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. You may have noticed that I mentioned KimC had been incubating some chicken eggs for us. Well, not her personally, she’s far too [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Homeschooling category.
Chore book over-haul
Don’t get all excited, I’m not going to reveal a method that will make your kids super chore-boys! Reading about the Swann family is what inspired my chore method of permanently assigning chores. And reading Cheaper by the Dozen inspired our chore list book. Nope. All I’m showing you today is how I assemble the [...]
The Read-Aloud Way of Life
I haven’t been reading nearly enough to my kids. I read to them every day, but just not enough. Not enough time reading and not enough variety. I think the slump started when I decided to read Chronicles of Narnia to the younger kids. I had read it to the olders years ago. I’m sorry to [...]
Favorites for Copywork/Memory-work and a list
Singing TimeI wake in the morning earlyAnd always, the very first thingI poke out my headAnd I sit up in bedAnd I sing, and I sing, and I sing! by Rose Fyleman The Cow The friendly cow, all red and white, I love with all my heart: She gives me cream with all her might, [...]
Dyslexia Anyone?
This is a direct and exact transcript from my personal (paper and pencil) journal entry of last Tuesday evening (midnight). In the mail today I received the book To Teach a Dyslexic by Don McCabe. Read it cover to cover. Learned much. So much. Ways I’ve failed (my son). Resolved Teach Spelling Every Day Teach [...]
The Boy We Want
A boy that is truthful and honest And faithful and willing to work; But we have not a place that we care to disgrace With a boy that is ready to shirk. Wanted – a boy you can tie to, A boy that is trusty and true, A boy that is good to old [...]
Printer Friendly Copywork
This is a long post (for me), but read the whole thing, it’s fascinating! I just did this myself and was so smitten with the results that I wanted to make sure that y’all know how to do it. “What did you do Mother Hen?” Y’all’re so sweet to ask! (betcha never saw the double [...]
BOY WANTED
This “want ad” appeared in the early part of [the 20th] century. WANTED – A boy that stands straight, sits straight, acts straight, and talks straight; A boy whose fingernails are not in mourning, whose ears are clean, whose shoes are polished, whose clothes are brushed, whose hair is combed, and whose teeth are well [...]
What we’re using
What we’re using for home education at the current time. This will be incomplete, I can just feel it. Fair warning. So, if after reading this you think to yourself, “Wonder if they’re studying ______?” Then yes we probably are and I just forgot to mention it. Or maybe we aren’t. You know, here in [...]
The Way Home – A Giveaway!
The Way Home: Beyond Feminism, Back to Reality This book changed my life about 20 years ago. I had no idea I was a feminist at that time. I laugh and cringe at the same time when I recall my horror/jubilation upon reading it the first time. I still have my ratty, well worn copy, and the [...]
