I know I have mentioned before that my oldest daughter applied to go to Cyber Academy which is part of our public school system.  Well we are awaiting for the call to say she has been accepted.  In the meantime she has decided to start a blog about this whole experience of going to school.  Writing [...]

Has your child ever needed just a little bit of extra practice doing math or handwriting? Mine sure has. Many home schooling parents ask for just a page or two more practice on something. When your child is in lower elementary school it is easy to find work books at low cost for practice in [...]

We’re a pretty typical homeschooling family, doing our best to work through our chosen curriculum.  But I’ve discovered one thing it’s missing, and that’s handwriting.  It seems to be something  a lot of homeschoolers overlook.   The kids do plenty of writing as part of their Language Arts program, or History or whatever else, but not [...]

Have you ever wondered how to start a blog? I’m in the process of trying to figure that out. I have written on other blogs, but I have never started my own. So, I’ve enrolled in a blog writing course online. I think that it will be a great way for me to chronicle our [...]

I have mentioned before my 12 year old daughter maybe going to a cyber academy next year.  We went to turn in her application and she was informed you will take a placement test and need to write an essay.  Her eyes were big as saucers!  The word test and essay in the same sentence [...]