My two boys are learning about vikings.  For a couple days now they have been rushing to get to their social studies so that they can find out more.  Vikings were warriors, traders and pirates.  Are they cool? You betcha!  Now they are cool.. Not so much back then!  For two little boys Vikings are [...]

This morning I was in making my coffee and I heard a squeal.  Not so much a squeal from being upset, nor one of sheer delight; more like a squeal from just amazement…….  After the hour long (every few minutes) of me prodding the boys to “start” something to do with school…. (Yes, even HS’ers [...]

WOW! What a week we’ve had.  Let’s see, my kids all got sick–just a cold but enough to keep me awake at night, ugh! We had back to school night at 3 different schools and everyone has more homework then they can handle or then I can handle this week.  Sorry I had to vent. [...]

After reading Tracy’s post about other “stuff” they are using, it made me think that it would be nice to hear more about this from other parents. ) In our home, Time4Learning is definitely our core curriculum. I have not found an area (other than maybe spelling, which I believe is improved upon in the [...]

Today the boys had to “make up” work. They are now up and doing their work. Although I am sitting across our office, I can see and hear what my youngest child is doing. He was doing his math to get it out of the way. His most favorite expression is “I can’t.”… The whining [...]