Self Study vs. Group Study
As a homeschooling parent, you may sometimes get anxious that your child doesn’t have the same access to study groups as children at regular schools do. If you do get anxious, then you don’t need to, because there are many positive aspects of studying independently. Let’s examine the pros and cons of Self Study vs. […]
Homeschool Sentence Diagramming Practice
I honestly do not remember doing sentence diagramming as a kid in school. When I saw it in my kid’s homeschool curriculum it was completely new to me. After spending years doing it with my children, one of the things I love most about sentence diagramming is that it pulls so many grammar skills and […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ February 23, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010… Outside my window…the fresh snow has fallen and made a new blanket of white. The kids are looking forward to getting out and possibly building another snowman. I am thinking…about teaching and learning. I worry about my skills as a home school parent/teacher. Sometimes my role […]
I ♥ Faces – “Hands on Fun”
Who knew that with a little more preparation I might be able to come up with a photo I liked for this weeks challenge. Being a busy homeschooling mother of 3 I don’t really find the time to prep and take new photos for these challenges. Instead, I search the archives, using it as a […]
How About “Dadsense”? ~ Because the men feel left out…
After my husband Joe watched the “Momsense” song, he found another Anita Renfroe video about “Dadsense“. Now, I have to chuckle at someone even putting DAD and SENSE in the same sentence let alone in the same word! I wonder to myself, how many mothers out there feel as though the fathers in the family […]
Total Momsense
Chloe and I spent the afternoon at one of her friends’ houses for a birthday party this weekend. Her mother asked me if I had seen this comedian on YouTube who does this funny ” Momisms” song. Since I had not seen it, she pulled it up for me. It is Anita Renfroe doing “Total […]
Gone with the Wind ~ Check-in #2
I am starting this update out with a question for those of you that watched the movie before reading the book. Do you think you would have seen the whole Scarlett marries Ashley thing coming? I for one, did NOT see that coming. I also thought it was a strange contrast to what I have […]
Flashback Friday – “Big-Kid” Beds
Everyone knows it is like a right of passage to leave your crib or toddler bed and head into your “big-kid” bed! For each of our children it was a fun and exciting time. Unbeknownst to Chloe she had to move on because there was another sibling on the way who would need the crib. […]
Gone with the Wind ~ Check-in #1
Many of you have been wondering and asking about my goal of reading Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I appreciate all the encouragement and support from all of you. Until this week I had not made very much progress. The copy I took out of the library was the Avon copy. The print […]
I ♥ Faces – “I Wanna Dance”
Over at I ♥ Faces the challenge this week is “I Wanna Dance”. The pictures that are posted there for the contest are WAY out of my league! However, I do like having a fresh idea in mind while searching my photos and memories for yet another blog post. As dances go, the immediate thought […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook……February 15th, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: February 10, 2010… Outside my window…the weather is cold, gloomy, and sad. I am thinking…that despite the weather I feel as though it is going to be a good day. I am thankful for…continued good health in our household. For the first time on Friday we were hit with a […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
I awoke this morning as I always do….to the sound of Ava’s knocking on her door, waiting to get out. The sound of little feet with noise like a heard of elephants had already been traveling up to my ears. Chloe and Jayden were up to something. With Ava dressed in her Valentine’s Day outfit, […]
Revisting Why I Homeschool/The World as our Classroom
I was standing in the shower thinking about how much I enjoy my life. Having the kids at home allows me to participate in their lives more. When they are learning something, even struggling with something, I get the opportunity to not only work through it with them, (which can be totally exhausting and frustrating […]