As grown-ups and especially as grown-up parents, it is easy to get caught up in the business of being the adults. You know, working the job, maintaining the house, feeding the various little humans in your life, the paying of the bills, and so on and so forth. As a side point, sometimes being adults is […]
Our oldest child, Peanut, recently began her third season of playing volleyball with our local homeschool team, the Titans. She is 12 years old and is already five foot seven and still growing so volleyball is a good sport for her physical gifts. Plus, she really enjoys playing and I played volleyball all through high school, in Southern California so it made me happy that she wanted to play the sport her dad played.
As part of Boy Wonder’s school the other day, he watched More Than Honey on Netflix, a documentary about bees. The description reads “Beekeepers, scientists and others discuss the world’s declining bee population and what it may mean for modern society.” I asked him a series of questions to get his thoughts. Keep in mind, […]
We all get bored sometimes. Even homeschoolers with all the advantages of doing school at your own pace, with your own hand-picked curriculum, get bored. That’s when I like to bring in other resources that are fun and different, be it a game, a book, a magazine or an app. Just something to break up […]
As parents, every homeschool year starts off full of eagerness and excitement. We picked the perfect curriculum for each child, we’ve planned out the first several weeks at least and it’s going to be fantastic! Then we start the actual school year. And ‘fantastic’ is not the word we would ever use to describe it. […]
Click below to view the update. This was our first Unit in the new curriculum and even though it took us 2 weeks to get through, going at half speed, we really enjoyed it. The history project was very fun and really challenged her artistic mind and getting to read some Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson […]
For a long time, Netflix was not a part of our homeschooling toolbox. Then, I stumbled across a Pinterest board that listed a large number of educational programming, including programs on Netflix, PBS.com and BBC.com. We’ve been Netflix subscribers forever and I’d never thought to take advantage of this valuable resource in this way. With […]
