Graduate
I can’t believe we have our first homeschool graduate. He’s loving being done, but I still can’t believe that much time has already passed!
Homeschool
Workboxes
After seeing a friend’s picture on Facebook of her workbox setup for her homeschool, I was inspired to try it myself for our house. I had seen various posts around the internet about it, but always pretty much brushed it off because we live in …
Making a gingerbread house
We made a gingerbread house as a school project last week. It was a ton of fun. First, I bought a boxed kit from Aldi. This is probably a shock to those of you who know me really well. :laugh_tb: My thinking was that for …
First homeschool workshop
Even though this is our third year homeschooling, I haven’t been able to attend any conferences or workshops. That is about to change. Our state accountability association (required by SC law) is hosting a workshop tomorrow about keeping homeschool records. Now that I type that …
Pumpkin picking
The kids and I went pumpkin picking last week for a field trip. It was so much fun. When we got there, we discovered this scarecrow was wearing a bee suit. They had an observation hive there and we all really enjoyed looking at it. …
Apple picking
We went apple picking today. It was our first field trip of the year and we really enjoyed it. A good friend of mine and her little girl came with us, and it was a lot of fun. It was just over 90 today but …
Samuel’s first lapbook
We’re still new to lapbooking, but we’re really enjoying it so far. I’m absolutely amazed at all the resources out there for lapbooking! This one is about ants. Our science unit for the week last week was Close to the Ground, so we decided to …
Bought Samuel’s books today
I bought the rest of Samuel’s homeschool books today. We’ll be using My Father’s World as our core curriculum, but we’re supplementing with A Beka for arithmetic and reading/grammar. In the next week or two, Samuel and I will head to the store to pick …
One thing I love about homeschooling…
. . .is that a little superhero can do his homework without taking off his cape. . .
Field trip to the zoo
We took the kids to the zoo for Samuel’s zoo animals unit. My best friend and her daughter came with us. We had a blast. All four of the kids together – the only halfway decent picture we got! My monkeys watching the monkeys The …