Now that I think (crossing my fingers) I have my oldest liking to read now and understanding what she reads, it is time to really focus on my youngest.  Reading comprehension is NOT one of her strong traits.  She can talk your ear off and tell you word for word on ashow she just watched on [...]

I got a flyer the other day in the mail and almost tossed it as junk until I noticed it had to do with homeschooling.  I decided to spend a few seconds reading it, unlike my other junk mail that I’d already trashed.  I’m glad I did because I learned a new term, STEM. Apparently [...]

I’m convinced that learning contractions is just plain difficult for a lot of kids.  My oldest child is in 6th grade and still makes errors with contractions in her writing.  Thinking back a few decades, I don’t think contractions were a cakewalk for me, either! What works best?  Should contractions be gradually incorporated into reading [...]

  Do you supplement your child’s basic education with subjects that are considered enhancements? As my child reaches upper elementary school it becomes more and more obvious that she needs “electives” to add to her basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. These electives are things that enrich and enhance her education. Foreign language is one thing [...]

We were at the doctor’s office, waiting to go back. Since the majority of our curriculum is online with Time4Learning, we needed portable school work.  My daughter and I were doing word ladders together. I read the clue, she gives me the answer, spells it, and I write it in. The previous word was “mall” [...]