Since the minute I found out we were pregnant with Rowan over 9 years ago, our world has been full of finding space and time for…newborns, toddlers, onesies, homemade babyfood, tactile learning, pincer grasps, crawling, vaccinations, Baby Einstein, Word World, and Veggie Tales. We are now officially past all of that. Well past all of
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Recently, I opened a “Pins I’ve tried” board at Pinterest. I usually add comments on whether or not the pin worked. I’ve tried several of the activities/recipes/ideas that I’ve “pinned” so far, but this week’s blog post reflects those that I have done in relation to our homeschool lessons. Pin SUCCESS! This was GREAT fun
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even homeschoolers find themselves stuck in boring teaching and learning ruts. i’m now pretty good at seeing one coming, and for us, it’s always about MATH! as i’ve said before, i’ve never been a math person. give me a Shakespeare comedy or Sophocles tragedy to disect, and i’m a happy girl…but once you start
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one of the best parts of homeschooling that homeschoolers always refer to is the personal tailoring you get to attach to your child’s education. just in my three boys alone, i have a contemplative learner, a tactile learner, and a busy learner. they seem to change their basic style of learning quite frequently, and it’s
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recently i suffered a strained lower back which kept me from being comfortable in any position, but gave me a few days off from my normal house duties. which was humbling. because i had to really trust that the house wouldn’t melt or explode without my constant care and straightening up. today, i am caring
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there are several valuable benefits that we’re already experiencing from our homeschooling life. but one of those things pops up on a daily basis: flexibility! ~ taking a day off when we need/want to, and making it up any day of the week. ~ being able to “do school” any time, any day of the
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i’m sure some of you have heard the “rebuttal” that is said in contrast to hillary clinton’s “it takes a village to raise a child.” (“i’ve seen that village and it’s not raising my child!”). i don’t like it either: the anger and, dare i say it, hatred spewed from the mouths of homeschoolers aimed
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after last week’s math meltdown in our home, we’ve had a week of nothing but pure joy, and absolute mayhem. and it INCLUDED more math. one evening last week, after sitting down to dinner at 7:30, i sighed heavily with a smile on my face and said, “i love our crazy, full life together!” and
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