As eclectic homeschoolers, it is common for me to take bits and pieces of one thing and combine it with something else to create something that better suits my child. So this year when we started running into issues with a curriculum, I took a step back and looked at…
Blogging is a great way for kids to practice their writing. I started a blog for my boys when they were 4 and 6 years old. Now their blogs are over 6 years old and are a great record of their writing progress. Initially they blogged about things of interest.…
We are using Michael Clay Thompson’s Language Arts Island Level this year. My son had his first writing assignment today. He was given a list of words containing different parts of speech and had to create a story based on the first sentence. His chosen words were: The (adj) fat…
Last week my Kindergarten aged son taped a sign on a bathroom door. My second grader then proceeded to write the interpretation in parenthesis at the bottom. There was danger in the bathroom, apparently. My five year old had been playing around in the bathroom. The bathroom floor was wet…
We did a little project this afternoon. I had the boys each pick a grocery store flyer. Their task was to make one day’s menu for our whole family for under $40 and they could only choose items that were in the flyer. Why did we do this? Well, it…
My 5 year old is enjoying blogging. Today he created a blog post when he had some free time. He chose what to write about and he decided to write about our study of Ukraine. I am writing what he wrote here with the interpretation in parenthesis: Title: frst UKRAYIN…
For a year now my two boys have had their own blogs. I initially started a blog for my oldest because his handwriting skills were holding back his creative expression. Of course my then four year old wanted one too. Now a year later they are still blogging. My seven…
