After a nice LONG summer break, we’re starting back for the 2009-10 school year next week!  I can’t believe I’ll be teaching 7th and 4th grades this year – and we can’t forget the 2 1/2 year old who will continue to wreak havoc daily!  Here’s the basic daily plan – which hasn’t changed much [...]

I was so blessed to visit with Melissa and her homeschool co-op this past Friday.  They have a WONDERFUL group of ladies who meet together in the Mom’s Oasis and the co-op is full of rich and interesting classes for the kids. I had the pleasure of speaking about homeschooling during the busy holiday season.  [...]

This was another question asked recently at co-op.  Another part of the question was:  How do you plan for next year when you may or may not want to change curriculums?  Once again, here’s the answer I gave, but I know my friend would appreciate your thoughts in a comment. I’ve told you before that I [...]

Our Middle Ages unit is going to be so much fun!  This is one of my favorite time periods to study, and I have to admit that it’s going to be hard to tame the fun down to a manageable unit. Here are the books I’m using as I plan. Hands-On History: Middle Ages Days of [...]

Two of my favorite things to do are planning and organizing.  Yes, that may be a little weird, but I can’t help myself.  Since Christmas, I’ve been in a spring cleaning sort of mode.  Bags and bags of Goodwill giveaways have been loaded.  Bags and boxes of baby things have been given back to my [...]