A few weeks ago, my fourth and fifth graders completed Trail Guide to Learning: Paths of Exploration. This was our first year with this curriculum from GeoMatters and my initial impressions and assessment still ring true after nine months on the trail. We will be […]

I’m gearing up to attend my state’s big homeschool convention in a few weeks, which always gets me excited to plan for next year. As I consider curriculum tweaks, mods and complete about-faces, this has gotten me thinking about the various curriculums we’ve used over […]

We are nine weeks into our school year and our new unit-based curriculum, Trail Guide to Learning: Paths of Exploration from Geography Matters. So far we’ve explored Columbus’s early years and the significant events which led to his becoming the most famous explorer in American […]

We are in week four of My Father’s World kindergarten curriculum, Creation from A to Z,  so today my six-year-old (the kindergartener) and three-year-old (the boy who wishes he was the kindergartener) snuggled in to read Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik. The illustrations give […]

I’ve mentioned that I’m incredibly excited to begin teaching my kindergartener using My Father’s World! As the school year looms, my first priority is to determine how to best organize all the goodies that accompany this package. After some research and pondering, I created a […]

I’ve been so pumped to spend the last week digging into the new curriculum we chose for my fourth and fifth-grader, Trail Guide to Learning: Paths of Exploration. Here’s my initial take: EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.  As I’ve mentioned, this is my fifth […]

I’ve spent the last several days digging into the curriculum we chose for my kindergartener and I am so excited for the coming year. Here are my initial thoughts: FANTASTIC CUSTOMER SERVICE. While I was still debating whether to order, I spoke to a very […]