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Simple Pleasures is hosting the Carnival of Homeschooling today. She has divided the many entries up into different “pleasures” of homeschooling. Among the categories are The Pleasure of Discovery, The Pleasure of Worship, The Pleasure of Frugality, The Pleasure of Daily Work, and The Pleasure of Individuality. Be sure to check it out! By Kristen…

Wow!  I feel like summer is almost gone!  We are starting our Tapestry of Grace co-op on August 12.  By that time we’re supposed to have completed the first 2 weeks!  Yikes.  I spent most of my free time this week preparing for the semi-annual consignment sale I participate in.  I priced a ton of…

Woohoo! We are finished!  To mark the end of the year, the kids each ran around the house the number of times for the grade they had just completed.  So ds ran around 4 times and dd 2 times.  The rest of us tried to keep cool.  It’s 93 today! I have added a school…

We’re in our last week of school!  We have just a few things to finish up and then we will be taking a break for the rest of June.  I am planning a Physics (Forces and Motion) unit for July and we will be starting Tapestry of Grace Year 1 the first week in August. …

This week I gave my older son the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the CogAT.  We took 4 mornings, but we are DONE!  He did really well and for the most part had a great attitude about testing.  He typically likes testing better than actual school.  I guess because it’s easy for him.  My…

Maybe I should call this the semi-weekly report.  I missed last week reporting and we finished up some major things we were working on.  See my posts on our World War I lapbook and our Heat and Energy lapbook. This week we spent a lot of time outside.  The weather was warm and my littlest…

Some friends of ours entered a short film in the Christian Film Festival.  My oldest son had a small part in it.      He had such a good time watching how they set up the shots and filmed everything.  I think he’ll remember the experience for a long time! By Kristen H.

I don’t know why, but it doesn’t take much to get me overstressed about things.  I will be so glad when this week is over.  Tomorrow the kids have book club where they are presenting an original poem and reciting another poem of their choice. The poems are written and illustrated, but we’re still working…

The Backyard Bird Count is this weekend!  I told me kids and they are excited.  We have never done it, but I have wanted to for years.  I just always forget about it.  For more information go to Backyard Bird Count. By Kristen H.

Here’s a fun geography game.  It calculates your score as a function of both speed and distance from the right answer.  Have fun!     brought to you by TravelPod, the Web’s Original Travel Blog ( Member of the TripAdvisor Media Network )  By Kristen H.