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…
This time of year has my little girl enjoying lots of time outside. Her favorite thing to do is to make mud pies, mud cakes, and here she is serving up some mud brownies. It is a good dose of messy which is often followed by a very long bath.
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…
I put together plans for my youngest child that will last from Kindergarten through 2nd grade. In the early years I like to focus on the enjoyment of learning while developing strong skills in core subjects. With my older kids I have done full-days for Kindergarten with only a portion…
Bible – Draw to Learn the Life of Jesus, Visual Bible Matthew, John, and Acts, Nest Animated Stories from the NT, The Jesus Movie, Greatest Heroes of the Bible video series (NT episodes), Jesus of Nazareth movie, Storykeepers, The Greatest Story Ever Told movie, and the Friends and Heroes series. Math…
I put together this unit study for my craft-loving little girl who will be in K4 this year. September – Fall Books: Pick a Perfect Pumpkin: Learning about Pumpkin Harvests Apples, Apples, Everywhere How Do You Know It’s Fall? Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic Too Many Pumpkins Why Do Leaves Change…
It has been over a year since my five year old started his blog. When he started writing by himself on his blog at age 4 years and 8 months he just typed letters on the keyboard such as: hgfdsawwderrewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwll fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddnhghgt wweswqdewssddswddcdffdewdfrgfggrfddeedffgfrfrrfrfrfttrfrfffrrgffrgfgfrrrfggftfrrddffrfggffrrfddseewrerr His next totally independent work was…
My five year old is using the Write About Me book this year as a tool to express his thoughts on paper. He typically completes about 2 pages per week, but would like it if I gave him more to do. He also writes on his blog. See here for…
