Little House in the Big Woods

My daughter has been working in BJU Physical Science. Her friend Audrey has been working in the same book. Audrey’s mother and I thought it would be a good ideal if they would do the activities together. Well, they seem to have a good time.
They are study the dangers of household products and […]

The last few days, we have been conducting science experiments. Jason has been learning about earthquakes through Bob Jones University Press. He is actually really enjoying it. Last year, he used Alpha Omega, Switched-on-Schoolhouse and had a rough time understanding everything. I think he likes this science program better because it is more hands on.
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Today, I decided to make banana bread because the bananas were going bad. This is one of my family’s favorite treats. While they children did their schoolwork, I went to work making the bread. After baking for about 45 minutes, every alarm went off in the house. All of our smoke alarms are wired into […]

We started school a week ago then we had to stop. Our family from California came and visited us for a week. So, we started school again, today. It was a good day. The children really work hard and accomplished a lot. Back to my question, “Is Summer over?” Maybe or maybe […]

I was reading this blog: Mother Crone’s Homeschool She talks about how the right and wrong way to start homeschooling preschoolers. Many parents make the mistake of trying to compete with their fellow parents. Children will learn when they are ready. I have been teaching Sunday school for about 10 years. I see some parents […]

And the day continues……
4:15pm Jason finishes his Writing and Grammar 7. He begins to complain about doing Daily Spark. He decides to do his math corrections instead of Daily Spark.
4:30pm Math corrections are done. Jason moves on to Wordly Wise, then he will do his Daily Spark. Kiani calls for help. We decide it would […]

Part two of our first day of school.
12:30pm Kiani puts away the dishes. Ashleigh starts her vocabulary. I noticed that the recycling containers has fallen over and I decide to walk to the curb and pick it up. While I do that, I take Shadow (our doggie) out to go potty. As soon as I […]

Yesterday, was our first day of school and it went something like this:
7:00am The alarm goes off. I try to stay in bed as long as possible with hubby.
7:30am I let Shadow (our doggie) out. I decide to make French toast for breakfast for everyone.
8:00am Time to wake all the children.
8:30am Hubby goes off […]

I have been homeschooling for 7 years now and I totally agree with Randi at i have to say when she said :
I have learned that when something doesn’t work, stop doing it.  That perfect curriculum that everyone is talking about, the one that has revolutionized everyone’s homeschooling experience, may not work for my children […]

As you know, I have been working on the children’s school schedules, chore charts, and school stuff in general with the help of the internet. I have found many wonderful sites and it is all free. Here they are:
For math sheet and art lesson: donnayoung
For art appreciation: gardenofpraise
For European studies: historyonthenet
For organizing […]