This week I have been starting to think more intently about the upcoming homeschool year and what works and what needs to be revised. I have been reorganizing and cataloging our curriculum to see what we have (a ton of stuff – lots of random stuff) and what we need for next year (not a… Read More Homeschool Mom Resource Roundup
The Beginning… This week started pretty intensely. Monday night, after a crazy day, I realized that I was pretty far behind in the grading and checking of the high schooler’s papers for history and science. Over the last month, the grading for the kids has been slipping further and further behind. I was still getting… Read More Homeschool Update 4/20/18
The Beginning… I got up in the morning to deal with my son who had decided that Lucky Charms cereal would help counter the fact that today is Friday the 13th. He ended up spilling about a cup of it on the ground. So the effectiveness of the “Lucky Charm” is debatable. The Analysis… It… Read More Homeschool Update – April 13
And this is why homeschooling is such fun. We were studying the Maori Warriors. He-Man was voted to be our guinea pig. We had lots of fun using (washable) crayola markers to try and replicate some of the designs we saw. This is going to be a lovely blackmail shot later in life. Hee, hee,… Read More Story of the World – Social Studies
Yesterday I made 8 loaves of “Amish Friendship Bread” for the freezer. It was an edible science project on fermentation (sourdough) that He-Man brought home from homeschool co-op. This is the second time I have made this same bread. Once, a long time ago, a neighbor gave us a “start.” The bread is okay. I… Read More Amish “Friendship” Bread
Ah, homeschool. How I love thee. So, I realized when my hubby called around lunch time to ask how my day was going that 4 of the 5 of us were still in our pajamas and all of the remaining peanut butter cookies had been stolen one at a time between lessons, BUT we had… Read More Pajama and Peanut Butter Cookie Kind of Day
I made my own homeschool planner for next year and the end of this year as my old one was running out. It’s nice to not have to write everything out by hand anymore! Feel free to download and use for personal use/classroom use if you like. You can find the file under my pages… Read More Free Homeschool Planner!
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday we read “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” and we made our own Oobleck (corn starch, water and food coloring). This worked with science for the Kindergartener and Preschooler (is it a solid or a liquid? – states of matter), but even the 3rd grader loves playing with oobleck. Who… Read More Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!