I RECEIVED A Copy of TEACH: Creating Independently Responsible LEarners FREE OF CHARGE FOR REVIEW PURPOSES AND WAS COMPENSATED FOR MY TIME. ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS POST ARE MY OWN AND I WAS NOT REQUIRED TO POST A POSITIVE REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT. When I was teaching middle school, we had mandated professional development …
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 …
Our family strives to have PE at home, which means indoors in the bad weather and outside when we can. While I prefer outside activities, I need things we can do indoors as well. Having some PE gear at home, along with resources like these fitness games, and knowing what resources are readily available has …
My youngest is now 4 years-old, and that means we start pre-school. While I began collecting items for our homeschool at Just Between Friends last spring, there are some items I have chosen to make myself. Sewing Cards were an easy place to start. Pre-Schoolers Need Sewing Cards While to some, a sewing card may …
