I wasn't quite sure how to title this, but basically what's going on is that my 12 y.o. son aces his spelling tests, does well with his grammar...
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/more-school-obama-would-148087.html I thought this was particularly interesting: Obama and Duncan say...
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/cursive-may-be-a-142428.html Forgive me if this has already been shared. I suppose I can understand...
I've commented before about how DS2 is a little "behind" where I'm sure he'd be with reading if he were still in school. My goal with him has been...
I am due with DS3 in a couple of weeks. I am so tired. It's been a complicated pregnancy (high blood pressure, insulin-dependent gestational...
I know, small pet peeve compared to some of the annoying things our husbands can do, but...it's one thing I've really noticed since I've been on...
I'm just curious, wondering if my experience is all that different from most. My b-day was yesterday. Today I got a card from my FIL and his...
I was just talking with a friend about curriculum, and how well DS1 has done with TT math. She said she glanced at it at a HS convention and said...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/08/13/howard.education.monopoly/index.html Interesting article from Clark Howard, an Atlanta-based talk radio...
Our group does art, PE and music, and our first day is tomorrow. The leader JUST sent us an email stating that our kids will need to bring...
And I don't know what to tell her! So I said I'd ask here because you guys always have the best advice! ;) Basically, her DD's in PS and has to...
Yesterday was not a very good day here in our homeschool. I have 2 boys, 11 and 7 (6th and 2nd grades). I am also 8 months pregnant, and I'm...
We had frozen salisbury steaks, mashed potatoes and veggies tonight. I have a good bit of potatoes and gravy left over (but no meat). I also...
Kroger had a huge dollar sale on their own brand of granola bars and nutri-grain type bars earlier this year. I stocked up. My kids ended up...
I am such a doofus...I ordered LLATL (Learning Language Arts Through Literature) several months ago, but forgot to go back and order the student...
All the local talk this summer has been about parents enrolling their kids in the new public theme schools that opened this month (one is for...
I've told several people that we're starting early this year because we plan to take a month off after the baby is born this fall. Everyone has...
And I am tickled pink! We take Hewitt Homeschooling's PASS test; this is his third year taking it. Every time I'm waiting for those scores to...
I was reading an Alpha Omega homeschooler's devotional this morning that was talking about reconnecting with your first passion for homeschooling....
Last night I went to the dollar theater with an old friend. We saw "17 Again" (more on that in a moment). We were early and while we were...
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