I heard this homeschooling tip before I saw it play out in my own experience. I have since found this to be true several times. I’m having one of those moments right now. The tip is: Use your homeschooling curriculum, don’t let it use you. Otherwise stated, it is:Homeschooling curriculum is a to...

I started off using Math-U-See with my older son. It worked. No complaints. So used it with younger son too. Late Winter 2008: Grade two for younger son, he was doing Gamma level (grade three, seven years old at the time). He struggled with double digit multiplication. No matter how I explained it, ...

Christine’s Favorite Websites for Homeschooling Information, Support and/or Encouragement A to Z Home's Cool is a big website loaded with information and links to learn more about just about any topic related to home education. Carnival of Homeschooling Archives contains over three years of weekly...

Product: Answer Bingo Multiplication Game (game published in red box or green box) By: School Zone Rating: 2 stars out of 5 This is a simple Bingo type game where cards with multiplication problems are given. The directions advise that one player picks a card then finds the answer and marks off thei...

As I declutter the family library today, to keep going I keep telling myself two things. The first thing I read in a book by Alexandra Stoddard, back when I first got married and was trying to decorate our first house, from a book about decorating and furnishing your home. I'm paraphrasing from memo...

Here is my older son's grade 6 homeschooling plan. This is not a list of goals and objectives nor is it a detailed scope and sequence. This is a list of materials, books and curriculum we will use. Older SonGrade 62008-2009 Note: Learning disabilities exist. A visual processing disorder, eye trackin...

Here is my younger son's grade 3 homeschooling plan. This is not a list of goals and objectives nor is it a detailed scope and sequence. This is a list of materials, books and curriculum we will use. Younger SonGrade 32008-2009 Curriculum, Books and Materials List Language Arts Reading practice: rea...

July 19, 2008 will be the date of the gigantic used homeschooling curriculum and book sale run by MassHope, held in Southbridge, Massachusetts. For Connecticut homeschoolers take note this is just over the Connecticut/Massachusetts border. I have been to three of these sales in the past and they hav...

Mark your calendars for the Southport Connecticut summer 2008 book sale. 2008:Friday July 25, 9am-8pm (double the marked price)Saturday July 26, 9am-5:30pm (priced as marked)Sunday July 27, 9am-5:30pm (priced as marked)Monday July 28 9am-8pm (half price day)Tuesday July 29 9am-2pm ($5 per bag day) L...

Mark your calendars for the Westport Connecticut summer 2008 book sale. July 19, 2008 9am-6pm (priced as marked)July 20, 2008 9am-6pm (priced as marked)July 21 9am-7pm (half price day)July 22 9am-1pm (free book day, donations welcome) Location: Westport Library, 20 Jessup Road, Westport, CTMore info...