Lets Talk Homeschool

            Why do I homeschool?  There are a lot of reasons for why I do what I do.  One reason is that I worked in the public school system for seven years.  Although I had many positive experiences there, the thought of sending my children off to school scares me!  There are so many aspects [...]

Sorry, I know Dr. Phil says that, and I don’t much care for talk shows, but it always made me laugh when he said that.  In case you were wondering how my 4 weeks on 1 week off plan is working I thought I’d update you!
This is the second grouping of 4 weeks on and [...]

Well I now have my list of library books and DVDs. I have on a waiting list for some and others I will pick up today. I will review each of them and let you know how the strategies work with Sophie.

Embracing play teaching your child with autism (DVD)
Breakthroughs how to reach students with autism [...]

Where does Sarah Palin stand on education? I have found a paper she wrote when she was running for governor. It explains what she planned for the state of Alaska. As a side note, Sarah Palin will homeschool! She has enrolled her high school age daughter in IDEA in a distance learning program of Alaska.
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I have spent the last two days in professional development sessions for public school teachers listening to the “latest and greatest” in instructional strategies and “why aren’t these kids learning?”
Yes, I am a double agent. I work as the Director of Assessment for a large public school district AND I homeschool. So, essentially, [...]

So I said I would share my trials and tribulations, well unfortunately it has been mostly the latter. My attempts to homeschool this week went like this.
I got out my beloved copy of goodnight moon. I pulled my Sophie in close and opened the book and started to read. Sophie grabbed the book, looking closely [...]

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Fun? I thought so! [...]

You know the cliche: When life gives you lemons…make lemonade. Sure enough I had planned on making lemonade this week, but I didn’t have the lemons. They were on my grocery list. I also didn’t have the book, Lentil, we were planning on studying–it was at the library. So I figured that on Monday morning, [...]

When I first started homeschooling, I complicated everything, ok I still do on occasion, but I have learned that learning is simple. God gave our children an inquisitive nature. They want to explore and learn about the world and we can find ways to teach them in every day things

Things you can teach while baking [...]

I am a certified Spanish teacher and firmly believe that learning another language helps a child in so many ways! We use Rosetta Stone in our house along with me speaking to my children in Spanish off and on. Although there is no such thing as a perfect program, Rosetta Stone is the [...]