I’ve been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so be sure to come back and read about my experience. Time4Learning offers standards-based language arts and math curriculum. Science,social studies and art lessons are provided as a bonus for most grades. Find [...]

So…I’m trying to come out of my shell and say ‘yes’ to things I would normally run away from.  It’s been an interesting experiment that has worked out well for the most part. I’m being more social and learning to be more comfortable around people I don’t know all that well.  It’s kind of a [...]

Oh my goodness, our life was taken over by Lego! This year, both boys were on the Lego team for First Lego League. It seemed like our younger son was already on the team last year since he was at all the meetings, but this year it was official. Once again, they advanced to state [...]

Don’t know what Pi Day is?  Well, think of the number for pi…3.14… Yes, it’s March 14 each year. I just wrote an article with ideas for celebrating Pi Day. Go take a look and you might find something fun to do!  Let me know if you do any of the activities, while you’re at [...]

Just a quick note tonight (ha! Am I capable of being quick? We shall see…). Today was the first day of our state homeschooling convention. After being up in the night herding the family down to the basement for a tornado warning and then shuttling the kids to their grandparents early this morning so we [...]

Is that title random enough? We have ‘officially’ finished the legally required number of school days for this year.  Since we school year-round, this isn’t really that big of a deal, but for some reason I’m feeling a sense of accomplishment.  We’ve also just finished my older son’s grammar book, the math book we were [...]

Are you looking for some fun things to go along with the “Horton Hears a Who!” movie or the original Dr. Seuss book?  I have a mini-unit in my articles section that might help you out! This could easily be turned into a lapbook, too.  Horton Hears a Who! mini-unit I hope you enjoy it!