Well, for our homeschool. Perhaps one of the best known posts on my blog is Aligning your Academic Year with the Calendar Year. I’m really proud of that post and of the time we’ve been able to do just that – follow our own year and school year round. Unfortunately over the last year “school…
Parents and Children by Charlotte M. Mason My rating: 5 of 5 stars Not a once and done book. So many counter-cultural ways at looking at parenting, childhood, and virtue. Definitely one to reread many times, wish I’d read it earlier and oftener. Maybe even before children. View all my reviews
It was our first week of a new year! Our first day we traditionally get something sweet for breakfast, but the weather was such that I didn’t want to go out, so Cinnamon Rolls and scrambled eggs it was: I realized this morning that we didn’t do our traditional self-portraits or interview pages. I’ll need…
Habits are hard y’all … It was the first week of our second to last term of the year. We have 2 weeks of Ambleside Online Year 6, Term 1 to finish before starting in on Term 2. I’d love to do all of Term 2 in the 4 and then 6 weeks (that’s 10,…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s a dark night. I am thinking … about all the things from the weekend. There were a lot of them. I am thankful … that I got to go to the Kindred Conference with Cindy Rollins and Angelina Stanford. They were amazing. I got to drive with…
It was an odd week. We only did Whatchamacallit one time this week. On Monday, R-girl had an Orthodontist appointment (no more turning the key in her expander!) So, we did our the core subjects – Math, Reading, Penmanship, Latin, Reading – pretty consistently but Whatchamacallit went a little by the wayside. That frustrates me,…
For Today… Looking out my window … It’s still completely dark out. I am thinking …that people shouldn’t be up when it’s dark out. I am thankful … that we had a successful first 6 weeks and am excited about this break week. One of my favorite things … the smell of coffee in the…
We had a pretty good week. Things weren’t as smooth as they were our first week – but frankly they never are. The first week, even though restarting routine has it’s challenges, they’re challenges everyone kind of wants to face. They’re starting back. They’re ready for days to be predictable again. The second week, it…
I’ve been writing a series for PamBarnhill.com about Hobbies and the Homeschool Mom. When I told Jason about it, he asked, “What’s your hobby?” And, frankly I don’t really have one. I’m a dilletante. I dabble. Occasionally. A look at the variety of boards I have on Pinterest will show that clearly. I decorate three…
It was our first week back! [phew] We had a very productive week. A few struggles here and there, but when people are together all the time, you have to think they’ll rub each other wrongly from time to time. You just hope they don’t do so on purpose. Which, sadly, they do. So we…