“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Paddling from sea to shining sea
This post contains affiliated links. Last spring when I was looking for geography curriculum, I came across a free resource for U.S. Geography, 50 States and Where to Find Them by Kathy Jo DeVore of Barefoot Meandering. (I honestly cannot remember where at this point. I really ought to write that stuff down. Thanks whoever […]
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Field trip ninjas!
Homeschoolers love to take field trips. Actually, homeschoolers are apt to call anything a field trip: a trip to the grocery store? Home management field trip! Dentist visit? Health/career options field trip! Visit to the DMV or post office? Government-in-action field trip! We also like the more traditional field trips as well: zoos, museums, etc. […]
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Last cannonball of summer
Okay. This is it. This is the no-fooling, grab it while it’s hot, last day of summer. Cannonball! Today we went to the pool for the last day. We’ll laze about reading Harry Potter, and taking our last “light” summer day. (No, we still aren’t finished with history and geography. Yes, we will get finished […]
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First day of high school?
Little Miss is doing a rolling start on some of her classes, even though the Thompson Family Academy doesn’t officially start until September 1st (as God and J.K. Rowling intended). She actually started her online Latin class last week, but today was a really big day for her — and for me. Today I dropped […]
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Terrible Tuesday: last vestiges of summer
Lots of kids — homeschool, private school, public school, whatever else school there is (submarine school?) — are back to school this week or next. We’re holding on to summer as long as we can, even though Little Miss started one on-line class last week and starts a class at private school this week. This […]
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Cat herder, extraordinaire
One of my favorite Superbowl commercials happens to be an excellent metaphor for my life right now. Right now I’m trying to get everything ready we can start the school year strong after Labor Day. Except we never really quit the last school year. We have just over two weeks to get through the […]
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Everybody loves a sale!
Except communists, I guess. But since I probably don’t have a lot of communists reading this blog, it doesn’t matter. Non-communist homeschoolers really love sales, and Compass Classroom has a huge sale this week only–30 to 50 percent off. This is the company that puts out Visual Latin. We love this program, and I’ve reviewed […]
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Homeschool Sea Change
In years past, I’ve had one or two big planning sessions where I could shut out the world, hunker down with the books and the charts and the lists, and get the major overview of our year planned. For various (and frankly unsatisfying) reasons, that hasn’t happened this year. I’ve snatched moments here, scribbled down […]
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Character
Tonight our homeschool group is having the end of year banquet where each child is awarded a character certificate by their parents. This is the first year we’ve done this, so I was sure what to do. Most families focus on a spiritual virtue in which their child has grown. Talking with MTG, it didn’t […]
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The deadline approacheth
I almost missed the deadline for free state fair tickets! ACK! Homeschoolers living within 100 miles of the fairgrounds can get free tickets to attend the Texas State Fair on Thursdays by sending a letter. The details are below. We had to skip last year, and I really miss the fried everything and the watching […]
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