Last night I had the opportunity to attend a home school meeting with a friend.  They were featuring Mary Hood, a home schooler since the 1980′s, who would be talking about how to loosen up without losing control, and regaining the joy of a relaxed, family-centered style of learning.  I can’t even express how encouraged [...]

Just about every day I think of different place I want to try out this homeschool thing, as if I need a specific room in the house to do this.  I sure hope I figure this out by 1st grade.  We started out in the kitchen, then the dining room, then back to the kitchen [...]

Along with My Father’s World Curriculum that I use for Kit Kat, I have also been downloading www.ConfessionsofaHomeschooler.com printables for both her and RyRy!!  They have been a GREAT addition to our everyday stuff.  One of my favorite things that she has is a scavenger hunt for each letter of the week.  And because we [...]

So tonight the kids and I went to see my nephew play some hockey!! While Kate and Ryan love to sit and watch the boys play, Molly gets a little restless after the first hour.  She managed to dig into my purse only to find our Christmas Go Fish games, which I ALWAYS keep in [...]

My husband works very late on Friday nights and it just dawned on me to use this time more productively.  I decided to use this night of the week to prepare for the next homeschooling week instead of Sunday nights.  So as I am typing this, I am also printing out downloads for Ryan(3). I [...]

Some of you have asked to see what our homeschool room looks like… well I have included some pictures.  Most of the time it takes place in our little kitchen area.  We love it, it is cozy and in our favorite room in the house.  We LOVE to eat if you hadn’t noticed.  I also [...]

I always assumed I would send my kids to a private Christian school when the time came.  Well, when you can’t afford it, your options change.  Public school was not an option for my husband and me, so we toyed around with the thought of homeschooling.  I am so thankful to the Lord for those [...]

Well we have completed our first 2 weeks of homeschooling and it is going well.  Kate really loved the Creation projects that went along with it.  Ryan was able to join us through the lesson.  Tomorrow we start lesson 1 of 26 lessons.  I need lots of prayers here.  I have been looking over the [...]

I had a very short list that I brought to Walmart of all places, hey, people say they have the best prices, so I gave it a try.  I was childless, like that ever happens, so I took advantage of the hour.  I searched for the hole punch, found it.  I found a box of [...]

So a few weeks back I received My Father’s World curriculum for my 5 yr old.  This will be my first official year of homeschooling, although I feel like I have been homeschooling since the day my daughter was born.  One of my favorite things to do with her was sit her up on my [...]