Homeschool Crazy Days – Keepin’ it Real

Homeschool blogs are not only sharing ideas and encouragement, but they are trying to “sell” homeschooling as well.  When you are passionate about something it overflows into wanting people to have or do what you do. I hope I paint a fairly realistic view of homeschooling in our home.  I’m not a perfect mom and make […]

10 Things I Wish I Would Have Known BEFORE I Started Homeschooling

Hindsight certainly is 20/20 isn’t it?Beginning the homeschool journey is a scary one.  So many decisions.  What to buy, how to teach, what to teach, and my favorite, how bad can I screw this up?   Homeschooling really isn’t that hard or that scary! Here is the list that I wish I would have had […]

Weekly Photo Collage :: 5/3/2013 ~ Frogs & Fun

*contains affiliate links This week we finished reading Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer.  The kids enjoyed the story, Jacob seemed to most of all.  Jacob and I are still reading The Bronze Bow, I’m loving how it ties in with our study of Ancient Rome.  I still trying to get through Kristin […]

Archbishop Fulton Sheen :: His Life and Inspiration

Available today, May 1st, everything you wanted to know and more about blogging! 30 popular bloggers have joined together to create a most comprehensive ebook.  I’m honored to have contributed to three different chapters.  The ebook is hefty, over 300 pages of information. Get your copy today! * * * * * * * * […]

Weekly Photo Collage :: 4/26/2013 – Short & Sweet!

My post today is going to be short and sweet.  It’s been a busy week, we’re celebrating a birthday today!, and a couple of the kids have spring colds.  But I do really like to document our weeks, so here goes:Learning Time:This week a majority of the week was spent on the basics, the math […]

Raising Boys to be Men – With Practical Tips!

* This post contains affiliate links After I wrote my post last week about Homeschooling Boys :: Part II, I started thinking about boys in general in our society.  How many boys in the public school system are labeled with attention issues, behavior issues, put in low reading groups or pulled out for special services? […]

Weekly Photo Collage :: April 19, 2013 – Veni, Vidi, Vici

*This post contains Affiliate links Learning: We had a good week of focusing on the basics.  The older three have been spending a good deal of time working on math, really cementing some concepts. During my morning quiet time I came across a verse that was fitting for our week.  I thought it was appropriate […]

Homeschooling Boys :: Part II

Several years ago, when my three boys were 9, 7, and 3, I wrote a blog post about Homeschooling Boys.  Since my boys are now 12, {almost} 10, and {almost} 6, and  I thought I would revisit the topic. We still continue to do school work in much the same way as I outlined above.  Those […]

Guest Post :: You Can Homeschool Your Child with Dyslexia

As we go through our investigation of some possible reading challenges with one of our sons, I’m trying to learn all that I can.  When my friend and fellow blogger Marianne Sunderland released her new e-book, I knew it was on my “must read” list.  I’m happy that she is here to share more about […]

Weekly Photo Collage :: A Birthday & SQUILT – 4/12/2013

*This post contains affiliate links Last Saturday we celebrated Jacob’s 12th birthday with friends at Laser Tag. His theme was baseball and we had a great time putting it all together.  His last friend party was when he turned six, so he really enjoyed this! He likes lots of different teams so we ordered different […]