I decided it's time to share pictures of our homeschool room. See pictures below, and enter a great Bless a Homeschooler Giveaway! … [Continue]
Our Homeschool Room & Bless a Homeschooler Giveaway!
In the Kitchen with Linda & Dinner Menu
Trying out my new and easier meal plan went well last week. To see why I'm simplifying my meal plan, read my post The Sandwich Generation. See my new meal plan, and this weeks menu, below. … [Continue]
Our Homeschool Curriculum 2014-2015
*This post contains affiliate links. This year my students are in 8th grade and 10th grade. Here's what they are using this year. You can also see what I'm using for Lesson Planning. … [Continue]
Homeschool Lesson Planning
*This post contains an affiliate link. Once you've decided to homeschool, and decided what curriculum you will be using, the hard decisions are over. The hard work, however, is just beginning. Lesson planning comes next! There are no hard and fast rules of what to do when lesson planning. Here are a few things I have learned since I … [Continue]
Planning Your Homeschool Calendar
For our first year of homeschooling, in 1991-1992, I followed the local school calender. After the long summer break, starting school again for our second year was hard for my son. That was the year I decided to change our homeschool calender from the local school calender to one that really worked for us. Planning Your Homeschool … [Continue]
In the Kitchen with Linda & Dinner Menu
Last week, I had a big bag of cucumbers, and some corn given to me. And we harvested a pile of zucchini from our garden. So I've been working on preserving those. We have some corn, then I froze 11 ears. (That sounds funny! lol) I made a batch of relish, with a lot of cucumbers left over to become pickles this week. And I've been working … [Continue]
Our Homeschool Week in Review
We started back to homeschool this week! Monday morning to be exact. The kids didn't even complain! Love it! Ever since we began homeschooling and took our first summer off, I haven't liked long summer breaks. It's too hard to get the kids back onto a school schedule. I've always said it's easier to homeschool year round than to hear the … [Continue]
