Lets Talk Homeschool

Yes.
I am.
I am THAT Mom.
The one that let’s her kids follow every rabbit trail they can come up.
The one that encourages their creativity.
The one that allows them to turn couches around, build tents in the living room and run the snow barefoot because they want to see what it feels like.
So while studying meteorology it [...]

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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 recently watched a DVD that has been advertised on this site called Teach Me to Talk, by Laura Mize, Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist. The DVD was 90 minutes long and taught six strategies to teach your child to talk.
It is aimed at toddlers who are delayed in speech, not at children with autism which is [...]

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 [...]

Now that I am getting through the shock of letting my oldest child beginning public school this year, I have realized I have quite a challenge in front of me. I thought I had this homeschooling thing down, I am an old pro by now, and then life threw me a curb ball. I have [...]

I know, WHAT a corny title! But I can’t help it.
We typically school year round, meaning we take breaks as we deem them necessary and often have a huge sign on the front door which states “School is in Session” (unfortunately that sign is often ignored and the doorbell rings a.lot.). For the [...]

I must admit that I can’t take credit for the following idea. A dear friend and fellow homeschool mom taught me this lesson several months ago. I am grateful to her for her wise words in this facet of “gardening”.
We are all imperfect parents…hence our need for a Perfect Heavenly Father. We [...]

We’re doing an ice cream unit this week and so far, so good. We’ve enjoyed having fun with it. How can you not? It’s ice cream, right?
So I had this fabulous idea to make “ice cream cones” but instead of the regular ice cream, I’d use cones, cake batter and some frosting [...]