It has been a long battle to get my daughter to spell better, and it has been a frustrating one, considering the fact that she is able to read anything she wants to. I worried a lot when we first started home schooling because I pulled her out in the middle of her first grade [...]

Many parents are finding out that there child is not where he or she should be at the end of the school year. Final evaluations are out or will be soon, and some parents are in for some rather unpleasant news. It may even be unexpected news as some school systems are teaching “to the [...]

Did you know that one of the hottest home school trends is utilizing online learning tools? It’s true. I know that we used an online curriculum for the majority of our home schooling. I guess it is safe to say that my daughter is truly a product of the internet age. She if fearless when [...]

My child is a reader! Ok, so that is not really a new thing. I guess I should explain. I didn’t actively teach my child to read. Oh sure, I read to her, she “read” to her stuffed animals, and her pets from a very young age. We jokingly say that the first thing we [...]

I have changed it up again for writing practice for my girls.  I have them writing a paragraph or more on and subject that is in the daily news.  The tsunami was quite the scare for them.  I think it will be interesting what they write about.  Hopefully this will help them from suffering boredom [...]