Category: homeschool

  • Weekly Wrap-Up: The One Where I’m the Host!

    While Kris is away, I’m playing hostess for the Weekly Wrap-Up. So this is where you link up to your post about what you did this week in your homeschool — while Kris and all those other bloggy gals party the days away at the Relevant Conference! My regular self is hosting today, but my…

  • Weekly Wrap-Up: Weeks 8 & 9

    I did not post a wrap-up last week, so this’ll be a two-in-one — if I can remember what the heck we did, because I feel a little like my head isn’t screwed on quite straight right now. This was Ken’s closing week at work, which means 13+ hour days for him, and more running…

  • Our 1st Lapbook!

    Last week, Kathryn and I finished creating our very first lapbook! We started on a composers lapbook first, but that one is still in process. This one, however, is all done — and very cool! The projects and plan for this lapbook is part of our WinterPromise curriculum on early American history, but the New…

  • Nature Study: Signs of Autumn

    A nature study at last! Woohoo! I finally feels like fall here in our neck of the woods, so yesterday we took a little nature walk and looked for signs of autumn. As we walked along, Kathryn said the sunshine along with the cool weather made her feel like running and skipping and dancing. So…

  • Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 7

    This week, Kathryn turned 10 and got her ears pierced, Lindsey and I spoke about older-child adoption at a foster parent training class on Saturday (I told her I could count that as public speaking and community service), and Ken returned from last week’s mission trip to Mexico. We were busy! (See this week’s previous…