In this blog post, I share why we started incorporating a formal lunch hour with etiquette practice into our homeschool. I also list the 11 Essential Table Manners I’m teaching my 6 year-old and 3 year-old. Why Teach Table Manners to Kids This semester, we have incorporated formal table manners and etiquette at lunch time…
Second Grade Homeschool Curriculum End-of-Year Review
In this post, I’m sharing my final thoughts on our second grade homeschool curriculum choices that I did with my 5/6 year old this academic year. We follow a traditional American school calendar – September through May – so we’re just now finishing up. I have a blog post for my midyear review and spoiler……
Rigorous Home Education: Review of The Well-Trained Mind
In this post, I give an overview of The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and talk about why I recommend it to wannabe homeschoolers who don’t know where to start. I also share what I consider to be the highlights of the book as well as a few caveats based on my own experience….
Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas
This might be a bit odd for a homeschool blogger to write about, but if you have kids in extracurricular activities, your student has other teachers besides you. Some you might not have even thought about. With a few exceptions, the end of the academic year is when I start thinking of teacher appreciation gift…
Abeka English Curriculum Review – 2nd Grade
This is my third year of teaching Abeka’s English curriculum and I’ll admit I’m biased. My mother used Abeka’s Handbook for Reading to teach me how to read and then used the rest of Abeka’s English curriculum with me all the way through 12th grade. I’m very familiar with the material and the layout, so…
