i’m coughing up a lung now…by the time adam got home i was starting to cough (something that always happens when i get a cold…it triggers my asthma and them […]
forgot to mention maeven’s new hobby!
maeven is learning to knit! she started learning during her “nana time” on tuesdays a couple weeks ago…apparently she’s working on making a surprise for me for my birthday. i’ve […]
sick day & books
Yesterday we did actually accomplish a few things… 2 math lessons Maeven finished reading the chapter book she was working on: We looked through some more library books on topics […]
last week went pretty well
Even though I had that bad day…and there was still a lot of fighting amongst the children…I think the homeschooling part of the week actually went pretty well! At the […]
Not a great day
Today was rough. We did still accomplish some things…got 1 math lesson and 1 spelling lesson done (didn’t get to the other math lesson I wanted to get done, but […]
another good day!
today my mom came and took tyren out for a couple hours so maeven and i could get some uninterrupted work done. it went really well! she came in the […]
goals for the year
i don’t have this fully figured out yet…but i thought i’d start putting down what i do already know. FOR MATH–my goal is to have the entire rightstart math level […]
first week down
i knew i wouldn’t be able to keep up the blogging every day of school thing. but that’s ok. i’ll summarize what we did the last 3 days. i do […]
2nd day a success!
we actually did quite a lot today. it went pretty well, although for some reason…despite having things to do, the kids continue to bicker like crazy and are driving ME […]
first day
well it didn’t quite go according to plan. first of all, i was figuring on having the whole weekend to work on the rest of my planning for this week. […]
ordered spelling curriculum
so i finally decided upon “sequential spelling” by avko…the side-by-side comparison of traditional spelling vs sequential is what sold me…that and that it was recommended by so many fellow homeschoolers. […]
surprisingly accurate
i just read this article here. (“6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling”) now, i know that this is a spoof newspaper. but i find it amusing that the […]
orders arrived
our math lesson book (and a couple extra manipulatives that we didn’t yet have from the last kit that i added to the order) came in as well as the […]
Homeschoolers Threaten Our Cultural Comfort
that’s the title of this article. really fascinating read. i don’t really like the stereotyping of homeschoolers in the article, but i find it really insightful some of the other […]
gearing up
well i’m just starting, so it’s not super impressive yet…but here’s what i’ve started, in order to gear up for another year of homeschooling… this week i ordered the next […]
let’s see if i can do this
i’m pretty good at blogging casually on my main blog. but i suck at consistancy at anything, and it is possible that i might suck at keeping this blog up […]
free typing game online!!!
i just found this site, Dance Mat Typing, accidentally when searching for something else. how cool is that? i have purchased 2 typing games but neither have been interesting to […]