Category: homeschool
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 6
The weather here is still 90+ degrees, which is what I’m using as my excuse (however lame) as to why we haven’t been doing nature studies. So this week, we had our very last trip to the pool for this year, to celebrate Kathryn’s friend Abby’s birthday. Next week is supposed to be at least…
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Horizons Homeschool Math Review
I have greatly benefited from other blogger’s posts about curriculum they use, so I’m going to start posting occasionally about specific curriculum we use in hopes that someone will benefit from my posts, too! Anyway, this is my third year using Horizons Math with Kathryn. We used Singapore Math her kindergarten year, and Saxon for…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 5
Lindsey was out of commission with a head cold and fever most of the week, and did not attend classes at the hybrid academy either day this week. She did make it to her mandatory science lab on Thursday because she was feeling a little better by then and because the lab is only once…
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Field Trip: Honeybees!
Yesterday we had an indoor field trip/nature study about honeybees. A local beekeeper named Brian, who does presentations at many area schools, came to our church for our homeschool group. He did a great job! We have studied bees before, but Kathryn and I both learned so much! In Roman times, honey was worth it’s…
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Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival
For most of us, one of the biggest goals of home-educating our children is that they love to learn. In fact, I’ve often heard this sited as one of the many reasons we love Charlotte Mason. But do YOU love to learn? And how does your attitude about learning affect your children? In her post…