My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
A related question that occured to me more often was – how do I supervise the neighborhood kids playing in my courtyard while making dinner? (I think their mothers sent them all to me so they could make dinner). This Continue reading How do I cook, and homeschool?
Welcome to the Carnival of homeschooling. I’ve dug through my blog and photo archive to see what things were typically happening in our family in early December. Over a month since the change, and we were still not used to Continue reading The Carnival of Homeschooling: the Gingerbread Can Cure Poison Hour Edition.
The short answer to how do I keep the house clean is, “Not very well!” The long answer is, it is organized, but not tidy or decorated. I should get better at this, it’s important to DH and B, they Continue reading How do I keep the house clean (do I keep the house clean?) and homeschool
Before we had kids, DH and I would babysit as a ministry so the couples could go out. One lady said she’d rather we came by during the day so she could go on a date with herself. I didn’t Continue reading How do I get time for myself (and homeschool)
The other day, I had a chance to sip coffee with just DH while my in-laws watched the kids in the other section of the bookstore. Only; each of the kids in turn needed something or other, and by the Continue reading How do I spend time with DH? (and Homeschool?)
DH and I have a have a lot of worship habits, mostly in a good way, not a mindless way – we keep a chronological Bible in the tea towel drawer handy for DH to grab and read a proverb Continue reading How do I spend time with God? (and homeschool)
I like research, and choices. When people ask me how to it, I don’t give instructions, I give options. I drive sequential learners (including M) nuts. So why am I giving advise? Umm… there was an interesting exchange on Facebook, Continue reading
When my older son was 8; he did not know how to tell time, or look at a stack of school books to know how long school would be. That made for what looked like rebellious questions, ‘are we done Continue reading The Pocket Chart Homeschool Organizer