Homeschooling flexibility? What is that? Yesterday was a prime example of how homeschooling allows kids to pursue their interests and how a lesson plan can be easily set aside when another learning opportunity arises. I currently have two pianos in my house (I'm deciding which one I'm going to keep), so in this decision process […]
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Confessions of a 10-year-old Grammar Nerd
My son participates in Bible Drill at church, which involves learning 25 memory verses, ten key passages, and locating any book of the Bible in ten seconds. He competed in our church competition last night, and although he was not as prepared as he should have been, he did very well, advancing to the next […]
How to Throw a Low-stress, Low-cost Birthday Party
Shannon has asked us to repost a "Greatest Hits" Works for Me Wednesday. I've only had a couple posts so far for WFMW, so I decided to repost my very first one. So here it is! I don't like to spend a lot of money on birthday parties—I'd rather spend the money on my child's […]
Download Audio Recordings of Public Domain Books
Free downloads of either full text books or audio recordings are available. Many of you may already know that you can download the full text of over 20,000 public domain books on Gutenburg. But did you know you can download audio recordings of public domain books from LibriVox? I'm talking about authors like Austen, Alcott, […]
Our Non-Traditional Approach to Spelling
Our non-tradional approac to spelling works very well with our kids. I've never been fond of packaged spelling programs, so we've always done spelling pretty much on our own. I understand the need for sequenced lists in spelling programs, but I feel that it's much more helpful for kids to learn how to spell the […]
The kids are cookin' up a storm!
The kids have been cooking a lot lately. For lunch twice this last week Jaden and Jerah actually worked together [*shock*] to cook lunch for themselves—and yes, I realize that it was noon and they're still in their pajamas! One day last week they made noodles with homemade sauce. They looked in the pantry, determined […]
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