My Substitute Teacher
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 5th, 2015
On days when I’m too sick to teach, I now have a willing substitute phonics teacher who can help his sister finish her lessons until Mommy gets her voice back.
Category Archive for 'Homeschooling'
Janie does Geography
Posted in Homeschooling, Janie on Oct 2nd, 2015
This week, Janie has been really insistent about coloring along with the big kids when they’re doing schoolwork. Yesterday, it was a map of ancient Greece!
Fine Arts Time with Beacon Hill Academy-DenHartog Campus
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 28th, 2015
It’s amazing how motivated children can be when you tell them they can play with friends after schoolwork is done. Tommy was up before 7 am, working on math, in order to be free to play with James this afternoon! Elizabeth buckled down on her work, too, flying through her phonics, handwriting, and math test. […]
What About Socialization?
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2015
Every time someone asks me the stupidest question about homeschooling, I picture this scene from yesterday. Just a normal homeschool park day. Tommy is in the background, playing baseball with the four other big boys after catching geckos for a while. All the girls, from two-year-old Janie up to 12 year olds Peyton and London, […]
Our Smallest Mathematician
Posted in Homeschooling, Janie on Sep 18th, 2015
School Scenes
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 9th, 2015
Attitude check, first day of Writing With Ease, the ubiquitous tutu (and pillows off the couch), and trying to figure out another way to understand the hundred numbers chart.
Official First Day of School
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 31st, 2015
In case you missed it on facebook, we celebrated our official first day of school today with the traditional name/age/grade signs and a joint school session with Beacon Hill Academy–DenHartog Campus!
School Mess
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 19th, 2015
This is a pretty telling view of our school day this morning. Tommy, Elizabeth, and I were still in our PJs. Susie was in the dirty tutu she’d worn the day before. Janie was in a diaper. Before I made it out to the table, the kids had gotten out the color wonder markers, so […]
“Soft Start” to the School Year and a Sort-of Update on my Foot
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 17th, 2015
We unofficially started school today with just a few subjects. Since we’re officially homeschooling under a public charter this year (for the $2K apiece for Tommy and Elizabeth’s textbooks, supplies, and extracurricular activities), our official first day of school will be August 31. But I feel like we’re ready to have a little structure in […]
Homeschooling Year-In-Review
Posted in Homeschooling on May 29th, 2015
Today is our last day of school! I did a brief homeschool retrospective over at E2S, but I wanted to go into more detail here so that I can remember my end-of-the year thoughts in future years! Bible: Tommy and I have daily homework for CBS. This year, we studied Mark, Job, and Philippians. I […]