April 2, 2019 Word Origins: Diaper The girls and I read the “Princess Diaries” series (a series of children’s books written in diary-form about real life events as known in the lives of historical princesses and female leaders). In there, they discovered the English word for the bits of cloth [...]
From my teenager's claim of the "real holiday" to Becky's video silliness... a fun post with links. [...]
Who else is excited for 2019? Who else looks at the new year like a child on Christmas morning looks at presents around the tree? [...]
When you look for the good... you will find it! One point of view (review) of a movie we discussed. [...]
Season of Uncertainty: struggles over finances and worry for me. Learning to trust in daily provision. [...]
Finding Teaching Textbooks, a new style for a different learner [...]
June 3, 2018 DuoLingo I like tools that make education fun. This little application is fun, comprehensive, and easy to use. Louis found it, as he’s the language nut in our household. (Seriously, seven languages plus ASL?) I thought I was good with fluency in two and working knowledge in [...]
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 18, 2018 Looking for Positive Sometimes it is hard to stay positive. I’d like to believe that I’m always thinking about how whatever I experience is working toward God’s glory and find a positive attitude, but that just isn’t reality. It is still a struggle for me to not [...]
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 [...]