How to Homeschool at Christmas Time

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Happy December everyone! It’s only 11 days before Christmas. How is your homeschooling going this week? If you don’t homeschool or are struggling with it this week, you probably wonder how to homeschool at Christmas time. I’ll show you what we’re doing this year, which isn’t the same as last year or won’t be the … Read more

Life of Fred Dogs

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”45px”][vc_single_image image=”1640″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]I don’t say this lightly, but my kids say that this is their favorite way to learn math. What my kids love about it is the story about a little 5 year old boy named Fred, who happens to be a professor at Kittens University. He may be wise, but he … Read more

Draw Write Now

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each year we get to borrow books from our school district. My kids love to draw, so I borrowed Draw Write Now by Marie Hablitzel and Kim Stitzer. The series is geared for 5-10 year olds and features colorful pictures with step-by-step instructions that introduce letter formations and sentence structure to youngsters. Here’s an example of how the … Read more

Khan Academy Computer Programming

We started the school year off with our books and things packed up because our home is on the market. So, we’re trying Khan Academy. Since every math curriculum is different, I wanted to make sure my elementary kids started off with a sure foundation. I challenged them to do early math earlier this month. … Read more