Last spring I discovered The Writer’s Workshop by Greg Roper, a little gem of a book meant to teach college students how to write. Its philosophy was appealing and its teaching fabulous, so I determined to use it with my children, ages 9-16. A college level book for such young children? Yes, with some (major) […]
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Weekly Wrap-Up: More Harvesting and Homework for Mom
In my life this week… I thought the harvest was finished, but we’re still busy with the last few things. We found a few onions we missed earlier, picked the last of the chard and broccoli, kept up with the windfall apples that drop down every day or two, and gathered over 10 gallons of […]
Weekly Wrap-Up: Math, Rain, and Hands-On Work
In my life this week…It rained. And rained. Somehow that always makes life a little bit gloomy…unless inside is neat and cozy and under control. It wasn’t, but it’s getting there! And just to cheer myself up, I’m including sunny pictures from last week. In our homeschool this week… Miss 13 finished Key to Algebra […]
Weekly Wrap-Up: Butchering Chickens, Time Management, and Too Much Reading
In my life this week…We did something we all dreaded. We butchered our chickens. For years I had not been well enough to participate in this annual event. Miss 18 had always been the leader in this project, but she`s moved on and is now contemplating butchering a cow. That meant that Mr. 16 was […]
Weekly Wrap-Up: Harvesting, Debt-Free College, and Addition Drill
In my life this week… This week passed in a blur of phonics, literature, tomatoes, warm weather, and more. Unfortunately we closed our pool with the first frost last week; otherwise we’d be swimming now. In our homeschool this week… We finished our third week, and I like to tell the children that means we’re […]