Enjoying the Chaos

I don't know about you but I need all the help I can get to be organized. Homeschool organization takes a lot of work. However, when you have the right tools it becomes a lot easier. I recently received a copy of the new Hey Mama! Print Schoolhouse Planner 2016-2017  from  The Old Schoolhouse . I love the cover of this planner. It's old world charm and it's awesome! The calendar/planner is chock full of papers and planner sheets to help everyone. The first three pages are monthly quick views of 2016, 2017, and 2018. With some awesome motivation thrown in a long the way.  "What does the IDEAL Mama look like? - Easy Look in the mirror and smile big. There she is!"  Then we jump into the part of the calendar we will be using - July 2016 there is a ruled page and then a large month view 2-page spread ready to be used. Each month has a dedicated 4 page spread. The first two pages are a sheet of motivation and the lined monthly note page ...

In 2014 we reviewed a program called  Essential Skills Advantage  Captain and Boo used it and so when I heard it had be revamped I thought it would be fun to try it again. However this time Boo has aged up and so this time it was just Captain using it. Captain has really enjoyed working on his English, Math and Science skills using the  Complete Home Learning Suite . We received a year's access to the program. When I told Captain I wanted him to try the program he was a little dubious. He can remember as a five year old the old program wasn't the easiest to find his way around. When we signed into the program this time we were both very surprised. It's very easy to use and he was off! It's a great program if you are busy and want to supplement your teaching time with some great online education. When you first sign it you see the following screen; I got Captain to work through each section, so it was super easy. He would click on the reading tab and then ...

I am just going to take a few moments today to brag about my hubby. If you remember back a few years ago I had a hankering for a enclosed porch/sunroom. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our home and move an hour south, an hour I hear you scream. Well yes, just and hour to save my hubby commuting two hours a day. We missed him, and he missed us. So this works, we have more time together and we live so close to his work he even comes home for lunch most days. So of course this move meant that we left our nice sun-room and our beautiful community summer pool behind. These were some of our favorite things. Our current town has an amazing swim team and an indoor pool which we love, but the outdoor pool is just that a pool, no zero entry and a lot of people.   So we got a pool. For the last three years we have enjoyed it and this year we wanted to step up the enjoyment so hubby has built a deck. The extra awesome park is he built it (mostly) out of wood that was given to him. I...

We have recently had the chance to play a game so new it's not even available yet.  Sunya - The Magic and Wonder of Math and Science Multiplying and Dividing . This is a very unique game that helps memorization of multiplication and division from  Sunya Publishing I played this game with Jam and Boo as it is designed for ages 9 and up. For this review we received; Game book Sixty playing cards Multiplying and Division number line 30 fact and riddle cards The riddle cards are super fun! The inventor/author has a bachelor's degree from John Carroll University and a master's degree from Barry University. He has worked in teaching.  The game itself is fun educational game. We enjoyed playing it even though it took a couple of tries before we got a hang of it. Sunya (the "u" is pronounced as "oo" in "book") is from the Sanskrit language which is an ancient and classical Indian language. The word means empty or void which...

I have been using  Introductory Science  from Science Shepherd  with Captain for a few weeks now. To say he loves it is an understatement. I have not reminded him about doing this subject since the day we first logged on. He had a already watch over a weeks worth of videos before the student book arrived, and then he went back and watched them again so he could complete the workbook. We received a 12 month access to daily 2-5 minute videos and a copy of the level A workbook. The program is a full science course for children aged 6-11 and covers topics from the creation, science skills and tools, earth science; including meteorology, geology, oceanography, astronomy. Life Science; including underwater creatures, flying creatures, land creatures, human beings, be healthy. Physical Science; matter, energy, motion, and magnets, Captain has really jumped head first into this course. According to the pacing guide we should be about week 4 or 5 he's on week 9....

We have been pleased to use lots of courses in the past from Memoria Press and Captain has been influenced by his older brother's love of Greek Mythology so he was really excited to be able to work on a course just for him. We received their D'Aulaire's Greek Myth set  and Captain is loving it! To facilitate this review we received everything in the picture above. A student book, teacher guide and a copy of D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths plus a set of Greek Myth flashcards. The course is divided into 25 lessons with a review lesson every 5 lessons making a total of 30 lessons. So it easy divides into a full year course. I know some people don't like Greek Mythology but my older son loved and so it seems to have stuck. Boo didn't find it quite as interesting but even she loved the D'Aulaires book. Captain was excited to have his very own copy to study including a 'big boy' workbook. The other reason I like Greek Mythology is ...

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