As the beginning of the traditional academic year draws near many parents find themselves having to decide which curriculum they will have their children follow.  Some families go with the traditional text book/work book type learning experience.  While that works perfectly for some students, other students need a different method of learning.  Many of today’s students are quite computer savvy […]

If you recall I home-school my 2 daughters for going on eight years now.  Through out the years I have used different curriculums but now I have landed on a homeschool online curriculum that we absolutely love!  I at first was barrels blasting about sticking to the plan.  If the lessons asked for my oldest daughter to write…she […]

Learning math can be very monotonous for some children.  We all know that the best way to learn math is to repeat, repeat, repeat.  If your child is anything like mine, asking her to repeat is like telling her she is stupid.  She firmly believes that if she has to do it more than once […]

Looking back, most people wouldn’t say that writing essays and term papers was even in their top ten favorite memories of school.  But I would.  But I just happen to enjoy writing.  As a homeschooling mom, I figured teaching my own flesh and blood to write would be a piece of cake.  I mean, a […]

We all want a homeschool curriculum that helps our children learn. Each homeschooling family defines educational success in its own way. Most would say teaching to their child’s learning style is key. For my family, an excellent educational foundation in reading, writing,  and arithmetic is essential.
There are the visual learners (pictures, what they see), the […]