the past month. I am really enjoying digging into a good book. What I finished this month The Lonesome Gods — Oh my goodness I enjoyed this Louis L’Amour book so much more than I thought I would. I think all Californians should read it for the interesting history alone. I…