Nature study is not my forte but we live in south Texas and this is the season for monarchs to migrate. This week we’ve taken a butterfly walk every day. It looks like it is snowing butterflies in our neighborhood. This is nature that I can handle! I sense a unit study in the making!Read more
We school year-round here at our house, but we do have an official start date for each new year. And I will admit that our summer school is a much lighter schedule with more fun extras like art and logic. So, when summer comes to an end, we add in our full schedule of subjectsRead more
It’s been over 100 degrees here every day this week. We normally would hit the swimming pool as often as we can but since we’ve all been a little under the weather, we have stayed indoors and tried to find other ways to beat the heat. We’ve made some homemade popsicles to stay cool, butRead more
I have a new series that is coming the week of August 5 – 9. I’m joining the Homeschool Review Crew on a fun blog hop. I’ll be blogging about Effective Homeschool Habits! Join me as I explore a few habits that have brought us success in our homeschool adventure.
What’s the cost of homeschooling? There’s no right or wrong answer to that question. The numbers vary widely between different homeschool families. Homeschooling can cost as much or as little as you want to spend. There are many frugal resources available to homeschoolers from finding resources online to using your local public library. HereRead more
What do I do all day? Do you really want to know? We don’t sit at desks, we don’t raise our hands, we don’t have hall passes, lunch tables, or janitors. Here’s what homeschooling really looks like in our house! Our school day starts with Curly while the little people are still asleep (or areRead more
I always have the best of intentions. I want to do hands-on projects. I want to lapbook. I want to do science experiments. I want to do history projects. I want to do more arts and crafts. I want hands-on math. I want to see it, hear it, feel it, and create it. I wantRead more
We’ve homeschooled through a few small disasters.Last year Curly was hospitalized with appendicitis and a surgery followed the next day.We moved twice last year. That’s a crisis in and of itself.I was hospitalized twice while pregnant with Punkin.We’ve had a few major sicknesses hit too. So, how to do keep on keepin’ on? Sometimes youRead more
We love game night at our house! Well, we love it until someone loses. Then there are lots of tears, screaming, and cries of “It’s not fair!!!” We are still working on that sportsmanship thing. Here are our current favorite games: Uno MooHere’s a fun color and animal game for the little people. They loveRead more
I’m not much of a cook. I had to learn as I went along. There were lots of calls to grandma and lots of recipe searching. I have been known to watch youtube videos for things such as how to cut a leek and how to cook asparagus. Those videos are my best friend! MyRead more