by Patricia | Mar 23, 2012 | Home Schooling
All About Spelling – Step 5: Short Vowel Sounds Today we reviewed the short sounds for all vowels and practiced putting together words with such sound. I so appreciate having the CD to play the sounds over and over again, as I’m learning them myself too....
by Patricia | Mar 20, 2012 | Home Schooling
All About Learning Press is having a $50 certificate giveaway. Make sure you comment on their blog in order to participate. http://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/giveaway-50-gift-certificate-2/ We started using All About Spelling last week since AA was...
by Patricia | Mar 19, 2012 | General, Home Schooling
Homeschool Statistics Check out this infographic with homeschool statistics. Homeschool Domination? Why these kids will take you down. With America’s public school system in a decline, more and more parents are turning to homeschooling as a solution. The...
by Patricia | Mar 9, 2012 | Home Schooling
Handwriting Without Tears – First Grade Today we started our handwriting practice with Handwriting Without Tears, I thought First Grade would be most appropriate over Kindergarten since AA has been doing a lot of writing already. He’s been writing short...
by Patricia | Mar 8, 2012 | Home Schooling
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 2, Unit 3, Final Project: Measurement Amusement Park Today we worked on part two of the final project. We decided to break it into 2 parts (days) because there was a lot of planning and writing and didn’t want to feel like we...
by Patricia | Mar 7, 2012 | Home Schooling, Sports
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 2, Unit 3, Final Project: Measurement Amusement Park Today we worked on part one of our final project for Concept 2: Measurement. AA planned all the games in his amusement park, brainstormed on ideas that each game. He gathered...