Curriculum
After deciding to halt the Kindergarten progress back in July because we were just not ready (the beauty of homeschooling), we … [Read More...]
Audiobooks We Love
"Books on tape stock a child’s mind with the sounds of thousands of words." Bauer, Susan Wise (2009). The Well-Trained Mind: A … [Read More...]
Everything Homeschooling
The Fight for Troy Davis is a Fight for the Soul of the United States of America
The Troy Davis case has awakened this site. Deneene Milner over at My Brown Baby wrote eloquently about her views on the Death Penalty saying: But then my brain takes over when I consider America’s dark history of lynching, mutilating and murdering African American fathers, sons, mothers and daughters—all-too-many times for no other reason than… [Continue Reading]
Local-area resources offer lessons in true socialization
One of the most used arguments against Homeschooling is that children who do not attend traditional schools lack socialization. Unfortunately, this over-used con is predicated on a misunderstanding regarding the definition of “socialization”. Socialization, refers to the process of learning ones culture and how to behave appropriately within that culture. On a more basic level,… [Continue Reading]
Talking to young children about Troy Davis
I reached out the the members of the Secularhomeschool.com community as well as a few groups on Facebook about how to talk to my very curious 5 year old daughter about Troy Davis. She was asking questions and I wanted to be as honest with her as I could be without putting too much on… [Continue Reading]
Our Kindergarten Curriculum 2011 – 2012
After reading the awesome blog posts and curriculum summary over at Satori Smiles, I purchased The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition) and devoured it in less than two days. I LOVE the classical approach to homeschooling but definitely believe that it needs should be tweaked a little (we love art,… [Continue Reading]
What We’re Listening To
Peter Pan (UNABRIDGED) by J.M. Barrie and Narrated by Jim Dale. We have actually purchased this one as while I do support LibiVox, sometimes the intros at the start of each chapter gets a little annoying.
Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Award Program
As a member of the SecularHomeschooling.com, I am finding so many resources to add to my homeschooling collection. Recently, I came across a post in which a member shared the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Award Program. It was a timely find too as I just shared my family’s love of reading! Here are… [Continue Reading]
We Begin with Kindergarten
That’s not really true. We have been homeschooling since my daughter was 2.5. This past year (albeit very sporadically) we used the Calvert curriculum (PreK) level mixed with a lot of stuff that I created and some fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants ingenuity. We have been trying to find our footing, but with big changes in the near future… [Continue Reading]
If You Give a Kid an Abacus, She’ll Want to Count
Those who know me are aware of the fact that I lack confidence when it comes to math. I would rather watch reality television than engage in addition, subtraction, division, or multiplication. When we agreed to embark upon this homeschooling journey it was with the understanding that my husband would take on the math part… [Continue Reading]
A Modern Day Treasure Hunt Learning Experience
I heard about geocaching a while back from another homeschooler with whom I am somewhat familiar. He mentioned that he and his family were very much into this treasure hunting activity but I wrote it off as it was the middle of winter and sounded like something only very eccentric people did for fun. OK,… [Continue Reading]