I agree about the stats and, especially, the convention. We have an inexpensive convention in our town each year. Those things really helped...
A few days ago I was reading info on different learning styles. When I came across kinesthetic, the characteristics described my husband so well...
Oh man, she's a pro at pretend. She'll play with toys or even random objects. One time she took a bunch of random items and made a pretend circus...
My youngest daughter will be 5 in June. She's been in PreK this year at a private school for a few hours a day. She really has ZERO interest in...
That is just heartbreaking to read about. I can't imagine how you must feel having to live it. Children shouldn't be "thrown to the wolves."
Same here. First, I tried doing some American history through Easy Peasy. Then I switched to trying to read from ancient history using "What Your...
I was going to suggest Pinterest as well. I love this idea I pinned a while back. It uses plastic Easter eggs to match times on a clock vs...
We started back mid-week last week and everyday is getting little better, but it's been a rough start on both of us
What a great accomplishment... as an entire family! You should be bursting with pride. It sounds like you have a wonderful, tightknit, bright...
I know I never was a super involved poster, but I so love this site and reading posts. This has been the most encouraging "spot" for me in regard...
Mine is also just stored away in a (kitchen) cabinet near the dining room... But I also love to look at other's classrooms. They always look so...
That's interesting. We have quite a few charter schools, but to my knowledge, they pretty much keep to the same schedule as public schools. Does...
I agree. I don't lump all scientists or athiests with Bill Nye, and as a Christian, I don't care for being lumped with everything some other...
I'm not against someone having a differing view or opinion... I'm against someone trying to TELL me what to do (with my kids, my money... my...
Yep. No Bill Nye here... We didn't really watch him before, but I've banned anything that has to do with him since reading his article urging...
I think I found this website from someone else sharing it on here. I really love Book Adventures. http://www.bookadventure.com/home.aspx Click...
I love the idea of Kindle, but I've gone through two in a matter of months. The screen would just looked cracked after a while, and be unusable. I...
I agree with above. I would just stretch everything I do into some type of subect... Playing in the dirt: science/PE/art. If he talks while doing...
I just wanted to say that so far I'm feeling so fulfilled with our decision to homeschool. I was so so apprehensive... I mean, I went from...
Oh yes, I'm hoping to get some mileage on my library card this year (as apposed to spending a fortune on readers)... That is, once I finally break...
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