What's going on!

Our schooling options are varied this year with one in public school but not getting any science or history and struggling with language arts. I use lapbooks to add to her education while waiting for some testing to be completed and then deciding whether to leave her in school or bring her home.

We always knew that C was struggling with reading: she seemed to memorize books, she never sounded out words, and she cannot spell. When we homeschooled last year, the blame for her learning difficulties fell on both of us. Our families felt that I was not cut out to teach C and that she was not trying. So my confidence was lacking when C mentioned that she wanted to attend public school and we decided to give it a try.

The school that C attends is a good school and her teacher is a dream. She has helped me see that C may have a learning disability causing some kind of disconnect in her reading comprehension and her spelling issues. We are in the middle of testing and will figure out what step 2 is after the Christmas holidays.

In the meantime, we are working on homework and supplemental work. Part of C's homework each night is to read for 20 minutes. I try to find a book that we can lapbook or do extra work with. My goal is to find a book that already has a lapbook out there for it, less prepwork for me in this busy time of our lives.

Just a little about what is going on with us right now. Hope yall had a great Thanksgiving.

Enrichment Activity 1

I am still helping with J's preschool class several times a week. I love that he is learning to deal with other kids, listen to other adults, and follow directions better. He may not get a whole lot out of each day, but he has had little tolerance for others, loud noises, or chaotic situations and he needed to be introduced to situations outside of his norm to see how he reacts. Enough of that, it is a situation that we are watching very closely.

So I am working with the preschool schedule and reinforcing letters and colors that they are doing each week. I also like that they are not pushing the kids to write with pencils. At this point they have not even been introduced to a pencil. They are learning everything with crayons.

Adding to J's week will be some type of enrichment that can be done by himself or we can include C, who is at school full time now.

I am working on our first enrichment activity with the kids. They know nothing about what I am cooking up. Thinking about some kids response recently, when asked "what falls from the tree when during Fall?" Half the kids said "Coconuts!" These California kids are missing out on the beauty of fall. It's kind of difficult to argue with the weather here, but I do miss a good fall season.

So here's what cooking:
1) I asked for volunteers on a yahoo group to send me some of their leaves that were changing colors. I want the kids to see and feel the color and texture of the leaves. I am blessed that 5 or 6 people volunteered to send me some leaves from where they live all over the country.
2) I hung our United States map back up. I made tags for where we have lived (8 places in the last 10 years) and I will make tags for where the leaves come from. We will identify and mark our maps.
3) We will identify and research our leaves. We just want to know where they come from, the name of the tree, and maybe a quick fact. That may differ based on my 8 yr old and 5 yr old interest. I also found these identification cards (on the right hand side, under to print).
4) Craft with the leaves. Make some crayon rubbings, maybe make a wreath, and do some drawings
5) C will learn a bit more about photosynthesis.

That's about all I have come up with. I will take some pictures (with my camera phone - we've lost the camera) of our ABC reinforcement activities and other enrichment times. I hope this help create an interest in learning in J, without overwhelming him or C (my 3rd grader). We will definitely take our time with this, none of it has to be done in one week.

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Building a plan

As you may can tell from some previous posts that I have been trying to figure out what to do with myself since the kids started school. Their hours vary, so I spend a lot of time at the school and a lot of time traveling to and from the school. Not really on the traveling because it is 2 miles from the house, but it feels that way 'kay!

My problem, was that I wanted to teach my kids. I wanted to be in charge, dangit! Well we all know that when we start making plans and thinking we are in charge, we end up getting a swift kick in the pants. I promise, I have been trying to avoid that.

Patiently (haha) I have been waiting on a plan for my time, my children's time, and what we can do with our downtime away from school.

My thoughts were, what enrichment can I give my kids that they will not be getting in the classroom. Did you see that key word - enrichment! Our time with the kids does not have to be ALL about their school, but about what we can bring into their lives. Aha moment, if you may!

So I am looking at a few resources that will work for my kids (and that will include plain old fun time). You see, I do not want to tie my kids down to more work after being at school and after my oldest had finished her homework. Afterschool homeschooling is not going to work for us.

I am going to build some Bible Study back into their week! I love 1+1+1=1 Rock Stars idea, but I need to modify it a little bit for a 3rd grader, but a lot of the activites my 5 yr old and I can do together.

We also have some gardening plans, camping plans, and many more outings to enjoy. Plus lots of reading, playing games, cooking, and enjoying life. I will let you know how it is going.

Finding Steady Ground

When you stop doing what you have been doing for some time you can loose a sense of who you are. That happened to me after my kids went back to school, after over a year of homeschooling. We have all been trying to find steady ground again.
Luckily, we are at a school that encourages parent involvement and I love helping. I spent 3 morning a week helping is my little man's preK class and than always stop in and see if I can help in my girl's 3rd grade class. I know that it will be a matter of time before she does not want me around so I will help all I can right now.
Since we move so much, my policy still stands - If we are in a school district that is not good or healthy for my kids, the we homeschool. No questions asked, we are not afraid of the schools or scared to homeschool . We will always do what is best for our kids.
BUT, I miss it. I miss the day to day interaction. I miss teaching, explaining, and see them learn. I am ok with where they are, but I still crave homeschooling in my soul. We may be back there someday with one or both of the kids. Until then, I will continue to enjoy the time at the school helping all the kids and the teachers.

Still Summer

It is still summer time to me and we are finally enjoying some down time. Once we got moved in military housing just before 4th of July, we began to feel a bit more settled and ready to enjoy some time of nothing. And we have. The house is set and friends have been made. we get daily use out of the closest playground

We are making some decisions about school. C would like to attend public school this year, I don't blame her one bit. This past year has been difficult on her. We began homeschooling to pull her out of a school situation that she was in. Two moves later, she misses the friendship that she had at school prior to our move from AL to MS. So it has been quite a while since she has had some good girlfriends.

Homeschool is still in our line of sight though. J will be doing a modified preschool/kindergarten program. Basically we are going to beef up the prek stuff, add in things he enjoys, and run off on every bunny trail he would like to study.

We never know what the future holds, so we are mentally preparing for every possibility. C could stay in school or come home, if R deploys we may not stay here at all (we are across country from our family), and J could go into Kinder next year, test into 1st, or stay home and continue homeschooling. Right now, we are living in the summer and not worry about the what ifs.

Hope you are having a fabulous summer. Keep enjoying it.

A Quick Update

We had a complete change of plans. Thank you Uncle Sam and US Navy. We moved a little bit further north, on base, and into a bigger house. Not much to complain about there. So between unpacking, spending time at the pool and beach, and getting all that lovely paper work done, there has not been much time for blogland.

This has been our summer. Yay for us! We have family coming during the month of July, so we will get well acquainted with the airport and enjoy parts of sunny California that we have yet to see.

Our school plans are changing a bit and it looks like I could have one homeschooler and one public schooler. We will see, I am not pushing the issue, but I am being pushed by some family member. So my hubby and I made the decision to not let their opinions influence our family. That has already helped with the stress of that decision. I will let you know where the good Lord leads us.

I did find a website that I love and will use with my 4(almost 5) year old this year. if you get a chance, go check out all the cuteness. The Crafty Crow. This links to the ABC section, but there is so much more.

Book Basket of Continents

I have been absent from the Book Basket over at The Happy Housewife, so I got to play some catch up. Been a bit busy and there is no chance of it slowing down. Schoolwork has slowed down, but our lives have gone through a change and it is not over yet. AHHH! The military way of things.

In our book basket for the last 2 weeks has been continents. I printed out a "My Book of Continents" booklet over at CurrClick during the Mother's day giveaway and went to the library to pick up a simple book on each continent. This is really very simple, both my kids can do this, and I can leave C to do it on her own. I purposefully got books by different authors so that I could see how we liked them. You could do this with a set of books on continents by the same author.

• Africa by Allan Fowler. Simple wording, good pictures.
• Hooray for Antartica by April Pulley Sayre. Much more in depth, great pictures
• Asia by A.R. Achaefer. Still a small book, but more details. Has maps.
• Welcome to Australia by Peter North and Susan McKay. Bigger book, to many details for small kids, but a good book, good pictures.
• Europe by Karen Bush Gibson (same company,Bridgestone Books, as Asia book) I like these best.
• South America by Michael and Jane Pelusey. Lots of details, we loved the pictures.
• Atlas of North America by Karen Foster. Not good for small kids, to much. I should have gotten something that did not have atlas in the title.

So all of these books were in our Juvenile Reference section. There were many more, I just picked and chose according to what looked good. if you visit CurrClick and get the booklet, there is a reference and idea section in the back. There are websites listed for craft and recipe ideas, if you want to take it that far. We are just looking for map awareness at this time.

Workbox Updates

I got some updated pictures of our workboxes. I got all this together in about a weekend and then we got spring fever. There is so much going on for us right now, that we are not filling all the boxes. C loves the boxes, not that she loves her schoolwork all of a sudden, she likes to see what is next. The one on the left is J's and the one on the right is C's.

We use my breakfast room. We moved into this house with a large table and it would only fit in the dining room. We use that to eat all our meals, except for those that we eat on the back porch. I got that small table and stools from IKEA. It is not a good idea to move me this close to that store.

This is what it looks like from my back porch, which is screened in. I actually have a dry erase/chalkboard easel, another small kids table, and J's little workbench out here as well. Maybe I will take some pictures of that to show you.

Good news is that I got my new computer and hopefully soon y'all will can stop looking at pictures taken with my phone. Won't that be good?

2009 Planner

The Homeschool Planner from The Old Schoolhouse for 2009 is out and almost ready for purchase and download. I love getting the planner as an e-book so that I can weed out the pages that I do not need. Some pages will be great for printing and some for storing info on the computer.

Each month contains a learning spotlight from planets to college to the miracles of Jesus. You also will get those great recipes just like last years' planner, but there is so much more.

This year our friends at The Old Schoolhouse revised the school and home planner pages to the extreme. The planner pages are more detailed. Some of my favorites are:

• Daily and weekly planner pages from 1 to 5 kids.
• Preschool activity pages, if you have a preschooler you will want to see these pages!
• Nature and journal pages
• Inventory lists for homeschool materials
• Chore charts for non readers
• Household inventory pages (we used these when we moved this year) Fabulous!

So, so many more! I don't want to give away all the secret goodies. You will like this planner! Mostly though, you will use this planner. You may not use every page, but you can get organized and stay that way with this planner. Everything for your home and school all in one place.

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We are still here...

Where have the days gone? We are busy and stressed here, everything seems to be coming fast. Could someone turn off the fire hose, because we are drowning in the decision making going on.

For now, we are doing what we set out to do, keeping life for our kids as stable as possible. That is one of our main priorities in homeschooling our children. We may move a lot, but they do not have to constantly face a new classroom. Our school time has relaxed, and C is doing a happy dance over that.

Today both kids had to have a sports physical done in order to participate in MWR activities on base. The nurse practitioner asked, J (4 yrs old) if he liked school and he said "NO" very matter of factly. That kid! Good news is that J is more willing to write, color, and be read to and we can see improvements. He's a good kid and still loves to snuggle with his Mama, so we will keep him.

The Navy seems to be out of money and so they will not pay tuition assistance for R to take classes toward his degree since he is at a training command. That makes no sense, I know! If he were not at a training command he would not take classes because he would be deploying or getting ready to deploy. This just came about this week. What a bummer! You can guess it, another change of plans.

Until later, say a sweet prayer and enjoy the weekend.

Memoria Press

I waited somewhat impatiently for the Memoria Press books to arrive and I have not been disappointed. Memoria Press books and curriculum is based on a classical education. The lessons lasted longer than C would have liked, but I think part of that was due to her teacher. I was so interested in every part of these books.

The Introduction to Latin books and the Famous Men of Rome books are unbelievably well put together. With these two sets of books, Memoria Press has combined history (which I love) with Latin (which I am dying to know more of). My head swims with all the knew information that I am soaking up. I hope that my excitement is wearing off on the kids.


The Latina Christiana I: Introduction to Latin books are easy to navigate and teach. There are vocabulary words, grammar, and a Latin saying. I love how the vocabulary words start simple. The words are easily applied to English words that kids can associate with. I am not sure how much C is retaining but I am enjoying teaching her.

The Famous Men of Rome books are fabulous. What an exceptionally great period of history to be looking further into. Being a product of public schools, I can assure you that this information was not taught. To be honest, C has a hard time focusing on the stories. I think that she just cannot imagine it all. So I am looking for ways to make her feel the story. You will not be sorry with the Famous Men of Rome books.

Math Tutor DVD

Math Tutor DVD has come up with a way to make math a little less stressful. Their math DVD's offer many hours of instruction in math lessons that can become a bit dry and confusing. One method and one way is the best way to teach math, in my opinion. Using the Math Tutor DVD's, your child is taught through example problems and repetition.

The Basic Math and Algebra 2 DVD's are just two of the many DVD's available from Math Tutor. You will easily find the right DVD for your student.

This program works great for the independent worker, but I easily found my daughter staring into space or drawing on her paper. That could be linked to 2 things, 1) she was bored and already knew what she was learning since she is pretty decent math student or 2) it did not interest. I really did not push to hard because I think that she has basic math down pretty well and Algebra 2 will be in a few years. Interesting though, the 2nd day that C watched a part of the video, I found my son staring at the TV, soaking every bit of it up. So I am excited to return to this video in the next couple of year with J. Now if I can just get him to write his numbers we will be moving in the right direction.

Math Mammoth

Math has been one of those subjects that has confused me. Not the math actually, but all the available sources for good math programs. Also, C is pretty good at math, not genius but she catches on without much hesitation.

Prior to receiving Math Mammoth, we had been working with an old workbook and real life scenarios. Not a bad way to keep up with math skills, but I was unsure of how to introduce new math problems.

Can I say right now that I am not looking forward to multiplication tables in 3rd grade. Shivers!

We received Math Mammoth addition and subtraction, fractions, place value, and measuring. She has been introduced to all of these subjects and we easily moved from page to page alternating days between each subject. I liked it and when I was motivated I remembered to pull out the manipulatives that I came up with to make things more tangible for C. Some of our favorites are:

counting bears
marbles
pom poms
pennies


Math Mammoth is great for those who like to do worksheets. C is not one of those kids, so I spruced things up with hands on ideas for her.

My favorite part of the Math Mammoth is that you can but what you want. You can buy an entire grade level curriculum or you can break things up if your child has different needs. Whether you buy the downloadable form, CD form, or printed text you can afford Math Mammoth and then use what you have on hand to make it tangible if you need to. I print off the page we need, stick it in C's workbox, and she calls me if she has a problem or to explain what she needs to do. There is nothing scary about that kind of math.

Check out Math Mammoth.

WiteShop Primary Book A

WriteShop Primary Book A came at just the right time for us. We were in need of something a little bit different from what we had been doing, but we needed more writing in our day. Although I should be requiring more of C these days, I liked this book because she liked how simple it was. I would think that any child that knows how to write could use WriteShop. I think that this book or any of their other books would be a great summer practice book.

Book A begins with writing a small story with the teacher's help and encouraging children to speak and write in complete sentences and slowly works up to more specific instructions with more detailed answers. All the while, your children are improving their reading, writing, and comprehension skills.

The first book, Primary Book A is $26.95 for the print version, plus shipping and handling or e-book version for $24.95 and no shipping and handling. Personally, I was happy with the e-book version, I printed nearly every page, but we have and will use it all.

Tapestry of Grace Year 2 unit 4

Tapestry of Grace has a huge reputation to uphold. Those that use TOG in their homeschooling have nothing but great things to say about it The most common compliment for TOG that I have heard is that it is clearly usable to teach multiple ages at the same time. We were able to review Year 2 Unit 4-Age of Revolutions which picks up near the end of colonial times. We learned about Benjamin Franklin as a young man and just who Silence Dogood was. We also received the Unit 4 lapbook. We have not done it yet, but I can't wait to get into it, now that I have better access to books

Tapestry of Grace has made it easier for you by developing a Digital Edition of their infamous curriculum. The download process does take some time, but once you have the whole year or unit within the year you will have access to a wealth of information with instructions. I don't know about you but I need all the help and guidance I can get.

Like many other popular curricula, TOG is mostly literature based. If you live near a large library system that has no problems with inter-library loan then getting the books will not be a problem. I started this program living in Slidell, LA which is still recovering from Katrina and moved to California and there are many more books available. So I will be able to pick TOG back up this fall.

One you download the Year or a Unit in the year, then it is yours. Make as many copies as you need for you and your family, but not for others or to sell. If your computer crashes or you get another computer, the tech guys will get you set up with one phone call.

TOG is classical in nature and does take a bit of time to prepare. Take your time and waddle through, I think that you will be happy in the end. What I love is that you only have to buy one set and it comes with everything for multiple grades. For instance, I will have a Kindergartner and a 3rd grader this fall. Not at all on the same level, but they can easily listen or read the same stories.

TOG is one of the more expensive curricula and it is just for history. Although I think that something as good as TOG is worth it, one of the advantages to the digital edition is the lower cost and lack of shipping and handling. You may have to print out many pages yourself, but you do not need to print everything.

Curious, you can take a look at the Tapestry of Grace website and answer many questions.

Book Basket Day

Back for another week of what is in your Book Basket over at The Happy Housewife. I have not had a chance to go look through the list that other people have linked, but I look forward to settling down soon.



Today has been a fun, but long day. We went to a wild animal show on base and stayed to watch "Race to Witch Mountain." We also visited the library, the post office, a quick run by the grocery store, and then the kids went kind of wild when we got home.



All the running and screaming. I certainly hope that they are tired.



I had to drop off some books and pick up some books we requested and needed. We haven't read these, but look forward to getting into them soon.

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein What a sweet story, this is the first time I have read the story to my little boy, that kind of surprised me.


• No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold


• Be Gentle with the Dog, Dear! by Matthew J. Baek I grabbed this one quickly thinking that it my help us with J's rough actions around our new dog. We'll see.


• Mishka: An Adoption Tale by Adrienne Ehlet Bashita C picked this one out and we have not read it yet.


• The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar by Nataloe Kiney-Warnock. This one is from FIAR, and we will start it on Monday


• Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride No 2 by Kate Dicamillo C read Mercy Watson No 1 last week


• Mercy Watson Fights Crime No 3 by Kate Dicamillo


• Lottie's New Beach Towel by Petra Mathers


• Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. I like Jamie Lee Curtis but have not read this one.


• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. We have read and read this book. I don't know why we don't own it.


• Where's Waldo by Martin Handford. J say this book for the first time today and had to have it. Let's see if he can find Waldo.

Now head over to the Happy Housewife and see what is on everyone's book lists.

Books Galore

I love going to the library. Visiting the library is always one of our first adventures when we move to a new town. Now, I have my gal C on the bandwagon with me, she loves to get her library card as much as I do. She takes having her own library card very seriously. At the library that we live closest to now, they have self check out. How awesome it is! There are 2 self check out centers side by side and we check out books at the same time.




Here is where we keep our library books. Separate from all the books that we own and confined so that they (hopefully) will not end up under beds or dressers or who knows where. That pink and brown bag is from The Old Schoolhouse. It is good and sturdy and will hold a good amount of books. C has her own bag from GA's and we fill them both up. The basket is metal and to heavy to carry.

The Happy Housewife has the idea to share what library books are working for you. She will have a linky up on her website once a month. You can participate by adding your list of books or doing a book review.

So now, a list of what is in our basket this month. Now please know that I don't force books on the kids. I do try to steer them away from some books and encourage them toward books that will challenge them. Some books they get just because it looks fun. Some of the books that C picked out she reads while spending some quiet time in her room. She has struggled with reading and has improved a lot this year. So some books are below her reading level and some above it and some of the books are for our 4 yr old little boy.

• The Aurora County All Stars by Deborah Wiles. She also wrote another favorite of ours. Love, Ruby Lavendar is based in Mississippi, which is where we used to live.
• Breakfast for Jack by Pat Shories No words, just pictures and I encourage the kids to make up a story to go along.
• Animal Babies in the Rain Forest Cute baby animals
• Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
• Bertie at Bedtime by Marcus Pfister I got this because it is written by the same guy that worte Rainbow Fish
• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
• My Freight Train by Michael Rex
• The Big Bug Book by Margery Facklam great pictures, guess who that is for?
• What Do Parents Do (when you're not home) by Jeanie Franz Ranson what children think their parents are doing at home without them.
• Rainbow Fish to the Rescue by Marcus Pfister Same great fish that helps another fish avoid a shark
• Spicy Hot Colors by Sherry Shahan names of colors in English and Spanish
• Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
• The Library by Sarah Stewart
• Daddy All Day Long by Franseca Rusackas
• Tippy Toe Chick, Go by George Shannon
• Mercy Watson to the Rescue book 1 by Kate DiCamillo from the author of Because of Winn Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, small chapter book, pretty easy reader, fun and quirky. 12 easy chapters.
• Fairies, Trolls, & Goblins Galore Poems

School books - most of these we use just for pictures and some things to talk through while doing the lessons. We are just now getting to this in our lessons because I was able to do some reviews of other curriculum this year and we are back to our books.

• Thanksgiving on Plymouth by Diane Stanley


• Pilgrims in America by L.L. Owens


• The Plymouth Colony by Pamela Dell


• Squanto and the first Thanksgiving by Joyce K. Kessel


• Eating the Plate: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners by Lucille Recht Penner my favorite, good realistic pictures


• The Mayflower Pilgrims by Brenda Colloms

I also read:

• Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
• Homeschooling the Child with ADD I have no idea if C has ADD, but she cannot CONCENTRATE

You can probably find everyone of these books on Amazon. I linked a few so that you can read more about them.

Apologia - Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

I loved that we got the chance to review Apologia science. The kids and I have drooled over the pictures in Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day. A Zoology textbook with a basis in creation science that is focused on the homeschooling families.

This Apologia book that we were able to review was a great textbook with activities and experiments built into the lessons. I cannot sit and read to C very much, her mind wonders, and so I was worried about how to incorporate this textbook to our day. We looked at the book and focused on the vocabulary words that are in bold. Once we started talking about the vocabulary words she wanted to know more. She also knew that we had to get through the pages before she was allowed to do the activities or experiments. Having a little goal, kept her more focused.

I think every Christian parent looks for a science curriculum that is based in Creation instead of evolution type science that we learned in the public schools. Apologia has had their priorities on homeschoolers since 1994 when homeschool parents went looking for an alternative. Apologia was born then and the Apologia family has grown every since and has plans to add to their product list.

Who am I?

At times I find it very difficult to be more than one person at a time, but how do you not do it. I chose the decisions that I did because I felt that was were the Lord was leading me. It is hard enough being a military wife or a homeschooling mama without mixing the two. These days I feel so overwhelmed.
I have always felt blessed by my life. Even considering all the downs mixed with the ups. I knew I was doing exactly what I was supposed to do. There is something that I have loved about every duty station and there are people all over the country that I miss dearly.
Now we are surviving a year away much farther from family, in a house that needs some work, with a schedule that is stressful, and we are homeschooling.
Except homeschooling is not going so well. We are both unhappy with each other and I awake every day dreading the fight that lays before us to get the work done. Of course, you can say that it is the move or spring fever, but this has been going on since the get go and I am worn out. I have changed everything more than once, had a rigid schedule and a relaxed schedule, took away privileges, and just ignored that lack of work she was doing, but now I am out of steam and tired of it all. The unfortunate thing is that she is behind in so many things because we relaxed so much to let her reading improve. Her reading has improved freatly although she will ask you every time what a word is before she sounds it out.
C would rather do what she wants to do all day long and the moment that something, anything, happens to upset her then we all pay for it the rest of the day. She cannot sit still and do an assignment and she will not do an assignment at all unless someone is standing over her. Poor little brother gets yelled at making a noise and disturbing her. All those actions are ridiculous in my book. There is not a day that goes by that one of us is not in tears. Usually her, multiple times, with screaming and shouting mixed in.
I wish there was a magic formula, but what I want more than anything is cooperation from all involved to get that formula figured out. I am sure that there is a way to make school fun for her. I just wish someone would tell me what it is.
I got the book Homeschooling the Child with ADD (and other Special Needs). I have no idea if that is C's problem but I thought that the book might give me some ideas.
Now my ranting is over. Thank you for listening. I feel better now.