One day earlier this week, I recorded my Kindergartner’s day. She is the youngest of my children so I’ve tended to fit her in around my older children’s schooling. Some days I did very little schooling with her. As a result this day hasn’t been a typical day for us…
Some might wonder why we, as Christians, decide to spend time learning about another religion. I guess my reasons are two-fold. First of all, I believe it is important to expose my children to other viewpoints and ideas about religion. I want them to face questions and wonder while they…
We have a great selection of DVDs at our local library. This school year my Kindergartner is learning about the world by reading books and watching videos of people around the world. Before watching a DVD we head over to the markable wall map and she colors in the country.…
Learning to make tens is an important part of the Singapore method. Making tens involves learning the number combinations to make ten. Later the child will heavily depend on this concept to do mental calculations. We just hit this area for the first time in my daughter’s Singapore math book.…
We had an exciting start to art this school year using our new chalk pastels. This was a brand new medium for all of us. I discovered an e-book earlier this year that provided guidance on how to make different pictures with chalk pastels. It looked like it would be…
These are my Kindergartner’s plans. Some of the items will be used as main resources while others are ones where I pick and choose things as a supplement. Bible Draw to Learn the Life of Jesus Bible story book at bedtime The Kids’s Bible on CDDramatized CEV New Testament –…
Now that I’m teaching reading for the third time I think I’m getting the hang of it. Way back in my early years in college I took a class on how to teach kids how to read. I’m not sure why I took it since I had no interest in…
Sometimes my mind gets a little fuzzy when I think back to our first year homeschooling. It was a very busy time in my life and the year was full of challenges. I had done unschooling with my oldest throughout the preschool years and started Kindergarten when he was almost…
This school year I have been doing various season and holiday unit studies with my daughter. For about 10 days in February we focused on Valentine’s Day. When I made our plans I didn’t realize how short of time we would have. So we didn’t end up reading all the books…
Our school year has begun. This year begins our 6th year homeschooling. My oldest son is now 10 and is starting 5th grade. My second son is 8 and is starting 3rd grade. This is the first year I have three official homeschoolers. Where we live children start Kindergarten at…
