The other day, the kids found a praying mantis. Which means we take lots of pictures, and then let it loose in our vegetable garden. Zach likes them, and it looks like the praying mantis likes him, too. Hannah wanted to take Home Ec this year. She pretty much already knows everything to be covered,…

Well, it’s been pretty quiet here since last weeks double homeschool high school graduation. Our older two children had separate graduations. While a double graduation was special, I’m glad our younger two children will have separate graduations. It’s much easier to make sure that their graduation is what they want it to be if there is…

Well, nothing particularly exciting happened around here this week. It was a very cloudy and rainy week. Wii Fit is very good for burning off excess energy.  🙂 My husband didn’t have to work on Monday, so it wasn’t a school day for us. We had planned on having our parents over for a cookout, but…

  Over the years, I’ve kept assignments and work logs in every way imaginable. We started homeschooling in 1991, with 6 kids that’s a lot of assignments! I’ve tried it all. Lesson plan books with a column for each child, a log of work done as we did it, individual lesson plan books, and assignment…

Homeschooling can be expensive. So I thought I’d share a few homeschool curriculum coupon codes with you. Pearson Homeschool is offering 25% off their myWorld Social Studies. Through 9/15, customers can get $20 off the regular price of the myWorld Social Studies homeschool bundles (grades K-6) – a savings of more than 25%. Use promo code: MYW25….