Every spring we discuss what each person wants to do in the summer and we make up a family summer wish list. This year, however, Miss 13 asked an important question, “Why do we have to DO something? Can’t we just garden a little bit and do nothing?” Well, no. Not quite. I want us […]
Planning
Summer Survival Guide on Sale this Weekend
School is officially over at our house! Yes, it is! This major event happened yesterday before supper. Miss 10 generously took over Mr. 18’s cooking turn and cooked her first solo supper while Mr. 18 and I discussed the poetry of Walt Whitman and T. S. Eliot. So, here we are. On holidays. Now that […]
Homeschool ‘Mommy Marks’ and Universities
Approximately 10 days ago we got the surprise of our lives. Mr. 18 applied to a university that does not award scholarships based on ‘mommy marks’, but he received their highest level marks-based entrance scholarship anyhow! I’ve been puzzling about that. Why did this university ignore its own regulations in such a spectacular way? Of […]
Tweaking Apologia Advanced Chemistry and Physics for Grade 12
Last year we discovered that Mr. 18 needed grade 12 chemistry and grade 12 physics for all three of the university programs he was considering. We had used Apologia science all through high school and liked their Advanced Chemistry and Advanced Physics, but now we faced a problem. We wanted a grade 12 course in both of these […]