Homeschooling High School: The 4-year Plan

August 30th, 2011
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  Recently I gave a rally cry for all of you contemplating homeschooling your kids through high school.  So today, in an effort to give a glimpse of what one child’s high school plan looks like, I want to share Catz’s 4-year plan.   Remember, a plan is a guideline.  There is no need to set [...]

Homeschool: The Transitional Year

August 26th, 2011
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Another homeschooling year has started and already this year is looking different even though we haven’t added in all of our subjects.  After taking off completely for 3 weeks, we began the new year on July 11th nice and slow.  A couple of subjects to start with {math and Spanish} got us on the right [...]

Homeschooling High School: You Can Do It

August 15th, 2011
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When we were in the early years of homeschooling our kids I used to imagine briefly what their high school curriculum would be like.  Notice I said “briefly.”  That’s because I would start to dwell on subjects and course credits {from what I had overheard from other, wiser mothers of older children} but feeling my [...]

How a movie can teach spelling

August 9th, 2011
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Are you in the middle of a spelling program with your kids?  Some of the exercises can be boring and monotonous.  However, if you inject a little bit of creativity with some of your child’s favorite things, you might just find a kid who’s learning and having fun. This year we’re doing a bit of [...]

God was Here

June 6th, 2011
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As I sat at the checkout line in the rented church hall on Friday, I saw face after face of homeschooling families.  Mothers, fathers, grandparents, teens. Some of the faces were tiny babies strapped to their mama’s backs or bellies, peering out from their cocoon of warmth or eyes closed in sweet slumber.  Regardless of [...]

Dear Scientific Supply Labs

April 26th, 2011
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Dear Scientific Supply Labs, Critters have been a mainstay of my life for the past 15+ years.  Just being a Florida mom who loves the outdoors has provided me ample opportunity to spend time with a variety of them.  Together with my kids I have observed, identified, chased, caught, rescued, nursed, been bit by, buried, [...]

Update City

September 13th, 2010

So, so much has been happening here lately.  But really, will it ever stop?  No, who am I kidding.  A new season, a new set of changes.  Otherwise life would be static.  And boring.  Yechh. This is really just a quick update.  Or you could say this teeny little post is a way for me [...]

Almost Done: Curriculum review

May 24th, 2010

Here we are almost at the end of May, and for my family this is a time to begin celebrating.  We’re not completely finished with school for the year, but we’re so close we can almost taste it! So far we’ve finished everything except science.  I can easily say that the past 5 months have [...]