I need a piece of advice from my fellow homeschooling mamas….
My 4-year-old Connor started Kindergarten curriculum a few weeks ago. He LOVES doing school.
He loves the activities in his books… Coloring, cutting, pasting, reasoning, writing, counting, etc. I think, however, he really loves being included with his big brothers more often.
Either way, he’s [...]

Yesterday, as I mentioned, we took the kids on a field trip. The night before, they didn’t know where we were going. I finally hinted, “It begins with T.”
Connor immediately flew into phonics mode: “T…T… Texas?”
“No,” I chuckled.
“Town Hall?” he asked.
You can’t blame him for trying.
We actually went to a nearby tomato farm! It was [...]

We’re on our way to another homeschool field trip this morning. We had to stop for gas.
This particular station has those newsy/commercial-type TVs above each pump.
Connor watched for a few minutes, then says, “Mommy, why do they only show the news? That doesn’t help you learn about God or the Bible.”
Good point.

Both of our girls like to sing, like their Dad. Both of our girls like to make up words to their own songs, like their Mom.
I don’t have a musical bone in my body, but I like to make up songs — silly or otherwise (but mostly silly.)
Today, Ferris has been carrying around a small, [...]

We’re often asked why we homeschool. I generally stick with telling reasons that I LOVE it, instead of bashing other options. I’m a product of public schools, and they have their place.
Some of my reasons include:

we can focus on subjects not offered in public school, like Bible
we can make up our own subjects, like “service” [...]

Evan is often my earliest riser. Even after the excitement of VBS last night, she was still up right at 7 a.m.
I heard her up, so I got up to snuggle — my favorite early morning activity. She was sitting sweetly on the couch. When she saw me, she smiled and said, “You can sit [...]

Don’t try to follow my train of thought. It derailed awhile back.
1) Speaking of trains, Ferris “rode her potty train to the end” this week. We started with her Special Potty Day last Monday. Yesterday (Monday again) she finished it off by getting 26 stickers (successes) in a row on her chart!! Woo-Hoo.

Her reward was [...]