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 […]
Weather permitting, PJ’s participating in his first spelling bee tomorrow morning. He used Spelling City to do some review. I’ve been given a Premium Membership to VocabularySpellingCity.com for a candid, personal, online review. VocabularySpellingCity helps students study word lists using 25 different learning activities such as Sentence Unscramble, Handwriting Practice,WordSearch, and FlashCards. Parents can create their own spelling lists, […]
Taylor, if you’re reading, I love you. This post is dedicated to you. My kids might fully appreciate this, but Patrick and I are mesmerized. If your child is working on skip counting or memorizing multiplication tables, you need one of these. It’s especially great for visual and kinetic learners. First let me tell you how […]
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 […]
Whatever you call it, Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) or Silent Sustained Reading (SSR), you should definitely implement it in your house. This includes you! Leave the laundry and the dishes and get some face time with a book.
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 […]
I went to an adoption and homeschooling workshop last night. There was a lot of talk about school rooms. I’m here to say you don’t really need one. We have 6 kids in a fairly modest 3 bedroom house without any “bonus’ rooms. We have the standard living room, dining room and kitchen set up. […]
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 […]