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Have you ever heard of The Flat Stanley Project? It is a program created by a third grade teacher to help students learn to write letters to each other. I think that letter writing is an important skill to learn, but I also think that Flat Stanley could be used for so much more. In […]

Summer is here and your kids are ready to get outside and have some fun. Why not sneak a little learning into their fun and games? Make yourself feel like Super Mom by keeping the kids happy and making their little brains work at the same time.
One way to ensure that the kiddos will have […]

Should summer vacation be a full on vacation from learning or should parents try to work some educational activities in there? What about actual school work, such as math workbooks or non-fiction reading? How do you handle summer vacation with your children?
I really believe that three months is too long to go without any structured […]

Some days I question my decision to homeschool. The children are bickering, the house is a mess, I haven’t gotten my hair cut in 6 months because I don’t have an hour alone to go and get it done, and did I mention the bickering? Spring seems to be slowly arriving and with it my […]

As this school year comes closer and closer to an end, I find myself planning for next year. As a child I loved playing school and being the teacher was the best part. Now that I am the teacher my favorite part is the planning. Yes, I enjoy actually teaching my children, but the fun […]

Spring Break wasn’t quite long enough for us this year, but we are back to school. I could have happily taken another week (or two) off, but I figure we’ll enjoy our time off even more when its warm out, so we are back to work. If we keep it up we should be done […]

As a homeschooler I know that being flexible is a must. Schedules always change, things come up, life happens. I’m pretty willing to just go with the flow most of the time and not stress out about schedules to much, but it is helpful for me to at least have an idea of a “perfect” […]

It appears as though I am having a bit of a block when it comes to what to write about this week. I was whining to Cleatus about how I have nothing to tell y’all and he continued ignoring me like he always does when I talk about blogging. He is so helpful. BUT! Then […]