No, the title is not an oxymoron: you really can have fun with grammar. Admittedly, I love grammar, but I realize that most people don’t share my strange affinity for prepositional phrases, pronouns, and punctuation. That’s no reason for torturing your kids with dry grammar worksheets and tedious sessions of circling, underlining, and crossing out. [...]
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Let’s talk toys for a minute. If you’re like most families with young children, you probably have a stockpile of toys littered around the house, stuffed into the closets, or stored in the garage. With each subsequent child, I have learned to do with less — less baby equipment, less clothes, and especially, less toys. [...]
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We’re all busy gearing up for Thanksgiving and working on counting our blessings, so we’ll be taking the rest of the week off. We’ll be back next Monday (the 29th) with a very timely post about rethinking the subject of toys. As you get ready for Thanksgiving, what are some of the things that you [...]
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Last year someone mentioned to me that they take the entire month of December off – no homeschooling. My initial reaction was – are they crazy? A whole month? What do they do with their kids with no school structure for a whole month? Aren’t they going to be behind? How will they ever finish? [...]
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Photo from Public Domain Clip Art Popcorn October was actually National Popcorn Popping month, but that’s okay, because popcorn is great ANY time of the year! (I couldn’t even get through writing this post without going to make some!) I’ve listed some fun links about popcorn that you can add to your lessons this month: [...]
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Just a Tiny Owl: Whimsical and Inspirational Art
