My “method” of homeschooling seems to vary with the wind. I’ve got a post – Homeschool Methods, Uniquely You – up at Hip Homeschool Moms today. Stop by and let me know what you think!

This week, the Virtual Curriculum Fair is focusing on the arts. In our family, we’re not very artistic .. no one plays an instrument or paints or sings or anything like that. I am convinced that artistic ability comes naturally to a person and can’t be “taught into them” no matter how hard a teacher [...]

This week’s Virtual Curriculum Fair theme includes two of my favorite subjects: Exploring Our World: Social Studies and more Science. (Science was also included in last week’s theme, Discovering Patterns, but I chose to focus on math.) For both of these subjects, social studies (which I consider to include history, cultures, and geography) and science, we [...]

Oh math. Oh the trials and difficulties. Oh the struggle. Oh the necessity. I won’t pull punches about this subject – math is something that seems to have plagued me my whole life! In fifth grade, I was the kid who had to go sit at a table in the back of the class beside [...]

In my life this week… We’ve been getting things back to normal after the holidays. Most of the Christmas decorations are put away, though the wreath is still on the door, lights are still on the deck, and the garland is lying in my rocking chair. In our homeschool this week… We have actually had [...]