First off – this is NOT an AD. I was in no way compensated, I just really feel like home learners need to encourage and support one another. Please read and do what you can to support them and spread the word. FLL Hurricanes I am so excited to share with you about the FLL Hurricanes (blog link). This is a small group of local home learners who have seriously impressed me. They have invented and More to read…
I found this awesome website a very long time ago through Pinterest and I stumbled onto it again today. If you are wanting to do creative lettering or learn some basic art, then start at this website. When you click on the image, it will take you to that page. Once you get there, you can click on the red text that is underlined. You can also click on the Table Of Contents (bottom right) and More to read…
I found this awesome blog where the artist practiced hand drawn alphabets for a year. You can see all of them on his blog. (hint: click the image). The best part is that he has a PDF template at the VERY bottom of his page. If you scroll, you will find it. Honey
I finally enrolled all the kids in our umbrella school for next year. This is our 8th year with them and fo us, it is the perfect mix of support, accountability, and resources. So here is how the morning went. I awoke to Zion crying because he wanted mayonaise on toast. This is “Pick Your Battles” day. I conceded as long as the mayonaise was a thin layer like butter. The kids were mostly fed and sent upstairs More to read…
How do you run a home business and home school? Finding a balance between work and school is the goal for any homeschool family, but especially for homeschool families that also run home businesses. It is wonderful to be able to have a flexible schedule, but also important to be able to set realistic boundaries (ones that honestly, not everyone will respect or even understand). Do you run a home business and home school? How do More to read…
Yes, you read that right, we are organizing our homeschool again. We have tried so many different ways of organizing our homeschool, almost as many ways as we have tried to arrange our living room (yeah, that’s a high number). The system we have hit on now is actually working. And get this, it is very easy to use. I mentioned the other day that we are doing a variation of workboxes – Family Workboxes. More to read…
I have been a fan of workboxes, since the very beginning, and we have tried them in a variety of different ways in our homeschool. This year we are trying something new: Family Workboxes. When Jonah and I were discussing how we were going to do school for the rest of this term, we hit upon the idea of everyone doing the same subject at the same time. We created a big plastic bucket for More to read…
Worksheets are often boring, I do know this, so my goal is always to use them as a guide for the discussion and learning process and not to require page after page of writing. Elisha (our oldest) has autism and has always struggled with putting pen to paper due to a combination of muscle fatigue (diagnosed by an orthopaedic specialist) and sensory issues (diagnosed by two different occupational therapists). For these and other reasons, we are More to read…
I will be the first to admit that school is not always fun. Sometimes the things we are learning are hard for me to teach and sometimes things are hard for the kids to learn. Since I really want my kids to enjoy learning, I work hard at making school fun or at least as enjoyable as possible (sometimes that is SO hard, trust me). When you are home learning or in any learning environment, More to read…
It is hard to get into a routine after you have taken a break from formal home learning. We are slowly getting back into the swing of things now after our busy Christmas break. Welcome to an exciting new year of home learning! Bible For Bible today we discussed Proverbs 15:1. Download a pdf of the memory verse poster here – – > Math Math is currently being taught via videos on Khan Academy and worksheets More to read…
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