To see the other participating blogs, click here. It’s that time of year when homeschool moms re-organize, clean out, and reset for the upcoming fall. I recently stumbled upon a great blog carnival called the Curriculum Clean-OUT! Basically it’s a bunch of us homeschoolers giving away curriculum. First up, The Great Latin Adventure (Level 1). I […]
In our state, we have fairly lenient homeschooling regulations. We do have to show “regular and thorough” instruction in English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, Health, Phys. Ed., and our oversight organization requires Bible/Christian Studies. Next year, everyone will be enrolled in Classical Conversation’s Foundations program. John and PJ will also particpate in Essentials. […]
This is the second post in a series that answers the questions you asked. To read the rest of the series, click here. We are adopting out of birth order, 2 older kids from Latvia. We have 2 other children (who also were adopted (but as infant & toddler). Did you wait a few months […]
A lot of you have asked. YES. I am planning on blogging about Cycle 2 for Classical Conversations. It’s going to look a little different again this year. I’m still sorting through resources and thinking about our routine. In the meantime, I highly recommend reading Echo In Celebration…even if you’re not a homeschooler or CC […]
Check out my guest post at the Kidville blog.
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year […]
When we started homeschooling, PJ was already spelling above grade level and Mia wasn’t reading yet. I falsely assumed that she needed to be reading better to spell so we started the year without spelling. Then, I started doing more research and realized that reading could be taught using encoding (spelling) and decoding (reading). We […]