From the category archives:

Homeschooling

Homeschool Prayer

November 5, 2009

Saying prayers with the kids before bedtime has always been a special time.
Just as adults often do, they seem to sometimes get into a routine of saying the same things in their prayers and I have had to learn to be okay with that and accepting them where they are.
My husband and I have had [...]

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Keeping My Toddler Busy During Homeschool

November 4, 2009

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Announcement Time

October 21, 2009

Okay, I have two announcements for you tonight!
First, nominations have opened up for the Homeschool Blog Awards. Nominations will be open until the 30th. There are lots of categories you can nominate in and I’ve heard that the nomination form is super easy to use! Oh, yeah, there are some really cool prizes up for [...]

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Making Adjustments as We Go and Free Phonics Cards

October 16, 2009

EA and MC began reading short vowel words this week. We’re working on the short a vowel sounds in The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading.
Their first lesson in this section was encouraging and we ended it with them reading their first Bob Book, “Mat”. But as the week progressed, I noticed a need for [...]

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Field Trip to the Bakery

October 15, 2009

A few weeks ago we read about bakers in our Social Studies book, The Usborne Book of Things People Do.
At the end of the week, the kids and I took a field trip to one of our local German bakeries in town.
We didn’t get a tour of the bakery or anything more involved. They’re still [...]

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Teaching Phonics with The Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading

September 17, 2009

Over the summer as I was planning out homeschool year I read two great reviews of The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading. Both were from bloggers that I love and respect greatly. One from The Pioneer Woman, who needs no other introduction and the other was from LoraLynn of Vitafamiliae.
I did a little more [...]

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Get Up and Get Dressed

August 17, 2009

For our homeschool, I am intentionally trying to stick with the rule that the girls are dressed before we begin and it is highly preferable that they get dressed before breakfast. I am trying to teach them to “Get Up and Get Dressed” before they begin the day.
The theme for this week’s NOT Back to [...]

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Learning Styles Discovered

August 13, 2009

As a former special education teacher, I know the importance of knowing the learning styles of your students and catering your instruction to their specific needs.
This was made blatently apparent to me on Monday, our very first day of homeschooling.
I’ve been aware that EA is more of a auditory learner. She can learn a memory [...]