A few years ago, my dental hygienist enthusiastically told me that her children’s school was completely computer based and every kid had a laptop. With my mouth wide open I couldn’t say anything, but I wouldn’t have known how to respond even if I had been able to talk. After all, computer learning is everywhere […]
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Ten Cool Online Resources for Homeschoolers, Especially Teens
While it is possible to waste large chunks of your life on the internet, one can also find powerful learning tools online. Here are some of our favorites. Some of them have become indispensable to us, some we’re just getting used to, and one is on my wish list. (Note: Links are to my reviews or […]
Rescued Birds, Learning, Books, and God’s Goodness
Have you ever noticed that in the best children’s books most of the action happens outside school? That’s one of the advantages of homeschooling, and we experienced it again this month. Miss 12 spent hours caring for an injured wild turkey that she found on one of her walks. It did die, but she […]
Week 1 Wrap Up
This was our first week of school, and quite a lot happened: –bookwork, from math to history to science. –experiments, like the above one from Apologia’s General Science. –online work in the form of MathScore. –reading books like Crazy Horse, Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine, and Paradise Lost as well as lighter fare by Enid Blyton and Josephine Tey. […]
Curriculum Plans for Grades 7, 9, and 12
Often my homeschool plans are too ambitious. Other times they are reasonable, but unexpected things happen. In fact, last year, for various reasons, we were completely unable to meet our learning goals. Now, after reading Crazy Busy, I’m deliberately scaling my expectations way, way back as I plan our school year. Hopefully this will lead […]