Category: Homeschooling
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“This Week” Printables
This is what I do every week. There are so many things that come my way that need to be tracked or worked on or engaged with. Generally, I’m an organized person even though I have four little saboteurs buzzing around me every day. But every year as my children grow older and they become…
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Low Stress Kindergarten for Homeschool Moms
“No big deal. You’ll do fine! It’s just Kindergarten.” Everyone tried to reassure me that I had nothing to worry about. My husband was very encouraging and didn’t even doubt a bit that I’d be able to pull it off. Yeah right, I thought. When I was faced with my first time being a…
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Low Stress Preschool for Homeschool Moms
Doing Preschool for my kids was a bit of an afterthought. I knew that I was teaching the kids some basic facts throughout our days, so why would we need to make it a formal thing? After all, Kindergarten used to be preschool only a few decades ago. Well, we did it for our younger…
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Asking vs. Telling Sentences
Here’s a method I came up with on my own, although I’m sure others have thought of it before. My son, Matthew, is in second grade, and he has been having trouble seeing the difference between an asking sentence and a telling sentence. In his PACEs, he is supposed to supply a period or a…
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Our Curriculum Choice
I know. I’m a glutton for punishment! It’s probably not wise to publicize what homeschool curriculum we have chosen. I may be opening myself up to criticism right off the bat simply because everybody thinks their choice in curriculum is the best. Well, truly each family may choose differently, but that is because each family…