2nd grade is an exciting time in our homeschool! Reading, Math, Science and more all getting planned out for the coming year. As we enter our 7th year of doing school at home, I have another first. Homeschooling 2nd grade! When David & Emily were in 2nd grade, they were attending a cyber school (online …
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 …
In the ’80s, I was an elementary school student. In kindergarten we learned our letters and numbers, very basic sight words, and spent most of our half-day of school learning through play. Being a nun was the only requirement needed to teach in Catholic school. That nun told my parents I wasn’t good a student and …
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 journey with homeschooling kindergarten and first grade, but we were part of a cyber school so …
Setting homeschool goals can keep you from burning out. These goals can guide your decision-making so that you feel empowered to say “no” to activities and other things that don’t help you reach those homeschool goals. Here is what I’m focusing on in our homeschool for 2019. At the start of January, as I was …
