"Homeschool" doesn't need to be the public school modeled at home. It just needs to be what works for you and your kids. If you are new to homeschooling {or even if you are not}, please let me explain. I've been hearing a lot of new-to-homeschooling moms say that they have to stick to the "state guidelines" when it comes to homeschooling their kids. I mean no disrespect, but … [Read more...] about Homeschooling Doesn’t Have to be Public School at Home
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Keeping Up With Standards
This is a confession. I would ask you not to laugh but I laugh every time I think of this. I like to check out the state SOL’s (Standards of Learning) every now and then to see if my children are on target with their learning. I do not feel the need to go over everything the state lists I am just trying to get a rough idea of what a child should know for their … [Read more...] about Keeping Up With Standards
The Polar Bear Plunge!
How I can remember the first morning standing at the front door watching the yellow bus drive by. I can remember the coffee freezing for a moment in my throat. Was I doing the right thing? This was going to be big, viagra buy life altering day. My daughter was in her pajamas and finishing up her breakfast. She didn’t know that this was a special morning. She didn’t know that … [Read more...] about The Polar Bear Plunge!
Homeschool Reading: Let’s Read!
I love to read. There is nothing better than being so absorbed in a book that you realize you should have gone to bed 2 hours ago! Naturally, ask I love to read to my kids, cialis also. We have spent countless hours sitting on the couch reading picture books. Of course when they were very young it was the same books over and over again, pills but that’s okay. Eventually … [Read more...] about Homeschool Reading: Let’s Read!
Not Starting Back to School
As I write this, vcialis 40mg everyone is posting about starting school. Blog posts abound during the month of August about the first day of school—planning for it, sales making it memorable, and just doing it. But I’m not there. Generally, we don’t plan to “start school” until after Labor Day. I’ve never been able to see the sense in having a week of school lessons and then … [Read more...] about Not Starting Back to School