The Pastor makes reading lists for our church for Advent and Lent. They really are helpful to get you through the season without missing the significance. Here is the Lent Reading for this year. So, I decided to make the kids' Lent schedule line up with what we adults were doing. I thought it would …
Human Body Box
I explained previously  our plan for science this year. I'm making self exploration boxes. Each box has a topic. I rotate the topics out so the kids have new material to explore. How much they find out about any particular subject depends on their level of interest. They can read every book and do every activity …
Modern Curriculum Press Phonics: Level A Review
Modern Curriculum Press Phonics, also referred to as MCP Plaid. I use The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition) as the basis of homeschooling for my children. We started teaching reading with The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. It is a great program, but my kids just didn't care for it like …
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Let’s Homeschool!
Some people are like me, and you pretty much know when your child is born that homeschooling is where you're heading. Some people come to it over time. So, whether you woke up the morning before Kindergarten and said, "Wait! Let's homeschool." or said long before you're children were born, "Let's homeschool!" here are some …
Beginning Readers
I went to Barnes and Noble today to pick up some readers for The Princess. She is a new reader and she loves books. I figured I'd pick up a few beginning readers for her to read to help her practice her new skills and keep her interest in reading. (It can get boring reading …
Kindergarten Objectives
As most of you know, we began our homeschool journey this year. Homeschool preschool quickly became homeschool kindergarten. Both older kids were quickly beyond what I considered to be a preschool level. And since they both enjoy "doing school" we kept going with Kindergarten. I started with both kids working together, but they quickly split …
Kindergarten Math
Preschool homeschool has been going well. The kids love it! The Moose read her first book the other day, so that was exciting for us all! It did take her 20 minutes to read a little Bob Book, but she persevered and was very proud of herself! I informed her Bob Books were for kids to …
Homeschool Beginnings
As you know (well, maybe you don't), The Pastor and I have begun homeschooling the Goblins. We have been very fortunate that most of our family, friends, and church family are familiar and supportive of homeschooling. That, in and of itself, is a blessing. It is difficult to start down a path when you know …
Preschool
We officially started "Homeschool Preschool" a couple weeks ago. I had planned on waiting to do anything "formal" for another year, but the kids were begging me. (When can we learn to read? When can we do that book? When can we have school? Will you teach me?) I had read A Well Trained Mind …
Notes From the Parsonage 