I just wanted to share with you two really cool things that I have encountered this week. If your child is anything like mine, she could use a little extra handwriting practice. I’ve looked into some of those programs that say that they can teach handwriting without hysterics. I’m sure they work, but I’m not [...]

Ok, so what are your children reading? Are they reading on their own, or are you reading to them? My sixth grader is reading Fablehaven right now. I do not have her reading anything in particular for “school” so to speak. I figure it is more important to keep her reading anything that is close [...]

My daughter is a voracious reader. She always has a book in her hand, whether it is an actual, physical book, or an e-reader, or a computer with e-books on it. She loves to read any and everything, Because she loves to read so much, I have not worried much about her vocabulary. She seems [...]

Words. It is hard to remember how much there is to actually learn about the English language. Every day that we do language arts in school I remember something that I have forgotten. Who knew English was so complicated? For those of us who grew up speaking the language, over the course of many years, [...]

Are you getting ready for the new school year? It is right around the corner. While we do home school all year long, we still have a certain excitement that happens around the beginning of the traditional school year. We love going to buy school supplies, new pencils, pristine new notebooks, at great prices. Another [...]