I stopped thinking about curriculum back when I was trying to figure out what method of homeschooling we would follow. And now, about two months into it, I think I need some.
Alice breezed through the workbooks we purchased. And for the past couple of weeks we have been doing projects around the house, letting her [...]
A quick post so I can remember where I read this - Homeschooling does not equal isolation.
Over on a message board I frequent, there is a debate section. There is an article on the front page of MSN with the title of something along the lines of “the controversy of unschooling” or such. Someone on [...]
This past weekend I realized we really haven’t been schooling much. Alice is still looking at school as doing worksheets. This coming weekend or next I am going to buy somethings so we have Montessori stations around. We actually probably have stuff we can use, but it isn’t designated for a particular station.
She is learning [...]
Alice sounded out “friend” today!
What an awesome first word to learn to read!
We have been working on phonics and the alphabet a lot, every day it seems. I found a cool website that has interactive games for kids and at first I let her play the letter games. Those are the very beginning [...]