Last saturday was my youngest boy's birthday. He turned 3, hooray!! We had a conference at our church that day, so we did not do much. We gave him some gifts as he woke up in the morning before I went off. Then When I came back, we had some Swiss Chalet food (the kids' favorite family restaurant) and a nice chocolate mousse cake. Did the Happy birthday thing and some more gifts. He had a good day. Here are some pics:


Curriculum choosing and buying can be a very daunting task. So many subjects to cover, so many curriculum to browse though, and so many companies to consider. Today I would like to share with you a product and a company that I have come to hold in high regards. When it comes to teaching writing to the boys I was not sure which way to go, as I would not exactly consider myself a great writer. Then came along Writing and Rhetoric from Classical Academic Press. I heard about it when the second book in a series of twelve just released, and I was immediately intrigued. You see I homeschool classically, and writing is an integral part of it. Classical Academic Press puts out products geared towards classical homeschooling, so there you had the first common ground. I was searching for something that would teach them what writing was, and guide them through the process incrementally, without bombarding them with pages and pages of writing right from the start. I found what...
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