Okay, so you’ve got a sick kid and you’re concerned he may throw up in the night. Ever tried to clean a mattress after a kid’s been sick on it? Ewwww. What about the dangers of running from his bed to the bathroom in the night? How do you keep him safe [...]

I wanted to go to the fabric store. This meant I needed to convince my boys that they wanted to go too. I’ve taken them several times before and while it’s not their favorite, they usually manage to be tolerable. To make it pleasant I promised they could each choose fabric for [...]

My weekly post is up at GNM Parents.    One of the difficulties Captain Earthquake had with sleeping was losing his covers in the night.  When I showed up, there would be a twisted mess all shoved along the foot of the bed.  It took a lot of hard thinking and experiments, but I [...]

This is the final entry in the How To Start Homeschooling series. In the first post, we talked about Exploring your options. Second, we Investigated the possibilities. Next we did Planning and in part 4 we talked about Purchasing. Now, we will talk about setting up your work area and paper [...]

In the first three entries in this series, we talked about Exploring your options, Investigating the possibilities, and Planning your experience.  Today we talk about Purchasing supplies.
If you’ve chosen to go with a pre-planned program, then all you have to do is pay the fee and the books are sent to you in the mail.  [...]