This week is focused on Math for Natalie. Since she did so well over the last few weeks on her Language Arts, we decided to take a brief brake to focus on numbers. Natalie is making some progress on recognizing coins and their value; time and the value of each number on an analog clock [...]

I am posting this blog because recently I’ve been reading or hearing in the news the statistics about children with adult diseases. I am not surprised to hear the latest statistics on diabetes and high blood pressure in kids.  It is sad but so much can be done to prevent such problems from occurring to [...]

I have thought about this topic on more than one occasion.  Around me I see homeschooling in growth because of ongoing issues in public schools.  Flexibility in teaching, the horrible “build up” to testing, not meeting the needs of individual students (whether gifted with issues or learning disabilities), and the “lumping” of every student to [...]

Something really cute happened this weekend.  My Natalie wanted to play school with me but I was busy so I suggested that she play school with her stuffed animals until her friend was available to play.  She hesitated for a while and tried whining in an effort to convince me that I should play instead.  [...]

In response to John’s newsletter title, “Do our Children Learn Differently,” I had a couple of comments to make.  Although I agree that the children of today learn differently than of children past, I don’t completely agree with it. I honestly believe that some children would have been much better off in the 70′s and 80′s [...]