It is that time of the year for us.  The Pizza Hut Book It Reading Program arrived in my mailbox.  My girls love this program they read books and get certificates for free personal pizzas each month for six months.  So this year I decided to change it up a little.  That is to let [...]

It’s that time of year again…Time to get creative and plan curriculum & activities to keep the kids learning through another year.  Often, literature and writing easily keep a child’s interest because reading and writing about imaginative stories and adventures can be fun.  But what if your kids aren’t so easily hooked? Scouring the net [...]

What does a home-school language artscurriculum need to have to make it useful, interesting and comprehensive? My answer is fun and self paced. If I haven’t mentioned it before I will mention it again…teaching reading to my girls scared me!  Yes, we made it through those years but I was always afraid I wasn’t going [...]

There are a few different approaches to summer when you’re a homeschooler.  You can take the summer off from schoolwork, or power on through as usual.   There are plenty of shades of gray in between too, like maybe keeping the schoolwork going but at a reduced level. One popular option is online summer courses, so [...]

Hi, my name is Carol.  I have two daughters that I home-school, my oldest is in 7th grade and youngest is 5th grade.  We use Time4Learning  online curriculum.  Time4Learning lets me give my girls independence that they crave without me having to hover over them. I use Time4Learning for the core subjects and a hands on [...]