Melissa | March 29, 2010
This was one day last week. Just a little peek into our mornings. Matthew, Alexander, and Hannah sit with me at the dining table. Matthew is writing a report on the sun. I don’t let him ask me how to spell things. I just want him to write. Write whatever! Alex was reading a Bob [...]
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Melissa | March 19, 2010
This post is part 6 of a series that began with a quick look through our Homeschool Bookshelves. Click on the homeschooling category to see the rest. We use Veritas Press for our history lessons. The wonderful book suggestions are what first drew me to Veritas. Sam and Matt do a lot of reading (not [...]
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Melissa | March 12, 2010
At a homeschool convention in Virginia, I came across a chess booth. I almost walked right on past. I’m so glad I didn’t! I picked up this great book that my children have used so much. It’s called Chess Basics and it was worth every penny! It teaches chess in an easy, incremental way. At [...]
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Melissa | February 26, 2010
So far I’ve shared with you pictures of my homeschool bookshelf, and then I started sharing about our individual curriculum that we use including Sam’s Readers, Sam’s curriculum, and History of the Horse. Today I’m going to share with you about our resource shelf. I love having books right at their fingertips that useful. I [...]
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Melissa | February 19, 2010
I’m very pleased to link up with Mandy this week for her Friday’s Homeschool Feature!! Thanks for doing this, Mandy. I look forward to see what other homeschool features get posted. This past week Samantha and Matthew participated in an online science class. Science Jim has series of classes that are held weekly for $5 [...]
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