Family Camp at Bass Pro

We decided to go to Bass Pro last night and participate in their Family Summer Camp workshops.  While they were a little “dry” for children, the boys still seemed interested in them.  Unfortunately, they only have the hands-on training during the weekends, so we were unable to implement the lessons being taught. We did the [...]

Our First Trip to the Library

I am embarassed to admit this, but here goes: I have never taken the boys to the library.  No real reason, other than the fact that we own at least 100 children’s books, and have a pretty established library of our own.  Nonetheless, I felt it was time to introduce them to the public library. [...]

Cam's Cactus Kit

I have to say right now that the good folks who bring us Veggie Tales, are marketing genuises.  Seriously. I wandered into our local Home Depot over the weekend in search of some seeds and various gardening things, when I ran across this: What a great idea.  And simple enough for a six year old [...]

You Could Say This Was Our First Field Trip…

My boys love Bass Pro.  To them, Bass Pro is like a wonderful theme park.  Even the glass elevators are considered “rides”. Bass Pro is a good 45 minute drive for us.  I tend to not go there often because they are so far away, and because I find it difficult to leave that store [...]

Our First Lapbook Experiement

When I first read about lapbooks, I was a little overwhelmed with the idea.  I thought it would be too much for the boys to do.  How wrong I was! First, I found a site that has some great, FREE, ideas:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/Lapbooks_at_HSS.php I also registered with an amazing site called Lapbooklessons.com.  They had the best [...]

The Workbox System

Seems this workbox system is the hottest thing going in the homeschooling community.  A quick Google search will yield several blogs, discussion forums, and the lady who started it all – Sue Patrick.  Since I am somewhat skeptical of purchasing eBooks, having been burned a few times, I decided to try and piece together what [...]

Our Homeschool Classroom

Here is a glance at our classroom: Another look at our classroom: These are Cam’s books: These are Ty’s books: Inside the large folder are all of Ty’s reading books.   There are a ton of them!  The smaller envelope contains his phonics flashcards. **UPDATE** To see our NEW AND IMPROVED classroom, click here.

You're Doing What??

Scott and I decided to homeschool the boys when we realized that we could no longer afford to keep them in private school.  Since public school was not an option for us, we chose to research the homeschool angle.  I was surprised by the many different philosphies of homeschooling!  Each term required more research so [...]