This has been a very busy week for us, but great educational steps took place in spite of my crazy schedule. With my husband traveling and my best friend visiting from out of state, I was a pretty distracted teacher/mother. In our homeschool this week… Despite all of this, Joel…
By Rosanna Ward I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday. This year for Thanksgiving, the Gotcher family gathered in force at my home in Oklahoma. Mom and Dad Gotcher finished their eastern speaking tour here, and Kenny, Renée, and their girls drove in from Colorado. We had a…
The Ward Family — Day 29 — September 14, 2012 Today we met for school at my sister’s house. While the kids worked on their math, I ran to the store for sugar cubes and icing. After most of the kids had finished with their math (Joel was being silly…
I can’t believe we have been in school for one month already! Friday was a fun day. After Devotion and Math, Joel got to use the points he earned in August and go “shopping” in our prize bucket! He had 100 points. He picked out an angry birds slap bracelet,…
I have been homeschooling since the fall of 2004, so this is the beginning of my 8th year. I was also homeschooled as a jr. high and high school student. I believe wholeheartedly in the idea of homeschooling and all of the reasons parents do it. I realize the importance…
No extra kids today. My sister decided to stay home and recuperate another day. So our routine was pretty much the same today as yesterday. We got all of our school work done by 1:00. After that I took Joel to buy soccer stuff since I signed Joel up for…
On Wednesdays we are supposed to go to my sisters house and do our school together. I had planned to use play dough to “make” fossils, do a maze activity out of our history book as we listened to the audio, and work on our history project. I also planned…
By Rosanna Ward What happened to the last 10 days? Well, they certainly flew by, that is for sure. Last week we did good to get the basics covered as our life was so busy outside of school. Of course, I think that is the beauty of homeschooling. My children…
By Rosanna Ward Monday was the first day of our new school year. Even though I don’t believe that learning should be limited to “school” — and decidedly believe that much real learning takes place outside “school” hours — I do so love new beginnings. I love New Year’s Day,…
Although my son Joel and I have been reading and doing math facts practice all summer, along with golf and swim lessons, August 6th will be our “official” back-to-school start date. That means back into (um… or beginning) a routine: bedtime, awake, chores, breakfast, devotionals, no cartoons, and a full…
The year 2010 was a bizarre year for me. My oldest daughter, Hannah, graduated from high school as a homeschooler in May, and Leif, our youngest son, was born in October. This year feels pretty weird, too. My second daughter, Virginia, is having a homeschool graduation on May 5th. Meanwhile,…
The long anticipated yearly homeschool convention in Tulsa has come and gone. Both my sister and I needed the encouragement. Tuesday, the first day of the convention was awesome – my lovely daughter, Virginia, was home watching Leif so my homeschooling sister Elizabeth and I could be kid free…