We’ve moved!!!

This is the last blog at wordpress.com. We have moved and launched our blog at www.goldenacornhomeschool.com.
We will really miss you if you don’t stop by, so please update blog readers, bookmarks, and blog rolls. The site is still under a little maintenance, but after days of nail biting, hair pulling and general chaos…I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Thrifty Pics!

Here are my deals from thrift store shopping today! Photos courtesy of my five and three year old daughters.

It’s VBS week!

The kids have Vacation Bible School every morning this week and they are having such a wonderful time! I had to search around a bit to find one, since our church is not having one this year, so that means I have to drive quite a bit farther than what I think is ideal. [...]

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer!

Have I mentioned that I love me some Nat King Cole? No? Well, I do!
Anyway, I am very thankful that my friend Crystal is a camera/photography fanatic. All of the following photos are courtesy of her amazing camera and picture taking skills. Were it not for Crystal, many of the fun [...]