Where working and schooling meet at home.
Just because it’s summertime doesn’t mean we stop learning. Some projects are best done during the summer, and making a solar oven is one such project. The idea for a solar oven came from my fellow American Heritage Girl leader at AHG camp over the weekend. We never got around to making a solar oven… Read More
I hated science when I was in school. By the time I got to college, I couldn’t even pass Biology 101 for non-science majors, though I managed to do well in Chemistry and Physics. Stargirl seems to have my (lack of) science genes. But we’re homeschooling, so I can compensate. After Christmas it was clear… Read More
Halloween just went to the birds. In a good way, of course. Pennington, The Bird Food People, sent us the supplies to make some really cool Halloween treats for the birds outside! Its a cheap, fast, easy project that you can do to celebrate any season! And even the youngest kids can help. What You’ll… Read More
One of the things I love about homeschooling is the ability to take the time to do lots of hands on experiments. To make sure we hit the state standards, we need to include “health” as a subject. Now, I don’t have a set curriculum for health, so we try to hit various health topics… Read More
A frequent question I hear from homeschooling parents is, “What happens when my child starts doing work I don’t know how to explain?” I’ll admit that’s one of my fears, too, though we aren’t there yet. Do I actually remember enough Algebra 2 to teach it? I got good grades in high school, but I’m… Read More
