Making the decision to homeschool our daughter was difficult, and for a long time, each day was a struggle. When I first started homeschooling my daughter, I thought I had to teach her in a particular way, based on our public schools. I would get her up and try to start school promptly at 9 [...]
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The One Book You Need for Designing a Homeschool Curriculum
Are you considering writing your own homeschool curriculum? If so, there is one book you absolutely, positively need. Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School is the best book for putting together a homeschool plan for your children. Each chapter focuses on a different grade [...]
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Teaching Fiction and Nonfiction {Free Powerpoint}
This week, we had a lesson on fiction and nonfiction books. Since Lira works better with visuals, I created a powerpoint show for her depicting the differences. After watching the show, I gave her a fiction book and an nonfiction book. Together, we used the printable venn diagram to list what made the fiction books [...]
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Preschool Workboxes ~ Letter M (Monkeys & Monsters)
We studied the letter M before the holidays and I have been sitting on this post but I just can’t wait any longer. The letter M was so much fun! M is for Monsters Life before our Make – Your – Own Monster Puppet by Melissa & Doug was just boring. The children often ask [...]
Free Christmas Unit Study Lesson Plan with Printables
Here it is! The much anticipated printable FREE Christmas Unit Study lesson plan! This study is designed to be used over two weeks with four days of school in each week. You can use the fifth day of the week to catch up or do other projects. (I will have ideas for you soon!) The [...]
Free Thanksgiving Unit Study Lesson Plan & Printables
Gathering resources from all over the internet and from our local library, I have pulled together a Thanksgiving Unit Study that I hope will be as much fun as the Pumpkins! Unit Study. The study includes four days of active study with each day focusing on a different aspect of the holiday: Monday ~ The [...]
What to Do with Homeschool Sick Days
Our week was thoroughly disrupted by a good ole case of the crud. (That’s what we call it here in Mobile.) Our issues with snot and sneezing and coughing began on Wednesday with the two youngest children and then passing on to the oldest children by week’s end. I even had to clean the carpets [...]
Why I Changed My Mind About Lesson Plans
Not too long ago, I was preaching to you about how you needed to plan out your entire year and get those lesson plans finished. I worked for what felt like weeks preparing a set of lesson plans for three out of four children. Each day was very detailed. There was no question left in [...]
Did You Just Realize You Need a Homeschool Planner?
So, here you are. You are sitting there, a few weeks (or more) into the school year, and you realize, “I could really use a homeschool planner!” But, are you like I would be? Do you shrug it off because you think that investing in a planner which began in July or August would be a waste [...]
Blueprints: Homeschooling Multiple Ages Together
Today, I am very happy to be hosting the Homeschool Village Playdate. While I am new to writing about our homeschool adventures, I have been following the Homeschool Village since we first decided to homeschool a little over a year ago when we encountered problems with the public school system’s lack of services for our [...]
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