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Archive of posts filed under the Composition category.

Journaling, Lunch and Cuteness

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Congratulations! You have been to to Ship Full O’ Pirates over 100 times! Just thought you’d like to know. That’s pretty much all I’m willing to commit to until my headache is gone.  Well, and laundry, a crockpot full of beans and [...]

More Shameless Bragging

Last evening Cannonball Jack dictated a story to me that was just so imaginative and detailed that I had to share it with you. Cannonball is ten years old and has been composing detailed stories for a few years.  But I am always amazed at the amount of plot and story details that he has [...]

Homeschooling Rocks!

Time for more braggin’ on my Pirate.  This time it’s Billy Bones’ turn.   When my kids ask for computer time I ask them what they want to do on the computer.   They know their odds of getting computer time are greatly improved if the answer to my querry is something productive like take [...]

Frugal Friday – Free Homeschooling

I love, love, love being an eclectic homeschool mom.  I love having the flexibility to change horses (or get on one) mid-stream. Wednesday I found a wonderful resource for encouraging my kids to write.  It’s a blog devoted to providing a weekly writing assignment for homeschool kids. The Author @ Homeschool Kids Write posts a [...]