I let the kids be self-directed today (computer learning!) and I spent the morning planning out the remainder of the school year. I like to switch gears at this time of year for some reason. We’ll be concluding our school year with the Mailing May and Sarah Plain and Tall unit studies from Five in [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
Gosh I hate being sick…
I got the beginnings of some viral plague on Sunday night and I think it will be the weekend before it’s gone. I hate weeks like this but I am trying to make the best of it. I still get some homeschooling done in the mornings. I know other moms would just let it go [...]
Heads Up!
Heads Up Now is a company established by Melinda Boring to provide homeschooling parents and educators of children with special needs the learning tools they need to accommodate their student’s disability. Ms. Boring herself is a speech/language pathologist and homeschooling mother of two children with ADHD. The website carries books, CD’s, games, helps for gross [...]
Beyond Five in a Row Volume 2
Beyond Five in a Row, written by Becky Jane Lambert is the follow up to the popular Five in a Row curriculum by her mother, Jane Lambert. This curriculum is designed for ages 8-12, though it has been used with a few modifications by students through age 14. Beyond Five in a Row is a [...]
MathTutorDVD.com
There have been many times over the past 13 years of homeschooling that I fervently wished that someone else would come in and teach my kids math for me…or at least take over on the days that my brain was fuzzy. And I’m just not a math lover. I’ve also often wished we were able [...]
Pink Kodak Digital Camera Giveaway!
PetiteMommy is giving away a Kodak Digital Camera. All you have to do is fill in the comment box and say if you’ve ever been to Las Vegas!
Bible Story Songs
Music has a way of penetrating our minds and hearts deeper than any other medium. I didn’t go to church much as a child but still treasure the memory of a few of the songs I remember from camp and a couple of the Bible verses that I memorized. Bible Story Songs was started by [...]
The Prairie Primer
The Prairie Primer is a literature based unit study by Margie Gray available at Cadron Creek for grades 3-6 (adaptable for older and younger students). It is based on the nine books of “The Little House” series and can be used for one year if you follow a book a month schedule or stretched out [...]
1000 Words
This picture is now a part of our history. Maddie, the Boxer passed away a little over a year ago. Today, Lucky (in the back) went to join her. I knew it was coming but it doesn’t make it any easier. So many memories over the past 13 years…they were cherished members of our family [...]
Homeschool Freebie – Lincoln vs. Darwin
Both Lincoln and Darwin were born on February 12. Both changed the course of history significantly! Download this freebie today here TOS has a new digital product called a WeE-book which are bite-sized e-books, very affordably priced at $1.95.
