In typical September tradition, I’m here to tell you how we’re doing with homeschooling so far. The older boys are now in 7th grade, while the younger ones are in 3rd. We got delayed by my knee injury last winter so they didn’t finish 2nd and 6th grade work until well into August. We took [...]

Good news, Internets! After more hours than I care to admit, I have finally finished the last of the Christmas stockings for the boys. This was one of those “seemed like a good idea at the time” ideas: 4 of those felt and sequin stocking kits you can get from craft magazines. Do you know [...]

In an effort to help the boys feel more in control of their day I have tried a few different strategies. When the older ones were four I printed out a list of things that they do in any given day, complete with a cute clip art picture for each item. I slipped the printout [...]

My weekly post at GNMParents went up yesterday about organizing kids’ toys. There’s still time left to get into the drawing for your very own copy of Sentinel: City of Destiny. Hm.  Well.  That’s it. Happy weekend, everyone.   Mwah.

Okay, this is the third installment of my series on how to start homeschooling. First we talked about Exploring your options, then we discussed Investigating possibilities. Now, we’re going to talk about what Planning will help you get set up. I’m assuming that you’ve already chosen an approach (anywhere from unschooling to a ‘canned’ program, [...]