Category: homeschool
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Weekly Wrap-Up: So Tired!
This week, Lindsey had Color Guard camp: eight hours of flag-and-rifle-twirling fun each and every day! She really did have fun, but after a week of scorching-hot weather, and the majority of their practice time outside, she is one tired girl. Yesterday, they ended with a water-gun fight to cool off. Kathryn and I had…
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A change of plans
Today, Kris is hosting a themed weekly wrap-up so we can all share our upcoming school year plans. I had planned to post about our plans and curriculum choices, but I’m going to have to wait… Choosing to homeschool means I (and my husband, of course) have accepted direct responsibility for our children’s education —…
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Homeschool Plans and Optimism
In about a week, both of my girls will be out of town. Lindsey will be on a mission trip with the youth group at church, and Kathryn will be on a vacation with her daddy and family. While they are gone, I will disappear into (or maybe under!) my enormous pile of school books,…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Early Days of Summer
This just felt like a week that needed a weekly wrap-up, even though we are taking a summer break from school. We did an unplanned nature study on balloon flowers (a.k.a. Chinese bell flowers). Lindsey has deemed them one of her favorite varieties of flowers, because they are a pretty purple color, and because they…
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Cute & Cheap Art Supply Organizer
I wanted to make a cute art supply organizer that can sit in the middle of our school table and hold supplies. This is what I came up with; it was super-easy, and the total cost was under $17! I bought a $7 wooden lazy susan at IKEA, then found little Valentine’s Day metal pails…