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Education Week in Review: April 1 – April 6

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This week, I began my series of articles on the subject of science. Science is often not considered to be a core subject such as language arts and math. However, science is very important to the progress of our society. I will continue to add science information and ideas to my blogs. In addition to science, I have also been discussing parent teacher conferences. My school just recently completed the last parent teacher conference session of this school year. Below you will find a brief description of articles from the week. Sunday, April 1 Science-My Weakness In this article, I … Continue reading →

Field Trip- What Else Could Go Wrong?

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Wow! What a field trip! You always say prepare for the worst and anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Well, yesterday’s field trip hit all of these! Before the trip ever began, we had trouble. Parents are typically welcome on our trips. However, we were attending a play and could only reserve enough seats for the students and teachers. Therefore, some parents were upset that they could not attend the play. We asked them to meet us at a park for lunch and all seemed settled. The morning of the trip, we awaited our bus. We always request … Continue reading →

8 Things Dad Can do to Support his Homeschooling Wife

Let’s face it: homeschooling is a full time job! So is cleaning the house and taking care of the kids. My husband, in my eyes could win a “Father of the Year Award.” He takes on all manner of extra duties so that we can home school our kids. Although I am home with the kids and I am primarily the one who does the teaching, my husband picks up the slack so that home schooling can work in our busy household of 5 kids–all under the age of 7, mind you. Here’s a list of the 10 things he … Continue reading →

Why I Homeschool: An Answer for Kaye

Well, Kaye asked why, so I’m going to answer her! If you have not read Kaye’s blog you may want to before reading mine; this is a direct response to her earlier post. Let me say also, before I begin, that we have agreed to discuss publicly our views via our blogs. We are interested in good discussion, but not in a mudslinging brawl. It is neither her or my intention to bait and we don’t want to encourage anyone else to either. Differences of opinion make for good discussion and good fodder for thought and understanding. In conclusion to … Continue reading →