Yesterday my husband and I were talking in the evening about the children’s education, goals for the year and past accomplishments. Back in 2010 I admitted to you that Chloe didn’t know the alphabet. Now it is still a fact…
Well, we’re using Sonlight’s Core A with Chloe and P4/5 for John. Isaac is just tagging along enjoying life. We had a fun box day – unpacking all our fun new goodies – then daddy helped the kids cut up…
Our church supports many missionaries around the world. Every Sunday during Sunday school class we read a letter from one of the missionary families, hearing about the work that God is doing through them in their little little corner of…
A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird? We collected the fresh acorns from…
We homeschool. We use and love Sonlight; we’re doing P3/4 and P4/5 this year. It’s June and we are no where near finished our year yet. Isaac’s initial health issues, plus the resulting doctors appointments that we continually go to,…
It seems like just the other day that Chloe excitedly donned her slippers and headed off to her first day of ballet. Well, on Wednesday my little girl just finished her first year, doing a fine job on the finale…
Today was a good day. We learned about mammals and three basic ways to help determine a mammal. {Hair, live young ones and nursing}. We sure love our Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature! We also read a…
If you’ve been around a while, you’ll be familiar with Chloe’s love of tutus and ballet. We had the privilege of attending the Nutcracker Ballet last year. That was a highlight for us for sure! Though she had asked to…
September 15th we started back to {home} school. Borrowing an idea from Carissa at 1+1+1=1, I interviewed the children and actually learned a few things about them! I printed these out to go in their school binders. I hope their…
Today was our first day of school. Last year we did an informal Before Five in a Row curriculum. We enjoyed the stories, but this year I was looking for something still literature-based with lots of reading but with a…