I’m only two years behind in posting this one. But it seems that it was just yesterday that Firelizard just started his freshman year. In the spring of his 8th grade year, I spent so much time researching what they needed for high school and my entire philosophy of education went out the window. I…
It’s been a very long time since I have posted anything on my blog. I started this blog because I wanted to find a way to make money from home. I also love to write, so I thought that it would be an excellent way to do both Homeschooling is still my passion… Homeschooling was…
This past Friday night a tradition ended with the growth of my son. From Super Stuffy’s birth, I have always wanted to create traditions for our family. Whenever we go to Story Book Island, we take pictures of Super Stuffy and Bear Bear next to the same statues. We have pizza and pop every Saturday…
We have a very special kind of paranoia going on around our house lately. Dozens of times each day we will hear “Am I OK? Both kids ask this question when they come into contact with anything that may contaminate their hands or their clothes. Bear Bear especially will ask this question to make sure…
February, even though it is the shortest month of the year, for me it is the longest month of the year. (And this year February even contains an extra day. Why couldn’t we have that extra day in June?) The winter blues hit me hardest in February. We have been in the winter season for…
Most people possess an opinion on education. Some believe in homeschooling, others are firmly against it. You already know that I unequivocally believe in homeschooling, but in this post I will describe the top six homeschooling myths that I have encountered in my twenty five years of teaching. As a trained schoolteacher, I can honestly…
Homeschooling Basics for Beginners Sometimes homeschooling gives you the greatest joy but it also provides your biggest struggle.. It overwhelms you, and it’s difficult to find the basics of where to even start. Every day you stay at home with your children, seemingly oblivious to the world outside the walls of your home. The entire…
