*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…
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…
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…
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…
*This post contains affiliate links Ever heard of the “Sandwich Generation” ? That is the term used to describe the generation of people who are now caring for children and their parents at the same time. According to one statistic I read, 1 of every 8 Americans aged 40 to 60 is both raising a child…
I recently received Old Western Culture: The Greeks from Roman Roads Media to Review. This full year course is available in two different formats. The online streaming version, a full year of access, is available for $199. There are four DVD sets, each set has 4 DVDs, available for $224. Each unit’s DVD set is…
I was very busy in the kitchen this week! 🙂 All four teenagers were sick this week, so I kept them supplied with whatever they felt like eating. I made French Toast for them one day. I used my homemade wheat bread. I ran out of the egg mixture, but still had a couple of…