Sometimes I get so caught up in providing my daughter with a better education than she would get in the public school alternative to our homeschool, that I forget that she needs down time, too. I get caught up in the idea of what science curriculum we will use when she finishes her current one. [...]

I just wanted to share with you two really cool things that I have encountered this week. If your child is anything like mine, she could use a little extra handwriting practice. I’ve looked into some of those programs that say that they can teach handwriting without hysterics. I’m sure they work, but I’m not [...]

I know, I shouldn’t be frustrated because my child doesn’t know something. That is the entire point of her going to school, is it not? If she knew everything, then there would be no point to her doing lessons. I’m going to take a deep breath and try to keep this in mind. What is [...]

My local school will begin the 2011-12 school year next week. While this doesn’t really effect my home school, it does increase my level of stress a little bit. We took an unforeseen break in June and July as far as school was concerned. Family issues required much of my time, and school was the [...]

Do you have a reluctant writer? I’m not talking about penmanship here but about actually writing of paragraphs, reports, journals, and things like that. I have a very reluctant writer. My daughter does not like to write anything. She does not like to put pen to paper for any reason. We think that part of [...]