I know this isn’t new to anyone, but it is just CHAOS around here after the new year starts.  I think having one with pneumonia and the rest of us sick too was what pushed us overboard.  But the beauty of homeschool is you can still do school when sick if feeling up to it.  [...]

My youngest one has been sick for about 4 days with a high fever so I decided to take her to the doctor.  Well….she has pneumonia!  That wasn’t news we wanted during Christmas.  After a couple of days down she was getting very bored.  She is one that isn’t able to sit still for long.  She [...]

Hi, I’m Linda, and I’m an accidental homeschooler. I’m the mother of a 9 year old daughter, who is not quite half way through fifth grade.  Homeschooling was never part of the plan.  Sometimes plans change.      Kindergarten, day one:  My impulsive, bright, hyperactive, and opinionated daughter decided public school was for babies.  She came home [...]

Hello Everyone, Well it’s been a while since I felt this crummy, along with my kids. Usually I’m the last one to get the cold. First Natalie, then the baby and finally me. My older children have a perpetual sinus cold through the winter months which I think keeps things at bay for them. Fortunately [...]

For Natalie, learning how to read a calendar has proved more challenging then we expected. Obviously learning to read would have to come first in order for her to identify the words which describe the days and months so we are skipping this section to work on more language arts. Another challenge she’s working on [...]