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Geography Revisited

March 8, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

I posted a little while back about our geography plans, or lack thereof. I received some great ideas for ways to further our geography studies. I really do enjoy the natural way geography seems to come up in our everyday discussions. For instance, last week letter T was our letter of the week for the […]

Blog Clean-up

February 26, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

I moved a few items around on our blog this weekend. I deleted adoption posts from my sidebar and made a new adoption post page at the top. I thought my sidebar was getting a little cluttered with stuff. I might do a bit more moving around. I am feeling the urge to do a […]

ABC Resources

February 18, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

“word collecting” I wanted to share some of the resources that we have used as we have gone along with our letter of the week program. I post a majority of the things that we do in our Wrapping up the Week posts, but I don’t hit on everything. I’m not really a big fan […]

Blogging Geography

February 17, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

St. Vincent and The Grenadines Jacob is a bit of a budding geography buff. I think part of it stems from the fact that he was born in another country, but also it’s just an interest of his. I am always looking for ways to incorporate geography in a practical way into our studies. He […]

Schoolhouse Expo

February 3, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

The Schoolhouse Expo is a fun and informative online homeschool convention. This online convention will be held May 16-20, 2011. We have a wonderful lineup of speakers. In fact, not only will these speakers appeal to the homeschooling parents, but many of them will appeal to your readers’ teenage students as well! You can see […]

Flexibility

January 10, 2011 by Jen Leave a Comment

Levi and Leah enjoying an impromptu afternoon siesta There are so many reasons I enjoy home education, but one of my most favorite aspects is the fact that we have so much flexibility in our days, weeks, months. The longer we have homeschooled the more I feel comfortable with creating our own learning time, I […]

Book Give Away!

September 28, 2010 by Jen Leave a Comment

Please go see Lisa at The Little House that Grew for an opportunity to win a new book called Stories for the Homeschool Heart. Never mind that I just gave away a bookcase full of books – this sounds like a good one!

Kindergarten Plate

September 22, 2010 by Jen Leave a Comment

It’s a tradition in our house to do a plate on the first day of Kindergarten. The school system that Bob and I both attended did this, and when we were married our moms both gave us our plates! We have continued to make a plate with each of our children. It’s a great way […]

Homeschooling with Joy

September 9, 2010 by Jen Leave a Comment

“I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete” John 15:11 I am writing this as a reminder to myself… Last spring when I attended the Midwest Homeschool Conference, a speaker mentioned something about home education being a sacrifice on the part of the mother. […]

First Day of School ::: 2010

August 25, 2010 by Jen Leave a Comment

We had our first day of school on Tuesday. The morning went well and everyone was eager to get back to work. I am happy with our schedule and it should serve us well this year. After lunch a few “forgot” how quiet time works and the whining and complaining kicked in. All in all […]