When I tell other moms that I homeschool my son, they sometimes give me a strange look. I’m an African American single (divorced) mother, and I just don’t fit their idea of who a homeschooler should be. I only have one child, and they think that’s another odd thing about me homeschooling. The first question [...]

We aren’t even using t4l, (our accounts are dormant)so what could I possibly have to say?! I was just thinking today that there may be an impression that “everyone” thinks t4l is so fun to do. While my kids definitely enjoy t4l, no one but the first grader thinks it is fun. She doesn’t like [...]

Sunday after church, I ran into someone I hadn’t seen in a while. One thing she mentioned was that she wished she could homeschool her oldest child because he was having so much trouble at school. She meant to only comment in passing…and went on to list all the reasons she couldn’t and prepared to [...]

I haven’t posted anything for awhile! We’ve been doing a lot of hands-on activities and little field trips here and there, so I haven’t been on the computer too much. It was really nice, because Tim hadn’t been on T4L for about two weeks, and we hadn’t really done a lot of ‘school’ work, which [...]

Using an online based curriculum has it’s down sides. Computer problems or internet issues, for example. But it sure beats hunting down books, paper, pencils, etc!!! Besides, T4L’s tech support is SO FAST! I don’t know how I would have made it this semester w/ out T4L, especially these last few weeks.  I have had [...]