New Homeschool Year [whisper] I’m still unorganized..

Well Dahlings,

here we are, ringing in a new homeschool year!!  So, how are you doing?  Better than I, I’ll wager…

Our 1st day of homeschool was last Thursday.  I have most of my books, my homeschool room is a wreck, shelves filled with last year’s books and other books I can’t let go of [whisper] because I . . . → Read More: New Homeschool Year [whisper] I’m still unorganized..

the mess that is me

Where to start?

This has been, I am pretty sure, my most un-organized homeschool year.  We homeschool through a charter school that is made up of all homeschooled students.  There are several of this type here in California.  Several, in fact, based in our area.  We homeschool this way for probably equal parts accountability and help funding . . . → Read More: the mess that is me

A new school year-5 things I am adding

My thoughts are finally turning towards preparing for our new homeschool year.  I am happy with our curricula choices from last year, no big changes to make in that department.  I am, however, thinking seriously about how to set up a better routine- and how to improve on things that were lacking last year.

Here are 5 . . . → Read More: A new school year-5 things I am adding

Journal writing for my reluctant student

My son's try at creative writing

I’ve a peculiar situation in my homeschool; I homeschool my nephew, who is in 3rd grade like my son.  My nephew has a few learning disorders, because of this, I have concentrated on learning to read and math, leaving writing and spelling for later.  It was easier to keep my . . . → Read More: Journal writing for my reluctant student

My homeschool regret

I have been a homeschool mom for about 11 years now. Looking back, one of my big regrets is not finding one curriculum/program that I could work with- and sticking to it.  I have jumped around from program to program quite a bit, mostly trying to find something I could work with-as teacher/mom.  Sometimes, just enjoying . . . → Read More: My homeschool regret