No, I’m not talking about schooling year-round. I realize that some families find schooling year-round to be a viable option for many reasons, but my purpose here is not to discuss the merits of either a traditional school calendar or schooling year-round. Our family has chosen to school according to a more traditional school calendar,ContinueContinue reading “Summer School”
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Re-Entry
I’m baaack! Yes, the suitcases are put away; yes, the dirty clothes are all washed; yes, the sand pails and towels are cleaned up and stored. The pictures are even off my camera and onto the computer. What?! Already?! Yep. How?Day one: unpack all suitcases to either hampers or drawers, as appropriate; put suitcases away;ContinueContinue reading “Re-Entry”
Papers, Papers Everywhere – Not! Or How and Why to Create a Portfolio
What does a hard-working homeschooling mom do with all those 3-D projects, art papers, grammar workbooks, math tests? Throw them away? Horrors!! There is an alternative that can make both the “savers” and the “throwers” happy, believe it or not. The solution is to make a portfolio to showcase a selection of each student’s bestContinueContinue reading “Papers, Papers Everywhere – Not! Or How and Why to Create a Portfolio”
Bethany LaShell 