Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through one of the affiliate links, I will receive a small percentage of the price. We’re wrapping up our third week of school and things are definitely getting better! We’ve added a few more subjects to our day but we still haven’t added everything. (i.e. I…
Yesterday I began First Language Lessons with my 2nd grade son. This is my all-time favorite English resource. Since I love it so much and it was on my mind, I decided to make it the topic of my latest review on The Curriculum Choice. I’m not posting the review here, so you’ll have to…
Salads have never been a part of our typical menu. One of the reasons is that the ingredients are expensive. Another reason is I’m lazy about making salads. (And then those expensive vegetables go bad in the refrigerator. That makes the salad even more expensive!) But, I know that they are very good for us.…
It looks like I’ve missed a week (or maybe 2) for To-Do Tuesday. I have found it really helpful making a list for everyone to see. I makes me feel more accountable to actually complete the items on my list! So, here’s this week’s list. Read Sue Patrick’s Workbox System and decide how to implement.…
Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear By Max Lucado / Thomas Nelson Can you imagine your life without fear? Jesus repeatedly used the words "Fear not." In fact, it was his most common command. Have we taken it to heart? Have we listened to Him? In his latest book, Max Lucado divides our fears into…
I’m planning on having my son work one addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problem daily just to to make sure that he remembers the methods. We’ve fought and fought over him doing most of his math in his head. It might not be so much of a problem if he got all the problems correct.…
Today we went on our first official field trip of the school year. This year we’re going on a monthly field trip with several other local homeschool families. We don’t call it a co-op because all we do are field trips, but in a way it is one of the simplest types of homeschool co-ops…
It’s Organizing Week on Works for Me Wednesday and I really love to organize! For my contribution, I am sharing how I organize our chores. This is our weekly chore chart for me and the kids. I implemented this format of chore assignments a couple of years ago. It has really worked well for us.…
What is ALEKS? Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn’t know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. ALEKS can provide…
We are beginning our seventh year of homeschooling. It seems hard to believe that time is passing so quickly. Yet at the same time, I look ahead at this year and feel it is going to drag by. There is much truth in the saying The years are short, but the days are long. I’ve…