Most people are surprised when they see our large game collection. We have a large variety of cards to board games. It is an ever-growing collection. We often play games together after dinner or on the weekends, especially in the…
I don’t think about the grade my kids are in very often, but when I do I am always amazed. How could my son be the same age as the kids I had my first year of teaching many moons…
My kids love to play games. What kid doesn’t?! When I can find games to add to our school day, that’s even better. I especially LOVE using games for math review! Math games are a great way to practice or…
September! This one word makes people think of different things. For some, it may be going back to school, while others think of cooler days and relief from the hot summer. For me, I think of apple picking and all…
Ahhh, the middle school years. A time of roller-coaster emotions, body changes, and the realization your baby is no longer a baby. It is an exciting, and tough, time. My daughter is a sixth-grader. Yikes! She loves to cook dinner…
We began this homeschool journey a few years ago. The first year, because of certain circumstances, we weren’t able to get out and find other homeschoolers. It was fine, but I knew I wanted that to change the next year. …
S.T.E.M. is so much FUN! There I said it. I know I’ve said it before, but I really enjoy it which is surprising to me. Growing up, the teachers didn’t talk about S.T.E.M. I don’t think the term was around…
For a fun activity one afternoon, I decided to make a large board game for the kids in the driveway. Why not? It was Friday, it was gorgeous out, and we try to do a Friday Fun activity. So I…
In my family, we enjoy reading. Ever since my kids were little I have read to them. They would sit for long stretches of time listening to one book after another. Even as my kids enter into the tween years,…
When I set out on this homeschooling journey, I didn’t give it too much thought to whether we would homeschool all year. I think it was an unconscious decision I already had in mind to do. My kids had done…