Preparing for a new year homeschooling is always a process for me. There are things to think about, things to gather, and things to buy. After 15 years I have a pretty good system of planning that works very well. This post contains some affiliate links which do give me a tiny (pennies!) commission if […]
Goal Setting for Real Life
On Thanksgiving Day of 2010, I was sitting at our dining room table with my husband in a house that had been on the market for nearly a year without a single showing. We had just fired our Realtor and had to choose a new one from the three we interviewed the day before. I […]
Shrinking Planners: Less is More
A while back, I created this functional, but massive, planner notebook for our homeschool. The trouble is, the thing is HUGE. It takes up too much room on the table, on the counter, and on the shelf. Don’t even TRY to stuff it into a bookbag. Today I decided that I had to do something […]
Gathering Resources & Gearing Up
It’s starting again. Our homeschool, that is! We’ve had a month off, and as of this Monday the 3rd, we are beginning again. I love taking an entire month off. It gives me such a great time to recharge just by NOT thinking about school! Doing school in trimesters with a month between each is […]
Phonics and Spelling and Reading Oh My
We hit the phonics, spelling and reading this week. I had the boys read aloud to me. We haven’t done this nearly as often as we should be. I forced them to each pick out a chapter book, and read. This may not sound like a big deal but to be honest… well, you know […]