homeschooling

Not The Brightest Idea…But At Least I Had Carrots….

mommy by HikingmommyMarch 6, 2015April 2, 2015

Homeschool by HikingmommyDecember 8, 2014

Homeschool Adventure Continues

Wow we are 16 weeks into this crazy adventure otherwise known as homeschooling. And it’s going really well. I’m loving the time we get to spend as a family and we’ve fallen into a pretty good routine. I was worried about Caedmon and what to do with a 2 year old while I tried to […]

mommy by HikingmommySeptember 9, 2014September 7, 2014

On The Same Page

We are 3 weeks into this homeschooling adventure. All in all I think it is going pretty well. Leighton is loving it and Caedmon is having fun playing with trains or reading or whatever during the class time and I am learning how to balance my attention between the two of them. Clint and I […]

Homeschool by HikingmommySeptember 3, 2014September 1, 2014

Top Secret Adventures

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 […]

Homeschool by HikingmommyAugust 17, 2014

Standing on the Edge

Tomorrow 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 […]

mommy by HikingmommyJuly 29, 2014July 29, 2014

Kids and Movement

There 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 […]

Homeschool by HikingmommyJuly 22, 2014July 21, 2014

Homeschool Adventure

So 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 […]