On February 12th, 2013 I am hosting a busy bag swap at my church in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. I’m super excited. Already we have moms signed up for four groups! Each group has ten people. That’s 40 different busy bags … Continue reading
I am homeschooling my two sons who are in kindergarten and 2nd grade. Quite often when we are doing our lessons my two little daughters want to join us. The girls aren’t interested in the lesson but they want to … Continue reading
We are using The Bible Story series for our religion lessons right now. The readings are perfect for my kindergarten and second grader. They are short enough to keep their attention, long enough to teach the lesson, and interesting enough … Continue reading
Oh my it’s been a busy month. We were getting our homeschool hours in, getting ready for Halloween, we passed around the flu, cleaned up the backyard, and finally built the fire pit. Yay! With homeschooling we are loving reading … Continue reading
We had an awesome week this week. We completed our checklist each day and got our hours in. I was thrilled at our progress in our curriculum and the fluidity that we had in our days. What helped in that, … Continue reading
Teaching your children to learn to write can be one of the most intimidating subjects of learning. Where do you start? How do you progress? What if you miss something? My oldest child is in 2nd grade and so I … Continue reading
Families for Home Education in Missouri, aka FHE, was created to protect the inalienable right of the parents of Missouri to teach their own children without state regulation or control. FHE has an essential resource book for Missouri home educators … Continue reading
This week was a big milestone for us. My second child went to enrichment classes on Tuesday for the first time. It was his first time to be away from mom and dad or family. I have been working with … Continue reading
My son and I LOVE our literature curriculum. I go online to my local library website and I place holds on the books on the book list for our history lessons and corresponding literature lessons. The library calls my cell … Continue reading
Homeschooling was not the easy decision. Having my children home all day and being the one ultimately responsible for their education is not the easy choice. We chose to homeschool our children because we felt it was the absolute best … Continue reading