First Day

Just carry me upstairs right now.  We started school today and overall it was a good day.  But starting new curriculum, adjusting to Mini’s new schedule, and trying to make the first day fun and exciting meant it was a looong and tiring day.
And it’s summer for pity’s sake.  Who’s idea was this again?
Yeah, I [...]

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Homeschool Review Part II

Warning! This is a crazy long post.  Feel free to just leave now and have a good weekend.
Our homeschool umbrella group (through our church) has been an established organization for over 15 years.  I think there are around 60 families (about half go to other churches in the area) and with that large size, social [...]

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Homeschool Review

My end-of-year homeschooling review is on Wednesday so I’ve been sorting and stacking examples to show my reviewer the work that Max completed since our last meeting in January.
For kindergarten, at least, the review isn’t so scary.  It’s a bit like Show and Tell and can serve as a needed shot in the arm to [...]

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Random Thoughts After Midnight

1.  Loved your comments about the floors.  Totally boosted my confidence, thank you.  I think we’re ready to talk hardwood.  We are meeting with our guy this weekend.

2.  We did school outside two days in a row.  I felt like such a groovy mom and I know Max appreciated the fact that I didn’t fuss [...]

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Field Trip: 18th Century Manor

Today we toured the Rose Hill Manor Children’s Museum in historic Frederick, Maryland.  Rose Hill was owned by Thomas Johnson, Maryland’s first governor and pal of George Washington. He gave the land to his daughter the night before she got married. How’s that for a wedding present?
We haven’t studied the Revolutionary War period and about [...]

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O Come Blessed Saturday

I tucked Max into bed tonight and started our popcorn-style prayers as usual.  I said “Thank you God for all the things we learned today.”
Homeschooling Mom! I Rock!
Max said, “Thank you God for finally a DAY OFF!”
Okay, he likes to take a break on the weekends.  Got it.
Walking away now.  See you on Monday.

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Five for Friday

1.  Oh, this girl.  She looks so happy, doesn’t she?  Looks can be deceiving.

She had a hard week.  It was Tooth Eruption ‘O9 – she got four new ones.  Lucky for us she didn’t wake up in the middle of the night but her naps were choppy at best and she had a fever, runny [...]

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Field Trip: Kennedy Center

Living so close to the District has many perks that we often take for granted.  There’s so much to do around here; the possibilities for homeschoolers to learn “off-campus” are astounding.
And free!  Or, at the very least, dirt cheap.

For five bucks, we went to a performance at the Kennedy Center this week.  It was geared for kids (K-2) and was so [...]

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To Get a Pal You Need to be a Pal

This was the moral of one of Max’s simple reading books titled Tick Tock Gets A Pal (Hooked on Phonics – love these little readers).  The story was about a dinosaur named Tick Tock who was so sad that he couldn’t find a pal to play with.  He asked the dog to be his pal.  Nope, too busy.  Then [...]

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How Do You Like Me Now, Teacha?

Max is pretty much taking over the homeschool these days.  A learning lightbulb has turned on and I’m just a mere bystander at the moment.  We’re really proud of how he is learning how to read.
He’d still rather be read to, though, and I don’t picture him ever growing tired of it.  I usually read a little bit to [...]

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