This last month, I was in charge of our science co-op lesson on the physics of floating and flying. It’s really a fun topic to study because who doesn’t love floating boats in the water and figuring out how airplanes fly? I’ll tell you who – my daughter! She would much rather spend her time dancing, […]
A Homeschooling Must Have
Over the few years I’ve been homeschooling, I developed one serious pet peeve: dull pencils. I’ve tried many pencil sharpeners over the years – electric, manual, expensive, cheap – and every single one of them leaves the pencil half sharpened. Our most recent electric model sharpened pencils so lop-sided that I resorted to twisting the […]
Beginnings
After much anticipation, we have started the new school year here. Granted the anticipation was all mine; considering all my planning, research, & fantasizing it is nice to finally have things come to fruition. The excitement will wear off in a week or two when I realize that my vision of the kids sitting sweetly […]