Homeschool will Travel
One of the greatest things about homeschooling is the flexibility the schedule provides and one of the reasons we decided to make the switch was so we could travel as a family. Want to go …
Category: The Home School Zone
Confusing Common Core
With the start of the new school year, there has been a resurgence of Common Core complaining. Last year I was an angry member of the “Parents who hate Common Core” crowd (and wrote about …
Tracking Tasks
I’m a planner and organizer. I like things to be neat and tidy (though hubby might disagree) and also for things to be easy to find and understand. As a Florida homeschooler, I am required …
Sequential Spelling
When I began planning for homeschool, looking into curriculums and texts and deciding how we would go about getting each subject completed, spelling was probably the most concerning part. I remember have random lists of …
Quick Calendar
When I was a preschool teacher, I never did “calendar” with my students, ever. Of course, the majority of my years were spent with infants and toddlers, but even my time with three and four …
In the Home School Zone
The first day of school for our school district is Monday but we are just finishing up our 2nd week of homeschooling (when I told Honeybun we decided to homeschool, she was so excited she …
Continuing Common Core
Homeschooling is a big undertaking and there are a lot of decision that must be made from your teaching method to your curriculum to extracurriculars to enrichment classes. It’s a lot to think about, contemplate …
School Zone
As we went through the summer, thinking about our homeschool decision, we talked about it with Honeybun a lot, getting her opninion and sharing what it would be like. When we finally made the decision …
Making the Move
It’s been a long summer. 8 weeks in, we accomplished less than I expected but we did make one major decision. After three years, three programs and three schools in two countries, we came to …