Dear Homeschooler, I am THAT homeschooling mom. You know, the one who tends to bite off more than she can chew because she wants her kids to have every opportunity to learn about everything. Yeah. A few weeks ago, I was looking at our already full schedule and noticed that…
Dear Homeschooler, Our first month of school was a busy one. We started on August 7th with one first grader (Princess Super Kitty) and one third grader (ZooKid). For the first time, we are taking some elective classes at a once-a-week homeschool program at the First Baptist Church. ZooKid is taking…
Dear Homeschooler, We love books! I am always expanding our collection. I love digging through yard sale books, library sales, and second-hand bookstores. I love resource books, classics, fairy tales, pop ups, poetry, etc. I am especially fond of storybooks that ‘sneak in’ nonfiction information. Children’s author Carole P. Roman…
Dear Homeschooler, We continue on our journey to writing. In Teaching Pre-Writing Skills Part 1: Coloring, we looked at the process of coloring and learned work on the transition of using gross motor movements (movements from arm and elbow) to using fine motor movements (movements from wrist and fingers). We will…
Dear Homeschooler, We love animals. Both my kids have expressed an interest in working with animals when they older as a vet or even marine biologist. This is why I was interested in reviewing the Marine Biology 2nd Edition Advantage Set by Apologia Educational Ministries. This is a high school course designed to…
Dear Homeschooler, Learning to color and write with control is hard. One reason for this is the transition from gross motor to fine motor movements. Most kids start off coloring from their shoulder or elbow, moving the whole arm to make strokes. In order to get detail in coloring and writing,…
Dear Homeschooler, I am often asked, “What content should we cover in grade X?” This is a very difficult question, and I am not sure there is a right answer. We tend to follow a classical cycle to science and history, each year rotating through a 4 outlined time…
Dear Homeschooler, I remember going on a tour of the local middle school and seeing all the different classrooms and subjects. It was so different than elementary school. I was especially excited about Home Economics where we would learn to cook and sew. Now, I ended up starting to homeschool…
