A Christian homeschooling farmwife's journey along God's chosen path.
We don’t always homeschool through the summer. In fact, it has been several years since we have. However, this past year we had several interruptions, and I believe we need to cover a bit extra this year. So, I am working on our summer homeschool plans. Our Summer Homeschool Plans, will be a light school… […]
It’s that time of year. The time when many homeschool moms are rushing around trying to get all their ducks or.. books in a row. Suddenly they relize they need to also get their recordkeeping plans set… I like the ease of a paper record keeper, but LOVE the professionalism of an online record keeper. […]
Unschooling homeschool record keeping is a little harder for many homeschool moms. As you have read in my other Homeschool and Technology posts, we use Scholaric for our lessons and record keeping. However, there is not much of a way to record the unschooling activities in Scholaric that are quite frequent in our family’s homeschool. This […]
Scholaric Homeschool Planning software has helped me save time in our lesson planning and record keeping. Homeschool Planning Software is widely available in the homeschool market. However, is it all created equal? This year has been a year of trial and error with moving our homeschool plans or records to the computer. There are several […]
Weekends on the farm are never boring. In fact many times we tend to squeeze in more than we could ever accomplish. However, I have spent a little time in prayer about our schedule. We never get five full book work days done in a week. We always seem to need to have a day […]
We don’t really have a classroom or school room per se. However, we do tend to do most all table time at our dining room table. We have computer time and family time and other times, where we are scattered about. Independent reading time takes place during our afternoon quiet time. We school outside, and […]
If you are a homeschool mom, you have probably tried a few planners to help you keep all those lessons, activities, and such organized. Many of you have probably found that most planners think you are a cookie cutter image of 1000s of other homeschool families. If you have more than two or three children, […]
You know that day, when you woke in the night and knew something was off. Dozed back off and woke up with your alarm, but you had that feeling of doom? You are sick, fever, chills, tired, sore throat and achy all over. Your children however, are all fine, dandy bundles of energy. Do you […]
As homeschoolers, we can really struggle with how much book school to do. Sometimes we can fall into the textbook trap and lose the whole reason we are homeschooling. Homeschooling is more about relationships than it is academic. Relationships with family Relationships with others Relationships with people of a widely various ages Relationships with God […]
As a farmer’s wife, this is the time of year I make my list of needs for our school, such as those bigger non book items. We have a steady income during the summer, so now is the time I get that list together. I have and am using the items in the following list. […]
I have discussed preparing for a convention, and even mentioned my convention notebook. Last year, I even posted about a convention notebook. However, because I wanted to be sure to pack as light as possible and still have a nice sturdy writing surface for the Teach Them Diligently Convention, I have used my comb binder […]
I attended my first homeschool convention back in 2003. I walked in, and just about walked out, but Amy, from RaisingArrows, must of held my hand pretty tight. That vendor hall was huge and all those choices and the number of people, and colors, noise, sights and sounds…Yep, Amy had her hands full that weekend. […]
I like to make lists, and be able to check those things off, however, more times then not, my plans get changed. This week those plans have changed over and over, and I am ok with that. However, I haven’t always been ok with it… It used to bother me and get me terribly frazzled. […]
Most homeschool moms don’t have that “normal” list of wants or needs. My husband says I can be hard to buy for…WHAT? A non stained shirt and a pair of jeans that don’t bind and pinch me…Hey, I have had six children and my shape is not the same as it used to be, nor […]
I have found a company, I am proud to tell you about. I decided it was time for working moms and women everywhere to get a chance to shop on their terms. I prayed to find a way to offer something that would help women like me contribute to their lives financially by owning their […]
Wow, seems some people seem to think I need help staying on track…have they been watching me while I am working in Photoshop? Well, probably not, but, I do tend to get distracted, and Time Timer $30 has helped some. But, I believe any old timer could help. This is a neat little timer, that […]
I am not naturally organized. In fact, even when I try really hard I am not really organized. I have great ideas, and I mean well, but, in reality, I am just not an organized person…or am I? In fact, I have made wonderful forms that keep my older children organized in their homeschool lesson […]
"How do you get everyone up, moving and motivated in the morning?" Our mornings are incredibly ROUGH! I am not an early riser by nature, and really not by force either. However, getting up in the morning before 9 is a good thing. Actually, I try to be up around 7 or 7:30…Try… I […]
I have talked before, how I use these in our home. Well, today is the day to get The 2011-12 Schoolhouse Planners for 50% off!!! Here are a few of the ways I am or have used the TOS Planner. Assignment and Record Keeping Book Homeschool Convention Binder Family Notebook and Homeschool Binder This planner […]
Over the last few weeks, as I was preparing for our school year, I made a change, that I hadn’t really talked about. I decided NOT to put our 3.5 year old in with our kindergarten and first grade. He is able, but he is not ready, as his attention span does not have the […]
mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person.
