My oldest son (currently 1st grade) had been reading along so well. We had studied short vowel patterns, blends, digraphs, bossy r patterns, and some long vowel patterns. Then he hit a little road block. Many of his independent reading books began introducing multisyllabic words and he simply froze. Because the words were longer, they […]
Need a Party Activity? Try Pick and Draw!
This past weekend I had 5 preteens hang at my house for an evening in order to celebrate my 11yr. old daughter’s birthday. One thing I do when having a group of kids over is to try to have at least 2-3 structured activities available. This helps keep things a little calmer (though with 5 […]
Learning About Birds: 7 Activities for Young Children
Are you participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count? My kids are very interested in learning about birds, so I came up with some bird activities to last through the month. Each day this week we will go on a bird hunt and see what type of bird we can spy with our little […]
Gregor Mendel, Genetics and Spudoodles
Sometimes when I look ahead at the biology module titles, I start to sweat. Will I be able to help my high schooler understand this when I don’t even remember what it is? Now I do have a basic (very basic) understanding of genetics, but my sleep-deprived brain (due to my sweet little newborn) had […]
We Choose Virtues for Your Family
We have been using We Choose Virtues for a little over a year now and it has been a very helpful tool in our household. What I like about this program is that it doesn’t take much time to implement. If I want to do extra activities, I can. If I don’t, no problem! It […]
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