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We’ve been reading a book about oceans and sea life over the past couple of weeks. Today we’ve been reviewing. We looked at pictures, short videos, and played games online. After that, we drew pictures of ocean creatures. This is a a whale, a shark, and a starfish: This is inspired by “Finding Nemo”…. A…
Homeschooling
How long will you homeschool?
I read this post a few days ago at The Pioneer Woman. I loved this quote: Now when I’m asked how long I plan to homeschool my children I respond “Until they fire me or leave home.” We’re in for the long haul. We’ll homeschool as long as it is the best for our boys and…
The Hobbit
I posted this on Twitter last night…. [blackbirdpie id=”48555193926819840″] I can’t believe that my four year old is listening to and loving The Hobbit. We tried The Chronicles of Narnia late last summer, but it was too much for him to pay attention to. Jonathan has grown so much in the last 6-8 months. Now,…
Scheduling and Lesson Planning
I think I’ve finally settled on a lesson planning system that I like. The Sonlight curriculum that we use is mostly planned out for us, but I like having an electronic copy to refer to as we work and for record keeping. Sometimes I don’t do everything that is planned and I often move things…
The Pink Workbook
Last week, Jonathan was working hard on his “pink” (Pathway 1st Grade Pre-Primer) workbook. He was close to the end of the workbook and was determined that he was going to finish it that morning. He had about 8 pages to go. That’s a lot of work for a then 3 year old. He wanted…