My kids like to stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve. The trouble with this is that they normally go to bed at 8:30, and by 9 or 9:30, they are so exhausted that they are lying on the couch and not even picking up their heads. It’s pathetic. Grace, our now 10-year-old, taught […]
How to Homeschool Fifth Grade – 2017-2018 Curriculum Choices
Every year, I spend hours and hours agonizing over what curricula to use with my kids. As I have said previously, we lean toward an unschooling model of homeschool, but we still do use some curricula and schedules. I guess this makes us more eclectic homeschoolers than unschoolers, but whatever. We just do what works. […]
How to Homeschool 1st Grade – 2017-2018 Curriculum Choices
Every year, I spend hours and hours agonizing over what curricula to use with my kids. As I have said previously, we lean toward an unschooling model of homeschool, but we still do use some curricula and schedules. I guess this makes us more eclectic homeschoolers than unschoolers, but whatever. We just do what works. […]
10 Psalms for Children to Memorize
I am big on scripture memorization. I have written before how we have done it in the past, all gathered around the dinner table, using the Simply Charlotte Mason method of memorizing and review. This has worked really well (when we actually did it), but for our new Group Time habit, I wanted to try something […]
Preparing for the New School Year – My Homeschool Planning & Organization Resources
I am a planning junkie. I am so good at planning and coming up with new ideas, but my darling husband will tell you that I am so not good at implementing them and following through. So it has been my entire life. Overall Life Planning Even though I very successfully use Google Calendar to keep track […]
Free Printable For Kids To Track Healthy Eating
On August 5, I stepped on the scale and discovered that I had lost exactly 100.0 pounds since my surgery on April 6 (actually, I count my weight loss from March 29 when I started my pre-op liquid diet, but still same time frame). I have seen tremendous success with my own personal habits, and […]
