Today is our niece’s very first dance recital, and the rest of the family went to support her. I wanted to go, but there is so much to do before we head out of town on tomorrow. Anyway, as much as I hate to miss her debut (she’s only four years old—too cute!), I […]
Our Upcoming World Tour
It’s ironic that I missed my weekly wrap-up this week given that this is wrap-up week for most of our school work. The kids are still completing math and science work, but we devoted all of the other time to completing year-end projects. Each of the kids has a topic that they select from this […]
Weekly Homeschool Wrap-up–May 4, 2009
If you want to participate in this meme, please visit Carol at ThreeLittleLadies, and be sure to link your post to her Mr. Linky so that we can all see what life has in store for you. From where I sat this past week, As an individual, I… am struggling with […]
Wednesdays, aka Dinosaur Days
For the lion’s share of this semester, Wednesday has been “Dinosaur Day.” At least, that’s what the 5-year-old calls it. This is the one day of the week that we put aside all of our books (well, at least our phonics studies–will I ever learn?) and have a bit of fun with science. I found […]
God and Goals come before shopping…
for curriculum, that is. This is the time that, for those of us who follow the traditional school year, we begin thinking about tools for next year. It is also the time, for those who are considering homeschooling, to research, to plan, and to pray–hopefully in reverse order. I found this nugget of wisdom somewhere early in our transition […]