The Outdoor Hour-Challenge 2

Posted on September 23, 2009 by

We are so enjoying our nature walks. It’s funny how putting a focus and direction on something that we have been doing for ages adds so much fun. Today we did the Outdoor Hour Challenge #2: Using Your Words. We were to go outside and listen to nature then come in and write a few words relating to what we heard, saw, and felt.  It was suggested that we could begin keeping a nature journal. … Continue reading →

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The Outdoor Hour-Challenge 1

Posted on September 22, 2009 by

I have wanted to include nature studies in our day to day homeschool activities for ages now. We tried last year but it got lost in all the other “to dos” that we had. So we are attempting it again, only this year we are using the wonderful activities that The Handbook of Nature blog offers. I have been following it for a year or so now and have seen all the lovely posts others … Continue reading →

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Words of Wisdom Copywork- Proverbs 22:6

Posted on September 16, 2009 by

We have been using copywork almost from the time we started homeschooling and I have been creating our own copywork pages for our studies. We usually combine copywork with notebooking to utilize the best of both of these learning styles. We particularly concentrate on Biblical passages and find that copywork helps commit the passages to memory. As many of my readers know, I have a little e-book business on the side where I have a … Continue reading →

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Are You a Pack Rat?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by

I wouldn’t exactly call us "pack rats" but I sure do like to hang onto things as long as I have someplace to put it. I have memories from as far back as the 2nd grade. I keep them safe in my hope chest. Just can’t bring myself to throw mementos away.   You’re a Pack Rat in Training You know those crazy old people with a ton of video tapes and cats? Well, you’re training … Continue reading →

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Homeschooling Rocky Road

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

For some reason this year seems to be getting off to a rocky start. I mentioned last week that we have exercised one of the benefits of homeschooling which is flexibility. Well, after another week of struggling and coming to the conclusion that I have been pushing my son too much to achieve things that he is not yet ready to accomplish, we decided to switch from Algebra 2 and take geometry instead. He struggled … Continue reading →

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