What are you doing with social studies this semester? My daughter is in sixth grade, but for some reason we got things all turned around. We were supposed to cover the Revolutionary War in fourth grade. Of course, we got side-tracked and we did other things. Besides, I don’t think my 4th grader was ready [...]

I just wanted to share with you two really cool things that I have encountered this week. If your child is anything like mine, she could use a little extra handwriting practice. I’ve looked into some of those programs that say that they can teach handwriting without hysterics. I’m sure they work, but I’m not [...]

Homeschooling my child is helping me overcome a long time phobia. Strange as it may sound, I am overcoming my anxiety and dread of math. I think my fear started in fourth grade. I had a teacher who was definitely “old school”. He assigned even number problems for homework, because odd number problems has 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 [...]

I just realized that here we are, entering the home stretch until the end of this school year, and I’ve really been slacking in teaching my sixth grader some art.   Sixth grade homeschooling is hard enough, with so many required subjects, objectives to meet, and goals to attain.  Art has fallen by the wayside.  What [...]