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 [...]

He cooks!

This morning, Super-boy asked me if he could cook his own eggs and toast for breakfast. Naturally, I said yes! I was cooking quite a few simple meals by eight, so I am sure it’s past time for him to learn to make a few things as well. He has been making [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“I think I should read four books a day; two in the morning and two at night.”
Those might be some of the sweetest words ever uttered from my eight-year-old’s lips.

THANK YOU BOOK ADVENTURE AND AUTHOR CYNTHIA RYLANT!!!!!
 
On a side note, he is also learning the value of saving for something he wants, rather than spending [...]

Henry and Mudge save the day

Super-boy is a reading fool this week. Ok, relatively speaking. He has read three books this week, and taken the quizzes over at Bookadventure.com. Yipee!!
I have finally found a series of books that he enjoys reading and are right at his level: Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant.
 
They are perfect [...]

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 [...]

My new favorite toy!!!

I am in love with my new toy. It’s a digital voice recorder. Isn’t is snazzy?

I became obsessed with acquiring one over the last couple of months, and although one might consider it a waste of money, I feel it has paid for itself many times over in just a couple of weeks. [...]

Sick days…

We seem to be afflicted with illness at the moment. Super-boy and I were out of commission on the 4th with some quick moving bug. It was in and out in about 14 hours or so, but caused fever and some stomach upset. Lonnie got sick starting Thursday, the 7th. By [...]

Building Molecules

Our special study this week is atoms and molecules. I wanted to build an atom with Super-boy, but lacking the appropriate materials today, we opted for building molecules after a brief discussion on atoms. This subject, by the way, is totally Super-boy’s idea. While I did enjoy chemistry the most out of [...]