My number one reason is that I want to be the primary influence eon my children's lives. Then there's all the secondary reasons. Also you can...
I recently found this site and I love it! Depending on your 5 year old's abilities you can start at the beginning or skip to getting ready 2. Easy...
Well so far my 3yo loves it. We are on letter D. I'm skipping over some stuff because I don't see the need to hammer on stuff he already knows...
Ok great! I saw it on FB too! My 5 yo learned to read in a similar way with a combination of baby can read videos and materials and just me...
http://allinonehomeschool.wordpress.com/ Thoughts? I started using it today and my kids enjoyed it. However I'm not 100% sure on the learning...
I agree with you all. It's interesting timing because our nanny is breeding her dog and my husband just got meat bunnies. So if he's interested...
It came up tonite. Luke is 5.5. How old were your kids when "God put it there" was not a satisfactory answer to "where do babies come from?" How...
I was asked today by a family member who I'm fairly sure doesn't approve if I was "still homeschooling". I love that my children are not even at...
I printed out the first section of the first grade scott foresman and will be starting it soon with my 5.5 year old son. I like the approach. I...
Honestly, I'd be interested to hear from others as well. I find it hard to balance work and school and homemaking. A few things for me is to be...
In the basement hidden amongst the patio furniture and summer toys. Its in a corner they never go to. In the old house it was either high up in...
Thanks everyone. I was pretty happy with how the whole thing played out. I felt even better when she texted me this morning to see how my son was...
Boys will be boys but this isn't the first time her son has shown excessive aggression. He's pretty strong willed and defiant. He can be very...
For b and d, teach from left to right, so b is a big line then little curve, d is a little curve then big line... We use a penny space. I'm just...
I don't know about McGuffey's but I use a combination of kindle and paperback for our read aloud chapter books. When we run out of hard copy I...
Ptl!
I've seen them mentioned a few times here. My MIL bought Luke the first one and he just read the whole thing in 45 mins while eating breakfast and...
Yes, the move and the fact that we now live in their grandparents house, where they get away with murder, coupled with the fact that their...
This is what we starting doing again today. The boys attitudes have been extremely poor lately. Luke (5.5) is giving me defiance and disrespect...
Thank you to everyone who responded. DH and I had a two hour lunch and hashed it out. It turns out there are a lot of other issues, the morning...
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