You know the saying that goes, “Do as I say, not as I do?”   I don’t think it applies to teaching your kids how to write!   It sure seems to me that kids model the behavior they see in their parents, and homeschoolers even more so, since they spend so much time with their families.  [...]

I think we have decided that my soon to be teenager will take some public school courses next year.  She has never gone to public school and I don’t want a big culture shock for her.  Our local public school offers a cyber academy where she would go 1 day to get her assignments and [...]

When I originally pulled my daughter out of public school it was right before the Christmas break. We started home school in January, so this is the time of year when I look back at where we started and what we have accomplished. I also look at where we are headed. I know she wants [...]

I have already mentioned my 12 year old daughter has expressed she might want to go to public school.  Well now…the school we are looking at is a cyber school.  We already use a homeschool online curriculum so how different could this school be?  With that along with her online writing class that she already [...]

“When do they make the 1st graders cry?” This is the question my daughter asked the first day of first grade. I didn’t know what she meant. I asked for clarification. She replied, “You know, Mama, it’s like a whole week when the 1st graders cry every day, I saw them do it last year.” [...]