A Shepherd Experience
This Christmastime, I wanted to give my home & micro-school kids a shepherd experience. I knew we had a fun day coming up, so that would make the perfect opportunity.…
A Mom’s Day
Maybe you are a parent wondering if life for you is like it is for other parents. Maybe you are thinking about having kids and want to know what it…
A Fun Day
One of the things we do in our home/microschool is to have what we call "fun days." For us that means that we put away our normal work and lessons…
History Doesn’t Have to be Boring
My memories of elementary school history are mostly reading the chapter and answering the questions at the end of it. Does that sound familiar? It was so boring! History was…
Fun Days and Field Trips
Every classroom needs discipline, even a homeschool classroom. I learned long ago that positive consequences for good behavior are just as important as negative consequences for bad behavior. And so…
How to Teach your Kids to Read
Have you ever thought about the English language? How the "rules" of phonics only apply to a certain group of words, and then you have to learn another rule for…
Layering Lessons Part 2
Homeschooling multiple grades can be done by layering lessons. I realized I forgot something important on my last Layering Lessons post. I didn't tell you how I needed a homeschool…
Layering Lessons
Homeschooling multiple grades can be a real hassle. You can make yourself crazy trying to keep all the kids working but only really teaching one kid at a time. I've…