Our family loves to read. We read several times throughout the day as a family and independently. I have older children read to younger children and younger children read to older children, all of us read together and so forth. However, I have found that we tend to get tired of reading the same thing […]
Teaching Special Needs Children to Read
April 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
One of the biggest challenges for homeschool parents is teaching reading, and for a homeschool parent with children who have special needs, that big challenge can seem almost insurmountable for many. Teaching Special Needs Children to Read in the Homeschool can have extra challenges too, as you need to understand what the learning block is, […]
FREEBIE Preschool and Kindergarten Worksheets
January 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Are you in need of a few things for you preschool/kindergarten children to work on? Do they need practice with beginning writing? Cutting? shapes? Counting and more? Check out this FREE Pre-K/Early Kindergarten 56+ page pack of worksheets. Available for free Jan.3-6 only!! Did you know that there is a whole 200+ pages of these […]
Homeschool Conventions WITH Children in Tow…
May 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
So, up until this year, I have always had my children with me at conventions. Most of the time, some of them attend the children’s program. I nearly always take a mommy’s helper, as I nearly always have one, two or three who are too young for the children’s program. My mommy’s helper is now […]
Ooka Island~A Computer Phonics Adventure for Younger Children
October 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
Do you have young children who want to do school on the computer like their older siblings? What about a child that ready to learn the sounds and letters, but doesn’t’ have the fine motor skills for writing? Ooka Island is a computer based phonics program that will help your children gain computer and readiness […]
Carlito C. Caterpillar’s MathHouse Review and Giveaway
October 6, 2011 by
Carlito C. Caterpillar’s MathHouse Games ($23.95) are sure to help you teach math skills using a sensory method that will help your child grasp each concept as they play the forty games. My children have had a lot of fun learning a few of the concepts. My two year old especially like Alike It or […]
Before Five in a Row Review
September 15, 2011 by 1 Comment
If you have been homeschooling long, you have probably heard of Five in a Row. However, did you know that Five in a Row offers a product for your children ages two thru four? Before Five in a Row ($35.00) by Jane Lambert, is a set of plans or tips if you will of twenty-three […]
Preschool Fun~Keeping them occupied during homeschool lessons.
August 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
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 […]
File Boxes with Student Notebooks~Take 3.2 on Workbox Modification
August 11, 2011 by 2 Comments
A couple of years ago, I put together File Boxes as modified Workboxes. That really worked, but somehow, I stopped using them. The main reason was the work load to keep them loaded and to make sure everything made it back to their spots. Also, the Hanging File Folders kept falling apart. The first revamping […]
Fourth of July Lapbook~A Journey Through Learning
August 4, 2011 by 3 Comments
My oldest daughter Lora, loves lapbooks. She enjoys the cutting and gluing and coloring. However, her favorite part of lapbooking is the information she learns. She started this lapbook back in July with another homeschool friend while she was visiting there. However, this week she started back on it and finished it. The Fourth of […]
Our Assignment and Record Keeping Notebooks~Using TOS Planner and My Custom Planner Pages
August 3, 2011 by 1 Comment
Over the years, I have worked hard to put together a record keeping book that would work for assignment too. However, they have always been a little too much for my older children. This year, however, seems to be the year I figured it out. I have used forms from my The 2011-12 Schoolhouse Planners, […]
Jumping Ship from the Institutionalized Educational Mindset in the Homeschool~Part 1 Grade levels and Start Dates
June 14, 2011 by 9 Comments
Over the years of homeschooling, I have become braver in getting away from the school at home mindset. However, I have also known, I needed to get farther away from that mindset in order to be able to attain our goals with our children. Grade levels is one way I am doing that this year. […]
Currclick is Having a HUGE Sale
May 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Between now and May 20th, people who visit this non-public section of CurrClick, will get 50% savings on 100’s of top homeschool resources from some of our best selling publishers. Not only that, but several of our most popular teachers are offering 10% OFF all their summer and fall classes. In addition, visitors to our […]
Homeschool Burnout~Avoiding the inevitable.
January 24, 2011 by 3 Comments
Yeah, Yeah, yeah, I just told you that homeschool burnout is inevitable. Why would I a homeschool mom say that? Because many times we expect so much of ourselves because we are so often judged and expected to have it all together. We, ourselves, step away from the plan that God has guided us to […]
Literacy for Lifelong Learning…
November 9, 2010 by 1 Comment
In our family we try to make learning something that becomes part of our lives. One of our mottos is “We can always learn something new”. When I began homeschooling, I was doing just that, School at home, and it did not go well. As I have become more aware of my children’s interests, and […]
Changing Up the Homeschool Home
November 1, 2010 by 2 Comments
Believe it or not, someone once said I didn’t like change. However, considering that I keep changing things, I either: Like Change Need to rework things more often then most Am Never satisfied. I am going to say it is Number 2. I think the reason I am changing things all the time, […]
Brill Kids Little Reader Review~Reading software for babies and toddlers.
October 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Brill Kids Little Reader is a computer software program designed to teach infants and toddlers how to read. Teach your child with Little Reader the most powerful tool available to teach your child to read! Little Reader is a flash card program for parents and educators who wish to teach children to read in an […]
Preschool Math Fun~Inchimals Review.
October 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In our home, in the early years, we try not to do “real school”. We like to play and explore to learn at these ages. They learn so much as they play and explore. However, I am not against giving them tools, and Inchimals, available at Timberdoodle, is just one of those play and learn […]
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