My Planner - What I planned for the year, the week, what we actually did this week, and who has a birthday today! My planner. It certainly is one of my 5 most invaluable items for homeschooling! My sister gave me a brief tutorial on using Microsoft’s Publisher, and it...
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Field Trips
Field Trips... They're closer than you think! A simple visit to find out about the local police department, or a trip to a museum are both field trips. You don’t have to go far afield or spend a lot of money to take such exploratory and educational excursions. Anywhere you...
End of year report
An end of year report to record what you have covered in your school year is worth the effort. When we lived in Vermont, the state required an end of year report, a written proof of what we had done in our school year. In the same way that taking...
Avoid Feeling Overwhelmed in your Homeschool
Avoid feeling overwhelmed - set yourself to do it. Avoiding feeling overwhelmed is something to set yourself to do. That sense of the weight of the responsibility of your child’s education can lead to insomnia, fear and high blood pressure. That is plainly completely unprofitable. Yet it may be where...
Book Reports
Book reports help you evaluate comprehension. Every now and then you need to know what your child got out of a book, which is where book reports come in. Developing your child’s ability to articulate their comprehension of something is very important. Having them demonstrate this through book reports (or...
My five Most Invaluable Items to use in Homeschooling overview
This is an overview of my five most invaluable items I use in Homeschooling. In trying to break down my most favorite things to use in homeschooling my children, either for their use or for mine, these are my top five most invaluable items. It’s tough trying to order them...
My Five Most Invaluable Items to use in Homeschooling: #4 A Color Printer
My Five Most Invaluable Items to use in homeschooling: #4 A Color Printer The simple addition of a color printer can brighten your day. Homeschooling is a learning adventure and journey. This is not limited to your children. It extends to you too, in so many ways. You research what...