Whimsy is…

easily distracted

going to Egypt

Tapestries of Grace has a free 3-week mini unit availaible. I had been wanting to try this curric, but was too afraid to lay out the $$. I am super excited about this free trial. So are the kids.
Hat Tip - Keer
I checked Cable in the Classroom, and sure enough, there are […]

Read the rest of going to Egypt

teaching bookkeeping

To my older daughters that is. I was looking for a cheat sheet online to double check a journal entry I was making and came upon this handy dandy free bookkeeping course. I haven’t looked all the way through it, but it is leaving me with a good impression.
Since we really hope our […]

Read the rest of teaching bookkeeping

teaching long division

Long division is something that my girls have always had a hard time mastering. After much frustration I think I finally found something that helps.
I have them do their problems on graph paper. This keeps everything lined up just like they are supposed to be. This has solved a lot of the […]

Read the rest of teaching long division

fixing to save on school supplies

Missouri’s sales tax holiday starts tonight at midnight. You can go here to find out if your city and/or county will still be collecting tax.
Most stores have sales to go along with the holiday. I plan to buy enough school supplies to last us all year. (and a big rubbermaid tub to […]

Read the rest of fixing to save on school supplies

..refreshing her passion for homeschooling

I’ve been in a little bit (OK a huge bit) of a homeschool drought. It’s bad when the kids are asking repeatedly to do more schoolwork and I just didn’t have the energy to check what they had already done.
(Having them read a good book is a great way to fill those gaps BTW)
Should […]

Read the rest of ..refreshing her passion for homeschooling