Homeschool
As the girls get older, they’re spending more time playing with toys that can be used in multiple ways for building and designing. When we got to review Brain Blox Wooden Building Planks by Brain...
Bookworm and Cuddle Bug LOVE playing chess. They took to it like a fish to water and haven’t looked back. I, on the other hand, can’t seem to remember the rules or which players can move which...
Rather than large novels hundreds of pages long, this month, we read shorter kids’ books that were 80 to 150 pages long, so...
One of the book series we’ve fallen in love with are Circle C Books. Created by Susan K. Marlow, these books are an excellent resource to learn about the history of California as well as to delight...
Cuddle Bug is in 4th grade now, and LOVES stories. She’d be happy if all of her homeschool curriculum came via read alouds. We do read aloud and listen to audios for a lot of books every...
This week, we continue Blogging through the Alphabet and sharing our favorite homeschool curriculum.
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As an English major and former community college English teacher, I...
Okay, seriously, how did my “baby” get to 5th grade? PB & J Girl is just one year away from middle school, and that freaks.me.out! We’ve put together...
We’ve been homeschooling for five years now, and in that time, we’ve used and reviewed a number of homeschool books, curriculum, and products. For this round...
When I learned multiplication, I sat down with flash cards. Our teacher also had “fun” (read “not so fun”) drills where we had to compete against our classmates, one by one. I hated those drills! Luckily, now...
I was never exposed to classical music growing up, but when I went to college, my housemate loved listening to classical music, and I enjoyed it myself. I’ve always wanted my kids to develop music appreciation earlier...