Homeschooling for His Glory

Looking for reading and spelling resources  here I have an online reading software to suggest to you worth checking out. Samson's Classroom  is an online software that endeavours to create better readers. That said do not let the word "reader" fool you, the software does more than help your children with reading, it is also a great resource for helping with spelling. Samson's Classroom is actually 3 products in one: Sight Word Samson: " This engaging product is proven to help early readers master the 224 most commonly used words in the English language." Spelling Samson: " With more than 5,000 words and counting, Spelling with Samson is the most comprehensive spelling product on the market.  " Reading Samson: " a cutting edge software product that helps students analyze reading material and learn how to draw conclusions and answer questions based on that material ." Samson's Classroom is really a world cl

This is what Zachary picked up on his vacation: Jellyfish stings 

We  have entered our 3rd year of using Tapestry of Grace and could not say that I have really a system down when it comes to planning out Tapestry. This year, because I want to accomplish more from the curriculum (up to now I was focusing on History, Geography and Literature), I am attempting a more rigorous planning system. Here I will lay it out and we shall see how it turns out in practice. Before the year started, for Unit 1: Made a list of what needs to be done every week, such as: literature assignment, which project, map work etc... Made a list of the vocabulary words to be entered in Spelling City for each week. Printed out the maps needed for each week. Make a master list of timelines figures and dates. Week before: Order books from the library (preferably early in the week or better yet 2 weeks before. Mark the pages in each books that we are going to read. Gather supplies for projects  Enter the week's vocabulary words into Spelling City Our week's sc

I know it has been ages since I wrote anything about what is happening at our house. I hope you have been enjoying my reviews from TOS, and have found some helpful info on homeschool resources out there. Our life here has been going business as usual, it is just that I have not been taking the time to come here, and update everything that has been going. I find that time goes by so quickly, and to be franc, my writing and sharing impulses have been lacking. Anyway that said, I just thought, for my own records, it would be a good idea to document what we have been up to in the past couple of months. I guess I will go month by month, starting with August since my last wrap-up was at the end of July. August: Summer was marked by some schooling and some outing. In August the major one was our 4-day long church family camp. The boys really enjoy camping. Us, the parents, only started venturing into this camping thing since we joined our new church 2 years ago,and are still developi

I have said it here on this blog, but this is just so much the case that it bears repeating: the internet and the homeschool community abound with online educational resource  We were yet again blessed with another, relatively new on the market, online program to review. ZooWhiz is an educational Math and Reading program for kids ages 5-15 . As the name suggests there is a zoo and therefore an animal element to the program. As kids go through the program, which consists of exercises in Language Arts and Math, they accumulate coins which they can in turn use to purchase animals for their virtual Zoo or to play games. So, basically with ZooWhiz your child becomes a zoo keeper by buying animals to build up his own Zoo. At the Zoo shop the animals are organized by habitat which makes it easier to find the ones you are looking for. They all vary in prices of course, so if your child wants a particular animal he's gonna have to work hard to accumulate the amount needed. In th