I just wanted to make a quick post that really is meant for all of the other homeschooling mothers that read my blog. Homeschool Skedtrack has been working extremely well for us this year. It is an online scheduler and tracker that is very user friendly. You can keep track of your classes and assignments, …
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First of all, I must apologize for getting a bit behind on the blog. We had 1-1/2 weeks of illness and another week to get back on track with life. But, we have now completed our third full week. The girls have both been doing wonderful. The workboxes are really making all the difference. We …
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Someone was put down by a friend of a friend on Facebook when she asked publicly for advice for her first day of homeschooling. This person happens to be a teacher and stated that he/she “spend[s] every waking moment trying to think of ways to get the exceptional ones to reach a little higher and …
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H had such a productive day today! She was sick all day yesterday, and was still pretty stuffed up this morning, so I thought for sure she would take a sick day. But she insisted that she attend school. Apparently all of the rest she got yesterday did wonders for her focus and her stamina. …
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We had a fairly productive week. Today was lighter than the rest of the week, but that was because, as a family, we had a lot of things to accomplish. K was still able to get her math, writing, and spelling assignments done before we left to run errands. So, here’s what we were able …
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I’ll save most of the details for the weekly update on Friday. For now I’ll post a few pictures and say that, for the most part, school ran very smoothly today. We still have science and music to do this afternoon, but those should not be a problem at all. Here are both girls before …
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Here is what our walls looked like a couple weeks ago. You can see the remnants of last year’s school work and the absence of a few posters on the walls. After pictures are to follow. I am still trying to figure out what wall will be used for what subject, and I still have …
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Well, the workboxes are just about complete. I just have a few more squares of Velcro to put on the drawers of K’s workboxes and on the help cards. For those of you who are not already familiar with the workbox organizational method, here is the link where it originally started. And it has taken …
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