The Homeschool House

Summer School

Michelle — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:55:38 +0000

Charlotte Mason All The Way: Part 2

Michelle — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:56:53 +0000

I have been homeschooling for 5 years now. Unknowingly, I have been using some CM methods, most of which I found out about from using My Father’s World curriculum when my son was in kindergarten. The curriculum had the kids doing things like scripture memorization, …

Charlotte Mason All The Way: Part 1

Michelle — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:05:20 +0000

I am happy to announce that we are now officially going full time with Charlotte Mason methods, and it really is GREAT! Like I have said before, we have always leaned toward a CM style of learning without even knowing it, but now we have gone …

All Good Things Come…In Due Time

Michelle — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:47:53 +0000

I have had so many new and wonderful things happen to me over the past few months. We moved into a wonderful new house with lots and lots of yard, my shepherd had eleven puppies…yes I said eleven, and I have completely dived into …

Calculator Math

Michelle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:01:27 +0000

I didn’t come up with this idea…it was my 8 year old son. He started using our calculator to quiz himself on multiplication facts he has learned. He started using it everyday, two or three times a day, for about 5 minutes. Within just …

Multiplication Card Game

Michelle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:45:38 +0000

Memorizing multiplication tables can be tricky for some kids. It requires a lot of repetition for them to permanently sink in and become second hand knowledge to the child. One game that we use to reinforce the times tables is a very simple card game. It …

Goodbye Mr. Microwave

Michelle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:50:29 +0000

Being a very health conscious individual and parent, I do NOT use a microwave in our house. We don’t even have a microwave! Most people look at me like I’m crazy when they discover this, as our culture has heavily become dependent on quick fixes to everything, …

Graphing…On The Floor

Michelle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:37:20 +0000

This entire week has been a math only week in our homeschool. It has been lots of fun…(most of the time, minus a few tears from my oldest). I came across a great post (at Our Journey Westward) about doing a floor graph to help younger …

Poetry Notebooks Using IEW

Michelle — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:45:58 +0000

Poetry notebooks are really fun for kids to create. It gives children such a sense of accomplishment when they can flip through their notebook and see all of the poems they have memorized. This year I decided to use IEW’s Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization. I LOVE …

Reading For The New Year

Michelle — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:45 +0000

I am normally not one for making new year’s resolutions but this year I have decided to make one. I came across a book list over at Practical Pages Blog and I decided to make reading some of them my resolution for the new year. I …