Homeschooling for His Glory

This month's theme for the Canadian  Homeschool Blogging Team is about what we would say if we had to give a talk at a homeschool conference. There are lots of topics that can be touched on at a homeschooling conference, but I would like to focus my talk on homeschooling the Middle School age kids. I have two boys, one in 7th grade and one in 5th grade. Next year I will have two middle schoolers. I have found that homeschooling the younger grades is somewhat easier that the older grades. Teaching your kids to read, count, reading books on the couch, doing science experiments, exploring nature through nature walks, baking cookies together, playing games, make the whole experience exciting, rewarding and fun. As the kids gets older, they become more independent and develop their own interests, which may or may not be the same as your own, and definitely vary from child to child. I have found that as the kids get older, it becomes harder to steer them in the same way as you di...

It is January, and usually this mean organizing time for many. I love organizing. I am not necessarily the most organized or neat person, but nonetheless I like to organize stuff. Way back when  I came across this logo and it stayed with me: " A place for everything." Living by this rule is really life saving. Keeping items organized in your homeschool and home is an important aspect of your homeschool day. It does help you from being frazzled and wasting time looking for things. This month I am joining the Canadian BloggingTeam in talking about our organizing Tips. This month, I also participated in the Organization Your Homeschool in 20ish Days Challenge sponsored by T he Canadian Homeschooler and DownshipPRO.com In this post I will be sharing with you how things are organized in our homeschool. Books and curriculum: We live in an apartment so space is limited in my house. I use bookcases and crates to store our books and homeschool material. I do not buy and ...

This month The Canadian Homeschool Blogging Team is looking at " How we have fun in homeschooling " . You can find all the posts' round up over at Lisa's blog : The Canadian Homeschooler. When we think of homeschooling, of course we think books and workbooks. Especially in my case, since we homeschool with a classical bent, the general feeling is bookwork, and in a very real sense it is. We seek to be quite rigorous in our schooling. That said, homeschooling does not need to be all bookwork. It is really more about learning, and learning can take many forms. Today let me share with you a few of the ones that we consistently use in our homeschool: Games: I love games and my kids love games. So games is a very important part of our daily routines. When they were younger we did a lot of subject-oriented games, such as Number Binfo, or  flashcard games. Now we do more strategy games. Our favorites are: Settlers of Catan Risk Kings of Israel 7 Wonders Dut...