A few days ago I noticed a piece of paper which had fallen down behind the aquarium stand. I “fished” it out from between the stand and the wall to discover that it was the list of “reasons why we homeschool” which used to hang on the bulletin board above the aquarium. It was wrinkled and showed signs of water damage on one corner. It was stained and dirty with …
School at Home
School at home – that’s self explanatory right?
Interest-Led Summer Learning: Middle School Physics And Chemistry
With my 17 year old working for the summer, I decided to switch things up a bit for summer school this year! What IF… we learn about things the kids want to learn about? Crazy, right? So I sat down with each of them, old fashioned pen and paper in hand, and we made lists. To no one’s surprise, my son’s list is all science, science, and more science. With …
12 Children’s Books Made Into Movies, K-2nd
If you have a kid who prefers NOT to read, then you know my struggle. I love to read and it pains me so to see books discarded after a half-hearted attempt. I’ve been intrigued by this idea of pairing a Book and a Movie for some time now, (thanks, Ticia!,) and after seeing a few more posts about this sort of thing I’ve finally decided to put it into action …