Our Homeschool Nick - Age 11, 5th Grade
1. Math on the Level
2. All About Spelling Level 3
3. Institute for Excellence in Writing
4. Typing Instructor for Kids
James - Age 7, 2nd grade
1. Math on the Level
2. Beehive Reader
3. All About Spelling Level 2
4. Typing Instructor for Kids
Robert - Age 4
1. Five in a Row Volume I
• Clown of God
Together we do:
1. Picture Study: Claude Monet
2. Power Glide Spanish Junior
3. Story of the World, Volume II
4. Considering God's Creation: Animal Structure
5. Indoor Science Experiments and Outdoor Nature Study
We're currently studying the Middle Ages with these books:
• Son of Charlemagne - finished
• Famous Men of the Middle Ages
• The Adventures of Robin Hood - finished
• William the Conqueror
• The Story of Joan of Arc
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James, who will be eight-years-old later this month, has become a budding bakery chef. He’s decided that he wants to go to culinary school when he grows up and invent recipes. He recently invented a cookie recipe that he’s still working on perfecting. Its current name is Spicy Cocoa Delights, though the name has changed [...]
It’s finally turned cold here with a high today of about 20 degrees. We had about two or three inches of snow on the ground this morning, and I let the boys go outside and play with their friends while I made breakfast.
When they came in all rosy-cheeked and covered in snow, I had [...]
Robert, my youngest son, turned four this month and requested a construction-themed birthday party. (Actually, he requested begged for an excavator toy, and I figured that meant that a construction party would be a big hit.) I bought a little set of five construction vehicles – dump truck, bulldozer, front end loader, backhoe, and a [...]
I love breakfast – it’s my favorite meal of the day. Maybe it’s because so many bread items make wonderfully acceptable breakfast foods, and I have an unending love affair with bread. Whatever the case, I eat breakfast everyday – can’t imagine going without – and never get tired of the yummy variety.
I [...]
For as long as I can remember, my mom and I would make peanut butter balls from time to time. If I recall correctly, she had originally seen the recipe in the local newspaper before I was born. It’s a quick, easy, high-protein snack that almost everyone enjoys. (Everyone except my husband, Jon, who has [...]
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