Homeschooling

  • Migi’s Reads, December ’09 – March ’10 #3

    These were rated “okay” by Migi, age 11: Continue reading

  • Higher Learning Indeed

    Higher Learning? by Anne Hendershott As the mom of a college student (and more coming in just a few years), I keep my eye open for articles such as this which I see as a “state of the nation” type… Continue reading

  • August Reads

    Yena: Aint’ Nobody A Stranger to Me Migi: Lost In The Barrens Migi and Yena: Triss A Fruit Is A Suitcase for Seeds Blaze Shows the Way Elements and Compounds (Why Chemistry Matters) Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken Earth,… Continue reading

  • Shameless Bragging

    Since this is my blog, I’m allowed to brag once in a while, right? I also post this as an encouragement to myself and other homeschooling mothers who worry about their children’s writing skills. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned… Continue reading

  • More July Books

    All: More Adventures of the Great Brain Migi and Yena: The Queen’s Feet by Sarah Ellis and Dusan Petricic Blaze and the Lost Quarry Planet Mars by Seymour Simon Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst The Donkey’s Dream… Continue reading

  • Books We’ve Read So Far In July

    (my boys didn’t like that one much) baby’s awake. more later! Continue reading

  • Thinking About Thinking

    It’s summer, so a particularly appropriate time to think about thinking. This is the season when I usually go through past curriculum, evaluate what worked for us and what didn’t, get rid of books taking up space in the shelves,… Continue reading

  • Day 14, Italy

    More notes. Can’t really write blog posts (unless I write them ahead of time) because our “high speed Internet” (HAHA) fluctuates so unpredictably. Like 435 Kbps one second and 0 the next. Ugh. But. Not complaining. It’s still better than… Continue reading