Are you considering home schooling? I know that this can be a scary proposition. How will you manage your day? What curriculum to use? Will it work for your child? What will your family say? Many of us who are “accidental home schoolers” can relate to your questions and concerns. As a parent, I thought [...]

I know summer is a long way off, but the beginning of the new year tends to make me reassess where we are in our curriculum, and to do some planning for the rest of the year.  Thinking about summer plans just kind of goes along with that.  I’m sure there will be a few [...]

Argh! Learning languages is so difficult sometimes. English is hard enough if it is your first language. It is much harder if English is going to be a second language. Add on top of that the fact that English has a different set of grammar rules and spelling rules than most other languages. That means [...]

When I was a kid, every Friday was the dreaded spelling test.  You know, when we were supposed to be learning the spelling words all week, but somehow ended up all freaked out on Friday because – EEK – it’s the spelling test!   The teacher would tell us to number our papers from 1-10, and then she’d [...]

If you are new to home schooling or just considering it you undoubtedly have many questions. The decision to home school your child is a big one and it is can be scary. I know when I made the decision to pull my child out of 1st grade at the Christmas break, I cried a [...]