In 4th grade, Hanna’s last year in public school, they learned “state capitals”. I must say I was a little more than annoyed that all they did was memorize the spelling of the state capitals. 🙁 It did however, pique her interest in the different states, and she started talking about wanting to visit each state and … Continue reading
Today we decided to try something new when it came to math. It’s our meal planning day, so instead of me doing the planning, I handed it over to Hanna. She’d picked up the Healthy Meals for Less cook book last week at the library. The book claims to share recipes that are under a dollar … Continue reading
Things seem to be settling down and we’re finding a rythym in our homeschool, which makes me very happy. 🙂 I love things to feel “normal”. 🙂 We accomplished quite a bit this week, learned some new things, practiced things we already knew, and discovered a couple new tools. I’m just going to share the highlights. … Continue reading
When we started homeschooling this year, one of my biggest concerns was science. My kiddo is a science fanatic, me, not so much! I was a little worried about being able to have enough science around for her to do and stay happy. I found Mystery Science which we do weekly and absolutely LOVE, but … Continue reading
It all started when we bought a trip to Branson at the Kansas State Fair. I’m just going to say up front… I was against buying said trip. I swore after the last trip to Branson we’d never go back lol. But… they were giving away a 1/2 day of guided fishing, and my husband … Continue reading
I bought a copy of STEAM Kids last night. I’ll be honest, I saw this book the day it came out and didn’t order because I didn’t know if it would be appropriate for my 10 year old. It seemed like the experiments were meant for much younger kids. However, last night I was talking … Continue reading
It was pretty amazing this week when I looked at the calendar and realized we hit our 30th school day of homeschooling on Tuesday! It’s been a whirlwind 30 days! We’ve definitely had our ups and downs and this week (for the most part)… was an up. In the beginning (you know, a month an … Continue reading
It seems today you can have just about anything mailed to you on a monthly basis, from fun activities for kids, science projects, a trip around the world from your kitchen table, even healthy organic snacks can now be found in a snack subscription box service. That’s exactly what Urthbox is; a healthy snack subscription box. … Continue reading
It all started with The Great 5th Grade Picture Book experiment. 🙂 I created a multitude of lists of picture books in my bullet journal, each list, a different topic. There are lists for ELA, Math, Mindset, Social Justice, Art, Literature, History, Geography, and of course Science and Stem. (Did I mention just how much … Continue reading
I'm Jackie Lee. A secular, relaxed, eclectic, homeschooling mom of one. I love exclamation marks! emoticons and say LOL way too much. I believe in learning. My kiddo went to public school through grade 4. I brought her home because she'd lost the love of learning, and I believe THAT is the biggest asset one can have in life. We made it through our first year of homeschool together, had our ups and downs, and continue learning and loving the process. I'm sharing our story, as well as the things that work and don't work for us on this blog. :) Read our whole story here.
