From the category archives:

Homeschooling

Homeschool Fear

August 10, 2010

The beginning of our homeschool year is quickly approaching and I am filled with fear and anticipation.
The reason for my fear??

Yes, this sweet precious little one brings fear into every single thought I have about homeschooling this year.
I fear that I won’t have the time that I need to devote to teaching.
I cannot see how [...]

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Our School Room

August 9, 2010

This is School Room Week at the Not Back to School Blog Hop.
When we were moving back to the states from Germany and looking for houses to rent, we did so with homeschooling in mind. The garage in our house was converted into a small apartment years ago, which sounded perfect for our homeschooling needs!
We [...]

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Homeschool Curriculum 2010-2011 School Year

August 2, 2010

Just last week as I was talking to EA, I realized that it’s almost time to start our new homeschool year.
I decided early in the summer to wait until after Labor Day to start our new school year to give Jenny time to get into a better routine. She will be three months old by [...]

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Homeschool Field Trip…A Visit with the Dentist

May 4, 2010

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Homeschool Sacrifice

April 15, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about the choices I’ve made in life and the sacrifices I’m making as a result of those choices.
I believe that every single choice we make requires some sort of sacrifice.
Sometimes the sacrifice is a worthy one.
Other times, well, maybe it isn’t….
Only we can decide.
Every now and then [...]

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Giving Your Heart Away

March 9, 2010

Yesterday, in homeschool, we read a touching story from our book Stories from Africa about a little girl named Titi, who was able to sing in the midst of suffering because she gave her heart to Jesus.
Tears came to my eyes as I read this story while I’m also reading the stories written by bloggers [...]

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He Couldn’t Tell a Lie…and Neither Could She

February 22, 2010

Sonlight has been our homeschool curriculum of choice. I like, no…I love the excellent and well-rounded selections that we read within their core curriculum.
Sometimes, though, in the ups and downs of homeschool questionings, I wonder if I’m wasting my time reading these selections.
I wonder if I should discard them to focus more on phonics instruction, [...]

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Punished

February 18, 2010

Each week in homeschool EA and MC have a memory verse to hopefully commit to memory by the end of the week.
I have to say that I was thankful for this week’s verse as it would give me an opportunity to discuss discipline with the girls and how it is necessary and for their good.
This [...]