Inspired by the book list I’ve created for history next year, I’ve gone ahead and made a reading list for the remainder of Mystery of History for this year. (We’re stretching history out over the summer.) I need a range of books — from books to read to the 5 yr old, books to read to all of them, books the older ones can read by themselves or books they …
May 2011
ABC’s of Homeschooling ~ G
“G.” “G” can stand for a lot of things. It could be “grades.” Grades are important but only in as much as they show evidence for improvement or decline, and for as much as they allow our kids to get into the college they want when the time comes. “G” could stand for “Geography” — a subject I feel is often overlooked and under-taught. Or even “Grammar” for that matter. …
Life With Braces
Daily Life for Princess is now divided into many little segments of taking out and putting rubber bands, cutting food into little bites, brushing-flossing-rinsing and repeating, repeating, repeating. How’s she doing? She’s doing pretty good. She misses gum. She’s already tired of cutting things into little bites and she’s already planning a “No More Braces” dinner for the day she gets her braces off chock-full of favorite foods she can’t …