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. [...]

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 [...]

For the Children’s Hour

Here is a book I purchased specifically for Diva and her upcoming CM school year: For the Children’s Hour.

I first saw this book on amazon.com, but I hesitated in buying it initially as I wasn’t sure I really needed it, or that it would be just what I was looking for. However, I did [...]

Planning a new year

It’s late July and that means one thing in the online world of homeschooling – blog and message board postings crammed full of planning for a new school year! They are all over wordpress, blogger, blogspot and even myspace. Goodness! All this talk of planning has me fired up to plan our [...]

Thank you IRS!

We got our economic stimulus check yesterday and I took the opportunity to order the books and curriculum I need for next year. However, even though that money is a surprise bonus (and I easily could have gotten carried away), I stayed frugal and only ordered what I really needed. I really, really [...]

“Grace Darling” Narrations

One of our very favorite books this year is Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin. I have enjoyed every single story we have read from that book, and Super-boy and Diva have been known to act them out pretty regularly. Some of the stories have made a huge impact on Super-boy and [...]

I’ve missed you!

So, my week long internet hiatus is at an end.  I have so much to share, but not enough time to share it in at the moment.  I will probably be blogging my thoughts on my “unplugged” week here rather than myspace, but I am not sure when I will get to it.
Our homeschool is [...]

Mr. Red-belly

The kids and I saw this little guy walking up the maple tree in our front yard this morning. I had a feeling he was a woodpecker, but I grabbed our field guide just to be sure. He is a red-bellied woodpecker. He is so unusual looking that we found him in [...]

To read, or not to read…

Super-boy is growing up in little ways, and not so little ways too. He is getting pretty tall, and showing some beginning signs of mature decision making, even if it’s frequently followed up with very immature behavior. It’s tough being a kid!
We took all of our school supplies and books to the library [...]

Water Music

I am so proud at this very moment I am practically bursting. About 20 minutes ago, I asked the kids to come and clean up the playroom. As they were getting started, I asked them if they would like any music to clean by.
Diva piped right up and said : “Handel Water Music! [...]