When we first started home schooling it was the hardest thing I believe I have ever done. I was terrified. What if I were to skip something vital and mess up my child’s education? I never wanted to home school to begin with, and when the…”opportunity” (read unfortunate circumstance) to home school presented itself, I [...]

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 [...]

This week we had some fun by combining a bit of language study with art.  It’s called “language arts“, right?  So that’s what we did!  Together, we made a list of all the compound words we could think of.  Of course, this required me to explain what a compound word is, and we talked about [...]

Now that I think (crossing my fingers) I have my oldest liking to read now and understanding what she reads, it is time to really focus on my youngest.  Reading comprehension is NOT one of her strong traits.  She can talk your ear off and tell you word for word on ashow she just watched on [...]