I love science (now). In high school and college, not so much. I did just fine in my high school and college science classes, but I was that kid that could learn anything and took tests well. I just wasn’t “into science”. My public-schooled son, Rockman, is a science-nerd; he’s majoring and minoring in variousContinue reading “Science – Where we’ve been”
Category Archives: K-8 Homeschool
French – Where we’ve been
Foreign Language – Parlez-Sie Franzosisch? Yes, I wrote that on purpose. I read early on that language learning happens best at a young age when native language acquisition is still taking place. So why not start a language in Kindergarten? Sounds great! I studied French for four years in high school and two more semestersContinue reading “French – Where we’ve been”
Math – Where we’ve been pre-high school
So I am one of those weird people that actually loved math in school. I graduated with a BS in Math from the University of Michigan, which sounds like torture itself. Why did I choose math? Because it “makes sense” and is just a series of puzzles that are longing to be solved. I’m notContinue reading “Math – Where we’ve been pre-high school”
What we used in the past – AmblesideOnline
Back before kindergarten when I was researching methods of homeschooling, I quickly learned about the Charlotte Mason method. Charlotte Mason lived 100 years ago and had the belief that children were whole persons and not just a mind to fill. She wrote a whole series of books that are used heavily by homeschoolers today, particularlyContinue reading “What we used in the past – AmblesideOnline”
Our Homeschool history – Where we’ve been
We can’t talk about high school until you know where we’ve been. It is an understatement to say that we haven’t been consistent with curriculum. As her learning styles changed (or I realized what they were!), and I learned what works and what doesn’t, we’ve adjusted over the years. The one constant has beenContinue reading “Our Homeschool history – Where we’ve been”
Top of Her Class of One 