James and I got a Kindle Touch for Christmas. I seem to be using it more than he does, but he’s interested at least. I’m the bigger reader around here.I wanted to get it to encourage him to read a little bit more–we’ll see if my plan worked. I’m reading more at least! (haha not [...]
Pin ItWe had the opportunity to review Fractazmic for TOS Crew. (By the way, TOS =The Old Schoolhouse Magazine…) and received this game in exchange for a review. Fractazmic is a great game to help kids learn- *Numbers *Fractions *Measurements Fractazmic is a deck of 60 brightly colored cards that retails for $6.95. That’s a [...]
\ We were excited to review this product from Pitsco Education. –Medieval Machines Pack James spent quite a few years very interested in Medieval history and talked all about these machines. When it came we had a little bit of time before the review was due, so I put it away for his birthday. He [...]
James and I do art appreciation where we learn about famous artists. I’ve been really happy with this element of our schooling. I really feel it was something I lacked in my own education. We’ve done art projects now and then and draw in the nature journal but learning HOW to draw is an [...]
Surprise! I was nominated in the Homeschool Blog Awards. I have no aspirations of winning but it’s cool I was nominated! If you’d vote for me in this category, I’d be thankful!
I received the First Form Latin curriculum from Memoria Press to review for The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew (TOS). We’ve been slowly working on Latin around here–I actually do not worry about how quickly we finish a lesson or how long it takes us to get through a book. James has learned several things and [...]
I mentioned before that I prayed about this school year. How to do things better–how to reach the heart of my child–how to ignite a love for Jesus in his still young heart. Last year was really rough schoolwise. Lee just came home –or at least was able to be around–right after school started. I [...]
James (and I) began studying Latin a couple of years ago. I say studying loosely. We move at a very slow pace, but we learn and that’s what counts right? As a review for the TOS Crew, I received a copy of Visual Latin on DVD to review.The DVD includes 4 intro lessons and 10 [...]
In my life this week…This was a weird week. I got a lot done but I feel like every day didn’t end up like I planned. In our homeschool this week…fractions, the canine family, Tower of Babel, a little trip to Starbucks after school on Monday to celebrate our year being better. We took [...]
Today during school, we did our grammar. There was an old fashioned illustration of 2 girls. He was supposed to tell a little story about what was happening. He said the rich girl gave the poor girl a pair of shoes. I asked, “What about some more vivid verbs? Something that is a little more [...]
