I’m continuing along with my recent theme of trying to keep my kids interested in school just a little longer, until Spring Break.  It’s getting harder by the week!  The weather is warming up, the tulips are peeking out of the ground, the snow is finally gone.  It’s tough to keep kids working on academics [...]

Fractions can be tough for some kids, mine included.  I probably worked longer at figuring out how to effectively teach fractions than I did at actually teaching them.  Our fractions lessons just weren’t working.  The kids would get a glazed over look on their faces after just a few minutes with the math book, and [...]

When we started home schooling it was easy to say that all we really needed was our core curriculum. We started home schooling in the middle of first grade, and for the first couple of years we were kind of getting our legs under us. As my child approaches middle school I have discovered that [...]

Anyone new to homeschooling wonders, “How do I homeschool ______?”  Just fill in the blank there with your favorite (or least favorite!) subject.  So I was wondering how to homeschool spelling.   For the younger grades especially, there are so many spelling books out there to choose from; it’s overwhelming!  I’ve tried several of them for [...]

I can see that if you’re brand new to homeschooling, this could be a  pretty intimidating thing, like starting anything new can be scary.  But for verteran homeschooling moms, homeschooling a preschooler is  a piece of cake!  I have several older kids who are also homeschooling, so I look at preschool as a creative way [...]