From the time my children were little, they have been with me in the kitchen cooking, baking, and preparing meals. I have many friends who can not cook and rely heavily on their spouse to prepare all meals or else its all about convenience foods. While one member of the family may take on the primary cooking responsibilities, it's important to have these basic skills so that you can take care of your own needs when the time arises. Growing up, we had home ec. My middle ...
Homeschooling
Pennsylvania Homeschool Evaluations
Stephanie Huston Pennsylvania Homeschool Evaluator, K-6 Pennsylvania state law requires that every homeschooler's progress is evaluated once per academic year (July 1-June 30) to ensure that progress has occurred in the homeschool program. Stephanie Huston can help you comply with state law by offering expert evaluations. ...
Our Favorite Preschool Resources
My baby is not a baby anymore. At 4 years old, he has been asking to start school, so this year we are homeschooling preschool. This has been a bit of a culture shock for me. We started our homeschool journey with kindergarten and first grade, but we were part of a cyber school so I didn't have to think about curriculum. With 4 years of homeschooling and more than a decade in public school teaching under my belt, this was my first time looking for preschool ...
Homemade Birdseed Cakes
Even though we live in the middle of suburbia, we get a wide variety of wildlife. My children love watching the birds from our living room window. At various times of year, you will see doves, gold finches, blue jays, sparrows, cow birds, phoebes, hummingbirds, chickadees, cardinals, and woodpeckers all hanging out on the feeders in our pollinator garden. The favorite is when the woodpecker comes to the feeder. He (we think its a he) is quite large, and he loves the bugs ...
First Came Cyber School
Read part 1 of our #JourneytoHomeschool here. I never expected to homeschool. I didn't think it would be a good fit for us, but after the year from hell which resulted in us leaving public school, it felt like we were out of options. The local brick and mortar charter school had an annual lottery, and we didn't get a place. We didn't make enough to afford private school. I was going to be home with the baby, so I might as well have my kids home with ...