Did you know you were going to home school before you even had children? Not me, I fought the idea of home schooling tooth and nail, and until I couldn’t fight it any longer. I’m an accidental home schooler. Part of being an accidental homeschooler meant that I was not home schooling as part of [...]

The decision to homeschool is hard enough, but then new homeschooling parents have to decide which curriculum, resources, and activities to use.  There are so many choices; it’s completely overwhelming!  For me, the big must-have was a clear, concise sense of organization and having everything I need in one spot.  We use Time4Learning because it [...]

It is that time of the year for us.  The Pizza Hut Book It Reading Program arrived in my mailbox.  My girls love this program they read books and get certificates for free personal pizzas each month for six months.  So this year I decided to change it up a little.  That is to let [...]

Have you ever had one of those days when you couldn’t get your child to do vocabulary or spelling words?  At our house we have had to come up with some pretty interesting ways to get those vocabulary words learned.  Some children enjoy the structure of writing the words, and looking up the definitions.  I [...]

I really didn’t have too many problems with T4L. The hardest part for me has been that I can only get it to work in troubleshooting mode, and that’s a hassle, and I have to turn off my security to access the site at all. I DON’T like that part. But so far, that’s the [...]