I am going to list some of my favorite homeschool websites that I continue to go back to for inspiration:
Five in a Row Message Board
Free Homeschool Items
Spelling Tips
Science Experiments
American History Booklists
Free children's learning website
This post is a work in progress. I plan to continue to add websites that will help all of us in our homeschooling journey.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Homeschool Time
Abbie and I have had fun, I think, in school lately. We are studying the American Girl Felicity which means we are learning about the time around 1774 in America. Yesterday we attempted to make rock candy but I'm not sure if this is going to work. I plan for us to try again tomorrow to make some more.
Abbie is also zipping along in her math program and doing a great job. I love that we have found a math program that she actually likes and is learning so much. This year we started with Teaching Textbooks and we plan to continue with this next year in 6th grade.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Valentine's Party at Church
This year we planned a Valentine's party at church. Unfortunately for us the only snow we have received this winter came on the day of our scheduled party. But that didn't stop us, we just postponed the party to the next Wednesday and had a great time.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Snow Day!
It started snowing yesterday afternoon and today this is how our house looks! We don't get much snow around here so we have really had a good time building snowmen and having snowball fights.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wednesday night at church
This is our class on Wednesday night at church. We just finished making the bulletin board. Toward the bottom of the picture you can see where we were playing Bible Pictionary. This is a fun game where we draw pictures of Bible stories and then everyone gets to guess the correct story.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
So far today has been a very nice day. I have a few new goals for myself so I hope to start blogging more about them to help hold myself accountable.
My first goal is: I want to start keeping tabs on how I spend our money. I saved most of our receipts for January and today I put everything into the computer so I know how much I spent on groceries, gas, gifts, clothes etc. I think this should be interesting to see how much I spend on everything and maybe be able to save a little money. I've also started a price book so I will know how much different foods cost at different grocery stores.
Another goal of mine is to start making more bread and try new recipes for bread. I really enjoy making yeast rolls and this is the recipe I used today:
2 1/2 cups water
2 Tbls. yeast
3 Tbls. sugar
1 Tbl. salt
1/3 cup oil
6 cups flour
Mix yeast and warm water and allow to sit for a few minutes. Add remaining ingredients and let your mixer knead the dough until it is a soft dough. Let it rise in mixer. Punch down every 10 minutes by turning on the mixer. Do this 4-5 times. Shape into rolls and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
My first goal is: I want to start keeping tabs on how I spend our money. I saved most of our receipts for January and today I put everything into the computer so I know how much I spent on groceries, gas, gifts, clothes etc. I think this should be interesting to see how much I spend on everything and maybe be able to save a little money. I've also started a price book so I will know how much different foods cost at different grocery stores.
Another goal of mine is to start making more bread and try new recipes for bread. I really enjoy making yeast rolls and this is the recipe I used today:
2 1/2 cups water
2 Tbls. yeast
3 Tbls. sugar
1 Tbl. salt
1/3 cup oil
6 cups flour
Mix yeast and warm water and allow to sit for a few minutes. Add remaining ingredients and let your mixer knead the dough until it is a soft dough. Let it rise in mixer. Punch down every 10 minutes by turning on the mixer. Do this 4-5 times. Shape into rolls and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
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