I know so many people are looking into homeschooling this fall and haven't a clue where to begin. I've been homeschooling my crew for 16 years now. I have a college graduate and a soldier. I call that success so far. I am happy to answer any questions or help in any...
My oldest is now a high school graduate. What an accomplishment! I have homeschooled her from third grade on and I am happy to say I survived it all. I began the school year wanting to throw a party to celebrate at the end. As usual, life got in the way. It happens....
Oh joy. Every year I tell myself that I'm going to have it together, I'm going to be organized and have a schedule and stick to it. Every year I fail. I run a business and homeschool at the same time. The past few years I've spent a month getting assignments in order...
375 free eBooks to be exact. This link landed in my inbox via my homeschool group. I only scanned the list and they mostly seem to be "classics", but if you haven't read them, they are free. Don't have a Nook, Kindle or iPad? No problem, most are available to read...
We've covered setting up your school year and your courses, also known as subjects, now let's discuss assignments. You should be logged into the upcoming school year, 2012-2013. Go ahead and click that Activities tab. Yesterday we copied my daughter's courses and...
I'm going to begin setting up my students and courses for school year 2012-2013. The first step (which we did previously) is to go to Admin->School Years and add the new year 2012-2013. Then on the Enrollments tab, I've assigned my students to the upcoming school...
'Tis summer break, a time for homeschoolers to prepare for the next year. For me, that means updating Homeschoolskedtrack to the next school year and inputting courses and assignments for 4 kiddos. Quite a chore! It's a bit of work in the beginning, but it certainly...
When I wrote this blog post, back in June, about in.gredients, I never imagined that I'd be moving to Austin, nevermind by Thanksgiving! But, that's how life goes, bad things happen and good things come of it. We took a two week vacation to Texas (there's a half...
Imagine pinwheels whirling all over the world, in every country. You've got Whirled Peace. Join the Pinwheels for Peace project on the International Day of Peace, September 21. Pinwheels for Peace was started in 2005 by two art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan....