April 27, 2018 Goodbye Spring! Jaquline says “goodbye spring!” as we drop Christina and Rebeccah at their final exam. “Goodbye spring?” I ask. “Yes, goodbye spring classes,” Jaquline laughs. “Now we have summer classes!” I smile. Yes, today is the final day of spring classes for the dual enrollment students. [...]
April 14, 2018 Any Book is Curriculum In our homeschool curriculum, we have base books that everyone has to go through. These are standards like Arithmetic and Language Arts. I add vocabulary workbooks to teach etymology. Once etymology is learned, the student usually finds spelling and vocabulary far easier so [...]
April 12, 2018 Homeschooling Challenge: Their Own Pace One of the challenges I’ve discovered in our home school journey comes from my philosophy to never keep one student back for another. I allow them to advance at their own pace – if this means we spend eight weeks constantly studying [...]
February 19, 2018 Danger in Daylight I like to notice things, but sometimes, especially when I’m watching something more important (taking Lucas to the potty) I miss big things. Today we went to a local park to meet some friends and enjoy the afternoon. We had been there about an [...]
February 15, 2018 Playtime Patterns Normally, Lucas’ idea of “playing trains” is to build a train track with the little tykes track and run every vehicle with wheels on the tracks in a line saying encouraging bits as they crest the one hill. Lately, he has been making patterns. (This [...]
Naming their school work spots! Today is at the Tortuga past the Black Spots and the Outer Rim... [...]
A New Step in our Educational Journey [...]
Can small choices truly affect our lives? Thoughts on personal responsibility... [...]
Exploring the Real Florida at Silver Springs [...]
A little about our home school organization. [...]