Box Day!

The day our homeschool materials arrive from Sonlight is lovingly called Box Day, not only by our family, but by many of the other excited families who frequent the Sonlight forums. Today, our Core B materials arrived. We are currently celebrating the week of Unleavened Bread, and I have to admit that taking a break […]

Chronological history

There are many differing opinions when it comes to teaching history in homeschool. I have not yet defined “the best” one for our family, but I like some of what I have found so far. I want to teach history chronologically because I believe that is the best way to explain the timeline to children. […]

Finishing early

It did not seem possible at the start of first grade, but we are actually going to finish all of our material five weeks early! Thankfully, the timing has worked out perfectly with the timing of Pesach, which is about two weeks away. The curricula we will have completed this year include: -Sonlight Core A […]

A word about scheduling

I love tools that make my homeschooling day more efficient. One of those tools that I simply have to rave about is called Homeschool Tracker. They have a free online version, but it was worth it to me to upgrade to the Homeschool Tracker Plus version. I can do just about anything with it. Right […]

Excellent communicators

I’ll be the first to admit that grammar and composition are not concepts that I feel I can readily teach. I understand how to write and have had plenty of experience with creative writing. However, trying to narrow all of that down into 2nd grader bites is a daunting task. Every time I think of […]

To preschool or not to…preschool

Counting bears, matching games, dot-to-dots, posters, glueing googly eyes on a paper bag puppets…sometimes I wish I could be one of those moms. It’s not that I do not think these items have a place in the education of my children. I’ve just discovered over the years that they do not have a more important […]

Our homeschool record

I’m not new to blogging, however, the idea of recording our homeschool journey by way of a blog is a recent idea. We’re in our first year of “real” school, as I like to call it. JayJay and SeeSee are both in first grade, or thereabouts. I love teaching, and I love watching my children […]