Is it time to do our science lesson yet? We look forward to it. The reading of the science lesson during lunch. Not every day but most days we enjoy a lesson. We use several resources for all our ages. I’ll share them with you today as well as how we work them into our [...]
We are homeschooling preschool, elementary, middle school and high school this year. It’s our first official year of high school as I shared way back in August in my Homeschooling High School at Hodgepodge. I have been nervous and excited about this high school adventure. And now, here we are half way through the year. [...]
Picking up books at the library, the librarian is scanning all the selections I’ve reserved. She asks… “so are you a teacher, a homeschooler or a dedicated parent?” I answer to all of the above, don’t you? And I love our wonderfully helpful librarians. They share our passion for learning. Elections 2012 unit study by [...]
I’ve shared in the past how we fit in all the homeschool extras. Extras beyond the 3 Rs. Well, they’re really not the extras but the wonderfully enriching parts of our days. Those things the children ask, “When are we going to get to do our artist and composer study?” It about time for an [...]
The last days of summer have lingered here in the south as expected. Steamy, humid weather hung on after recent tropical gulf storms. Yet, even so, we’ve noticed the days growing shorter, a few leaves starting to fall. And just when we were getting eager for cooler weather… it came over the weekend with refreshing [...]
The last few weeks we’ve been heavily hands on in geography. What we found out is that when you actually make a model of something you have to pay attention to its qualities. The details. The boundaries and borders. These hands on geography activities also help the child see the big picture. To think of [...]
Having an age range to love and teach offers me big blessings, plenty of challenges plus the benefit of sleep coming easily at night. This week we packed in the projects. From high school biology lab to many hands on geography activities. The littlest ones stepped up to help. The eldest ones worked into the [...]
Day in the life of an age range? Multiple Ages? On this last one of the Not Back to School Blog Hops, I offer a really, really long post… Sometimes I think homeschooling has taught me more than the children. This season of my life is a constant refining by fire. I have so many [...]
My eldest two children are just 20 months apart in age. So, quite naturally they do many of their studies together. They are only officially a grade apart. For the 2012-13 year, they are my 8th and 9th graders. It was a few really busy years when they were both so little. But I’ve always [...]
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