This homeschool blog is live! During my couple of weeks hiatus, quite a few blogs posted that need review. I have been getting down to business providing you with important words homeschoolers should know as well as compiling a list of the numerous curriculums you can use. March 4, 2007: Starting with the Homeschool blog week in review: Feb 24 – Mar 02 2007. March 5, 2007: I continued with the homeschool glossary with Homeschool Glossary (words homeschoolers should know) – C March 6, 2007: I wrote Homeschool Glossary (words homeschoolers should know) – D-E and Homeschool Prom-Watch 2007 which … Continue reading →

Last week on the families.com homeschooling blog, we covered several topics. We talked about schedules, chores, curriculum, standardized tests, and touch subjects. Here is the week in review for Feb 17 – Feb 23. Feb 17 On Saturday Feb 17, I found myself homeschooling my daughter and told you a little about why I chose to teach on a Saturday. Feb 18 To read the posts from the following week, Feb 10-16, please see last weeks’ review. Feb 19 On February 19, a shared a bit of information about how we balance homeschooling and chores in two parts. Part one … Continue reading →

This past week on the families.com homeschooling blog, we talked about finances, responsibilities, and giftedness, truths and misconceptions. Here is the week in review for Feb 10 – Feb 16 2007. Feb 10, 2007 Why homeschool? Especially if you are a single parent, Asks Michelle Thorne. In this blog post, she gives us her reasons. How do you get them to complete their assignments on time, is another question of the day. While this is not a problem unique to homeschoolers, the suggested solutions are definitely handy for homeschoolers. Finally, my word of the day, Sacrifice describes the things a … Continue reading →

It is February, and this week we are really feeling winter, even in the south. We are introspective, philosophical and cold. One of our favorite collective pastimes this week seems to be curling up with a good book. Here is the families.com homeschooling week in review: Feb 3, 2007 We started the week with Karen Edmisten explaining her eclectic style of homeschooling in Mixed up Methods. This was the last post in her series of Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling. Speaking of Charlotte Mason, I followed this post with a discussion of Historical Fiction of the Ancient Time Period. This … Continue reading →

We covered a wide variety of topics on the Homeschool blog this week, from dust bunnies to the Titanic. Here’s an overview: Saturday, January 27 Andrea Hermitt took a look at where we homeschoolers spend most of our time: Homeschooling or Housekeeping? Sunday, January 28 A great science resource was reviewed in Andrea’s Website for Homeschoolers: Science News for Kids. Monday, January 29 Andrea did some Digging for Historic Truth on the History Channel. And, in her post What Grade are They In?, she discussed how homeschoolers assign (or don’t assign) their kids to specific grade levels. I finished a … Continue reading →