Homeschool

Learning The Best Way

Grace taught herself to write when she was 3. Let that sink in for a moment. She taught herself how to form the letters. At that time, I was pregnant, on bed rest, then had a brand new baby and fragile mental health. No one worked with her. No one corrected her mistakes. Grace practiced [...]

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At The Pelsers: Getting to Know Your Homeschool Student

7 Tools for Cultivating Your Child's Potential by Zan Tyler

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading Zan Tyler’s 7 Tools for Cultivating Your Child’s Potential as part of a book club at The Pelsers. It’s an awesome book by one of the pioneers of the homeschool movement in America. It’s not specifically about homeschooling, but more about being a good and Godly parent who brings out [...]

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Our Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum

A few weeks ago, I wrote about why we use a cyber school program, but I didn’t give you a full picture of how we’re homeschooling kindergarten. The cyber school’s stuff is the tip of the iceberg. I plan for our school time to be around 90 minutes, and we cover that stuff in around [...]

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Summertime Learning 2012 eBook (free download)

We Teach Summertime Learning Contributor

I’m thrilled to be a contributor in a new ebook, Summertime Learning 2012. This ebook is free for members of the We Teach online forum for parents and teachers. Summertime Learning 2012 features: over 30 ideas for summer learning created by ‘we teach’ members unique, creative craft ideas cooking ideas with ready-to-use recipes literacy ideas for all [...]

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Teaching Morals to a Kindergartener (featuring the We Choose Virtues Homeschool Kit)

I met Heather McMillan, creator of We Choose Virtues, at the 2:1 Conference in April. We connected over Harrisburg (she lives in Harrisburg, OR), and we both knew we’d become friends. She wrote a guest post on fear in May, and we decided that I would review her Homeschool Kit over the summer. The We [...]

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101 Picture Books To Read Before You Grow Up

We read a lot, a half hour or more pretty much every day. Our living room, family room, and bedrooms are all lined with shelves brimming with books. It boarders on hoarding. We’re book people. I have read just about every imaginable book to Grace – board books, picture books, biographies, chapter books, encyclopedias. There [...]

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Why We Chose An Online Homeschooling Program

why use a cyber school for homeschooling

We use an online homeschooling program – a cyber charter school. Because Grace was beginning to read and write in the fall after she turned 4, I thought it was time to get her into a formal school program. There are a number of cyber schools in Pennsylvania; we use the only one that has [...]

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Grace Has Written Her First Book

I love what I do. I love blogging. I love coaching bloggers. I love social media and connecting with people on a meaningful level. I know I am doing the work that God created me to do. However. When the work that I love takes my focus, attention, and energy away from my kids, I [...]

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What We’re Reading This Week

With all of the craziness in the last couple of weeks, I’ve missed this post. Here’s what we’ve been reading: The Little House Box Set – We are in the middle of By the Shores of Silver Lake. If you decide to read this series and don’t remember from your childhood, Jack (the dog) dies [...]

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Grace’s Kindergarten Journal

Go to this post if you’re looking for advice on how to use a journal in kindergarten. Last week, I feared I’d have to quit homeschooling Grace. I tried to wrap my mind around the logistics of sending a 4-year-old to kindergarten in the public school, and whether they’d even accept her as a transfer [...]

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