I thought I would take some time to share here a more detailed list of what we are doing in for grade 1. I’ve got a few weeks to catch up on and then I’ll be sharing these closer to “real time”. I shared a bit of an overview of our homemade grade one curriculum…
I like to be able to compare different versions of the Bible when I am studying a passage of Scripture. What seems like a confusing section in one translation can often be totally opened up to me when I read it in a different one. I find the same goes for children’s Bibles and in…
I am definitely learning from experience that I shouldn’t take so long to write our monthly reviews, August has been over half a month ago, and now I’m straining to remember what we did during the month. Well, we officially started our homeschool year on August 24th, so most of the month leading up to…
I’ve admitted before that I’m not good at reading novels out loud but we really enjoy them so, as a result, we do a lot of audio books in our house. We love listening to audio books on road trips, during lunch time and randomly throughout the day when we all need a little bit…
On the first day of our homeschool year my 3 year old surprised me by sitting down and asking what he was going to be learning. Up until that day he had not been interested in learning his letters or numbers, printing, coloring, drawing or any type of intentional learning so I was a little…
I think part of the reason I became a teacher in the first place was due to my love of books and school supplies. They are my guilty pleasure when it comes to shopping; with a new book, notebook and pencil I feel ready to conquer the world. Our school division gives us $400 a…