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The Lapbooking Series: An Introduction

I have considered for some time now, writing a series of blogs in homeschooling on the wonders of lapbooking. (If you are not sure what lapbooking is, check out his blog.) But you see, I’m a novice. My kids’ lapbooks don’t look as nice as Tammy Duby’s (from Tobin’s Lab). My twins are constantly interrupting the process, and I just haven’t quite gotten it all worked out. Then it occurred to me that this is kind of the point of lapbooking. It’s not supposed to be perfect. It’s supposed to be done as you go, and it’s supposed to reflect … Continue reading →

2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance

As a new homeschooling blogger at Families.com, I wanted to know everything that has been discussed to date. In response to my own curiosity, and in an effort to make perusing our articles easier for you, our readers, I have compiled all of the blogs for the year 2006. Deciding to Homeschool Why homeschool Am I qualified for this? Reasons that Homeschooling Works! My Most Important Advice for Homeschoolers. The Cost of Homeschooling Instead of standing up for their own kids, why not stand up for all kids? Disclaimer: I am hardly an expert in education. Did You Know? ‘Empirical … Continue reading →

Curriculum Reviews: Hands of a Child

Note: I have started trying to add some curriculum reviews into the homeschooling blog. If you would like me to review something, please let me know. Since many different methods work to homeschool, my hope is to give information as unbiasedly as possible. If you know anything about lapbooking then you are familiar with Hands of a Child. Hands of a Child is a company who sells project packs, clip art and other materials that go well with the lapbooking method of homeschooling. Some Benefits The one thing that Hands of a Child is really known for is selling complete … Continue reading →

Top 5 Resources for Today: November 5, 2007

We wave good bye to Chele, who used to bring us the Homeschooling Resource of the Day. She has moved on to bigger and better writing projects. However, her resource of the day blogs were so popular, I decided to bring them back and revamp them a little. You will find now that the resource of the day blog will focus on one theme. If there’s something you’d like to see covered or you need more resource for a project you’re working on. . .let me know! Today’s theme is built around resources for lapbooking, and notebooking. I realize that … Continue reading →

My New Favorite Homeschooling Tool

When it comes to curriculum we are as eclectic as they come. Up until this year however, unit studies were my favorite. The only problem I had with unit studies was, for lack of a better word, storage. Storing and organizing the completed works could get tricky. Now, a lot of people may not have to, nor want to, keep completed works. I live in Minnesota though, which doesn’t have high regulations but does have moderate ones. I have two choices. I can either have someone come into my house once a year and look at what we have, are, … Continue reading →

Turtles in the ‘Hood Part 2

If you haven’t read my first blog about what I learned from buying turtles on the street go read it. It answers important questions like: Why would I allow myself to get suckered into purchasing an impulse pet? And why were there turtles on the street for sale to begin with? Have you read it? Okay good. Now back to my story. . . So there we are, the 6 of us, standing in front of the tank with dozens of little turtles in it. My son, the ever thinking and always observant one says, “Mom–can these be our special … Continue reading →