Today's writing prompt for my daughter's journal was thanks to SchoolhouseTeachers.com, a membership part of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. They provide daily writing prompts on their website. Though we do not use them daily, we use them weekly for our journal ideas sometimes. Today we used a prompt from last week -- what would you do if you had no electricity for the day. My daughter wrote a wonderful description of her day which, she thought, would be very fun including a lovely picture ... read more
The Secrets to a Successful Homeschool Day
Sometimes it seems like the day is over before it gets started. It can be difficult to get the morning started and stay on track. If you have these issues, you may be searching for the way to keep your homeschool day under control. Here are some secrets to keeping our homeschool day successful and productive. Plan ahead – One of the biggest things that works for us is to plan ahead. Knowing what I expect to accomplish each day helps me. I like to know what I need to get done and what I want ... read more
The Hundred Dresses
Thanks to one of my favorite lapbook resources, homeschoolshare.com, Avarie and I finished up our lapbook to go along with the completion of our reading of The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. The book is a part of Sonlight Core A reading, which we have been using this year for our literature. A story about classroom bullying, The Hundred Dresses is about a Polish immigrant student named Wanda that is teased by fellow classmates because she wears the same dress each day. When Wanda claims ... read more
Spring into Fitness: The Presidential Fitness Challenge
I'm very excited about my families newest adventure and I want to share it with you. Starting this week, I will begin leading the Presidential Fitness Challenge on CurrClick Live. Beginning with an introductory class on Wednesday, April 4th, at 4pm Central time, my family, operating as Homeschool Fitness for Life, will be helping homeschool families everywhere, through the CurrClick Live classroom, participate in the Presidential Fitness Challenge. If you are not familiar with the ... read more
The Beginning of an Unplanned Spring Break
It's April 1st and we have started the first day of our completely unplanned Spring Break. What do I mean by the unplanned Spring Break? Well, I have found one of the biggest challenges of homeschooling is living our schedule the way we want to live our schedule without giving in to the schedule of the local schools and other family and friends that do traditional school. Each time I plan to move ahead with school, even though our friends and family are on a traditional school break, I find ... read more
Lightning Fast Spanish – Integrating Quick Language Lessons Into Your Day
Are you integrating Spanish into your homeschool curriculum? Are you looking for a better and faster way to include language into your schedule? If so, you will love this quick and easy book by Carolyn Woods called Lightning-Fast Spanish for Kids and Families: Learn Spanish, Speak Spanish, Teach Kids Spanish - Quick As A Flash, Even If You Don't Speak A Word Now! I was fortunate to get an electronic copy of Lightning-Fast Spanish for Kids and Families from Carolyn Woods to review and I must ... read more
Ever Wondered What a Homeschool Co-Op Is All About?
Have you ever wondered what a homeschool co-opis or what its all about? Over at I Can Teach My Child, they are talking about what a homeschool co-op is and what it looks like at their co-op. Are you in a co-op? What do you like about it? ... read more
St. Patrick’s Day – What’s On Your Home School Agenda?
Saturday the 17th is St. Patrick’s Day With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, you may be deciding what you are going to do in your homeschool to celebrate. Some celebrate more than others. I’m guessing those of you with Irish heritages may be celebrating more than others. I have a friend with an Irish background that goes all-out every year. I think it’s great and have learned a lot from her over the years. If you are like me and haven’t ventured much past wearing a green shirt ... read more
Educational Apps for your Smart Phone or Tablet
Many homeschoolers, well, actually, all parents, are turning to the use of education apps on their smart phones and tablets to entertain and educate their children on the go. Though I have always been anti-video game, I find myself in a bit of a quandary. As a smart phone user, and a tablet user wanna-be, I continue to read about the latest educational apps and wonder about their place in our educational lives. I have downloaded a few on my smart phone - sight word flashcard and Spanish ... read more
Hooray for Leap Day!
What are you doing for Leap Day! If you have a friend or child born on Leap Day, I'm sure it will be a super big deal. And they probably have a better understand about leap day and leap year. But if you don't, this may be the one time you actually talk about what Leap Year is and how it works. So what are we doing today to celebrate? Copywork/Recitation Today, our copywork is the calendar phrase. This gives us a good basis for the day of discussion. Thirty days hath September, April, June ... read more
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