My children’s favorite books

This week’s question at the Homeschool Village is “what is your child's favorite book and why would they recommend it to a friend.” It is no surprise we are a family of avid readers. We read and reviewed 99 books this 2009-2010 homeschool year and plan to make it 100 this coming school year! When I asked my sons’ what there favorite books was and why they would recommend it, here’s what they

Homeschool Village: First Day of Homeschool Traditions

This week’s question at the Homeschool Village is “How do you celebrate back to homeschooling or what traditions have you started for the new school year?”

My children , husband and I get excited looking forward to a new school year, especially our first day! In the weeks leading up to our first day, we pick and choose school supplies together. The boys loved the flash cards that we purchased

Homeschool Village: Heart for the Art

This week’s topic at the Homeschool Village is A Heart for the Arts, sharing what you plan on teaching for art.We never used a purchased curriculum for ART before, we've been happy just making arts and crafts from open ended art, StArt projects, and projects related to our unit studies. Most of what we make is made from recycled items and it teaches the boys how to find other uses for items. We

Homeschool Village: Favorite Homeschool Book

Stef at Layton Family Joy started a Homeschool Village Blog fair. The purpose for a Homeschool Village is to bring homeschoolers together to share and encourage.This week's topic is: What is your favorite homeschool book - and why you'd suggest it to homeschoolers!!I read many books when we first made the decision to homeschool. My older sister "D" who started homeschooling over 25 years ago did

Homeschool Village: Refresh

I read about this last week. Stef at Layton Family Joy started a Homeschool Village Blog fair. The purpose for a Homeschool Village is to bring homeschoolers together to share and encourage.This week's topic is: What do you - homeschool mom - do to get refreshed for the next school year?For me refreshing myself for the new homeschool year never used to bother me because I did not feel the need to