I remember back in the day I had to require daily readings into my homeschooling.  Now it is asking my girls to put the book down and eat dinner with us!  It is so nice that the reading comprehension has clicked with my youngest, but I do worry she still reads and skims through things [...]

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 [...]

It’s almost time for back-to-school!  For homeschoolers, back-to-school can be stressful for the parents, and one way I’ve found to really help reduce some of that stress is to talk with other homeschooling parents.  Time4Learning has an awesome online parent community so parents can compare notes, voice their concerns, and ask questions.  There are forums [...]

Learning math can be very monotonous for some children.  We all know that the best way to learn math is to repeat, repeat, repeat.  If your child is anything like mine, asking her to repeat is like telling her she is stupid.  She firmly believes that if she has to do it more than once [...]

How is your child doing with contractions?  It seems like we just get them able to spell with all the letters when we start telling them to take letters out!  If you find it hard to teach contractions don’t fret.  It is probably easier than you think.  After all, they already speak with contractions so [...]