Faith, Family, Adoption, Outdoors
I know we are only a couple of weeks into this homeschool adventure, but we are really enjoying it and I am really liking our curriculum. But that being said, I found something that we started doing on Friday afternoons to finish up the week and work towards all week. It’s from Highlights, and it’s […]
MoreWe had our first week of homeschooling! It was actually last week, and I’m a few days behind getting around to writing this, but super excited about how well it went. I have to be honest and say that I was nervous about how it was going to go and if we were going to […]
MoreTomorrow is the day. Tomorrow we start the new adventure of homeschooling. I think I’m ready. I’ve pulled out all the books and such for the first week, I’ve looked over the plans for the week, I’ve gotten the calendar ready and even wrote out a little schedule on the white board to help me […]
MoreThere have been a couple of recent articles about the lack of movement with kids today. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/let-em-out-the-many-benefits-of-outdoor-play-in-kindergarten/ and http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/08/why-so-many-kids-cant-sit-still-in-school-today I think they are very interesting. We are doing such a disservice to our kids today, and its sad. Not only are we affecting their concentration but their core strength. I’m not sure when we became […]
MoreSo I’ll be totally honest. I really have no idea what I’m doing. Not sure if anyone else is in this boat does as well. I’m not even sure it’s a boat that is going to float or not yet… And if you had told me a year ago that I was going to be […]
MoreYes, we are officially ready for homeschool, curriculum bought, books sorted and organized, school supplies ready, too many blogs and forums to count visited and researched. We are ready. Good thing we have over a month before we are actually starting. I like to be prepared. And ready. And maybe I’m a bit crazy. Oh […]
MoreSo since we had the shelves and desks up it was time to find and start decorating the walls. I knew that I wanted the alphabet up and also a place for a calendar/weather station. Initially I planned on writing out the alphabet on travel themed paper to go with the curtains and such. It […]
MoreWe debated a long time about whether we should buy desks or a table or how to set up the room. Granted we still have till August before school even starts, but once I get it in my mind that we need to decorate a room I kind of go all out. After looking at […]
MoreClint and I have made the decision to home school Leighton next year for Kindergarten. There’s a whole post (or more) as to our decisions and reasons for that, but the main one comes down to realizing that they grow terribly fast and I want to maximize the time that I get to spend with […]
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