What is the difference between Homeschool Notebooking and Journaling? Notebooking is very similar to journaling, but there are a few distinction in how they are utilized and stored. While journaling requires a bound journal or book with blank pages for writing, notebooking is best when using pre-made and themed notebooking pages and then filing them […]
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Growing a Detective
Growing a Detective. You might think that I’d be writing about “growing an artist”. But the facts are that our children aren’t always like us. Sometimes they are born with different strengths and abilities than our own. So how do we encourage them to do something that we ourselves aren’t naturally good at? I have […]
5th Grade Homeschool Curriculum
Every year our homeschool looks different and with military life we just have to roll with the changes. It’s actually something I thrive on. It’s good to recreate ourselves and look at how things can be done differently. Each year we must breath new life into our homeschools. Especially after having homeschooled more than ten […]
How to Homeschool with Ease ~ These last few weeks and a wrap up.
In my life these last few weeks…It’s been a wonderful and eventful. My husband got promoted and my son got his first real job now that college is finished and he has moved out. For that I am very grateful. And we’ve accomplished a lot despite the fact that I got sick, really sick. So […]
Back to School Ready: Weekend Edition #2
We are Back to School Ready! Highlights from our homeschool room this year: Istead of office type Rubbermaid drawers which I have used for years….I decided to change things up using jars for pens, pencils, and markers within an arms length for daily use. While I do care about how things look, I am most concerned with […]