We have just about finished up our second 12-week term of the school year, with a few things to catch up on over this break week. For some reason I get antsy to start planning the next school year around this time of year, even though it’s months off. I’ve already been looking over the… Continue Reading
Seeing as it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought I would share some of the ways my sweet husband has contributed to our homeschool which have helped me worry less and have more time and energy to do what I do. Several times people have said to me, in reference to homeschooling, “I don’t know how you… Continue Reading
Two more weeks until a break – can I make it? 😉 Scholé of Intent: We finished up two Morning Time books this week. I actually read from Opal Wheeler’s Edward MacDowell bio during lunch the past few Mondays because it’s been hard to fit it into our Morning Time along with the Young People’s Concerts.… Continue Reading
Last fall, I watched Julie Bogart’s Periscope videos, in which she explains her concept of “awesome adulting”. She encouraged moms to make time to pursue something just for them, perhaps something that they had been interested in during childhood or early adulthood. I remembered my childhood fascination with archaeology, and thought it might be fun to take… Continue Reading
Getting back into the school routine after a break is always difficult, and perhaps even more so when you have the post-Christmas/winter blues. But there were some scholé-moments this week to encourage my heart. Scholé of Intent: One of the new things we’re trying this term is a bi-weekly meeting with my friend Dawn and her… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I was about ready to poke my eyes out again over what little progress L is making in his reading lessons. Christmas break probably didn’t help, but he just doesn’t seem to be grasping how to sound things out, and often forgets his letter sounds. But you would think after already teaching three to… Continue Reading
Scholé of Intent: As I mentioned on Monday, we watched a SQUILT Music Appreciation webinar together during Morning Time. It was good, but sometimes I wonder when the kids seem restless and ask “Is this done yet?” whether they are getting anything out of it. 😉 Well, later this week when we were decorating the Christmas… Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I did a “scholé” post, so I thought I’d share some highlights of our first half-term this school year. 🙂 Scholé of Intent: I find open-and-go books and curriculum make my job so much easier, and make it much more likely that we will actually get it done. The Memoria Press… Continue Reading
Today I finished Lee Binz’s Setting the Records Straight: How to Craft Homeschool Transcripts and Course Descriptions for College Admission and Scholarships (I didn’t read through all the examples in the appendixes, but I can refer to them as needed). Miss A is only six weeks into 9th grade, but it has already been a bit… Continue Reading
On Monday, I listened to the latest CIRCE Institute Quiddity podcast episode: Cultivating Human-ness in Our Students. James Daniels talked about commonplacing, contemplation, conversation, and many other things, but when he said the following, I stopped washing the dishes to put it in my commonplace book: And the best way to not forget, I believe,… Continue Reading