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 [...]

My son and I were sitting on a bench the other day, waiting for his sisters to come outside the building from their Girl Scout meeting.  He started looking for something to pass the time and ended up picking up nuts from the ground near a group of trees.  I was excited to see they [...]

I have come across this conversation more than once in my homeschool groups…Is writing just as important anymore as it was when we grew up?  I have the worse penmanship ever.  My girls can write better than me! In today’s world we type ( look at me now) everything just about.  Our mail is email [...]

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 [...]