Random thoughts and preparations!

Well folks, I am in full swing. We are almost ready to start and things are busy, busy, busy for this mama! I am putting books & music on hold at the library, ordering a few books through paperback swap and amazon, perusing the internet for resources related to our topics, and just [...]

Making some changes!

I am making some changes to my blog.  Obviously, the name for one.  I am in the process of hosting my blog myself, and unfortunately, homesweethomeschool.com is not available, even though no one is using it. 
Besides, the actual name of our school is Golden Acorn Homeschool.  So it’s only appropriate to have that [...]

Free Handwriting Fonts

I have been contemplating spending $40 to order the Startwrite Software. We do use Handwriting without Tears workbooks for most of our handwriting needs, but the reality is, my kids always need more practice on some letters than these books allow for. Also, in keeping with the Charlotte Mason method, I would prefer [...]

Interesting turn of events

It’s been quite a week. I am in full planning and organizing mode for our upcoming homeschool year, but it is also the last week of my math and English college courses (for the moment, a new composition class starts Monday) and the workload for this last week is pretty heavy. I am [...]

Week-at-a-glance

I have been busy working this past weekend on our weekly schedule. I use excel and break down the weekly AO readings for each child and add daily Bible, poetry, penmanship (copywork), phonics and math, and then rotate out the other subjects on different days. I do all 36 weeks this way. [...]

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Bach is our first composer for this upcoming school year, and the wise ladies at Ambleside Online are planning this hymn (by Bach, of course!) for October. I may have to do it in September because it is so beautiful I can hardly stand it.

“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Jesu, joy [...]

Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival!

If you haven’t yet, mosey your way on over to the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival being hosted at Life and Love in Rose Cottage. Lots of great stuff to read!
Also, consider submitting something to the upcoming CM Blog Carnival being hosted at On Our Journey Westward. It’s a “back to school” planning bash [...]

Peter and the Wolf

Do you need a way to entertain your kids for at least 30 minutes on a hot, muggy summer afternoon?
Well, I don’t know about any of you, but when I was a kid, I LOVED “Peter and the Wolf.” I listened to it all the time. It was a well-worn and well loved [...]

A “typical” school day…

For some reason, I get a lot more email about this blog than I get comments, and I have gotten several emails lately about what a “typical” school day looks like at our house. Well, let me just start by saying that no two days here are exactly the same. But, we do [...]

Woo hoo!

I applied on Friday for financial aid/scholarships from the county for the recreation department so I can enroll the kids in some extracurricular classes this fall.  Well, the county moves very fast (at times anyway) and they already approved our application and put $450 into our recreation account.  So when fall registration begins on Monday, [...]