Picking up the pace

After a few days of adjusting to our routines again, we have begun to accelerate a little this week. Junior has a cool new desk set up in a corner beside…
Read moreAfter a few days of adjusting to our routines again, we have begun to accelerate a little this week. Junior has a cool new desk set up in a corner beside…
Read moreYesterday morning, for the third time in the history of my home schooling, I found myself surprised to be at Glendale Community College to accompany another of my children to…
Read moreOne of my favorite things about home schooling has always been this Phonics program. I’ve looked back wistfully upon the early reading phase these many years, and never dreamed I…
Read moreIn the last week I have facilitated 6 medical/dental appointments in addition to the usual driving of kids to activities, and it makes me very happy that my calendar for the…
Read moreComing up for air after a week of insanity — so many appointments I lost count! I’m just happy to be done with the dentist and doctors and specialists for…
Read morePictured herein you will find tableaux typical of any given Wednesday this semester. Megan, being home from college on those days, is inevitably the instigator in much fol-de-rol and distraction.…
Read morePaul’s parents, during their yearly winter stay in Sun Lakes, always make it a point to take their grandchildren on some kind of educational field trip. In the past such…
Read moreIn case you might find this useful, as I do on a daily basis — great little math worksheet generator for your home school or just getting in some extra…
Read moreLast week was a week fraught with frustrations but ending in a delightful outing for the Heidmann Academy. Early in the week, Paul discovered that the water pump was broken…
Read moreThis week has been one of keeping the head down and putting one foot in front of the other. Each day was much the same: My mornings usually began before…
Read moreLittle man, sitting on the floor with Megan and learning new words from one of his favorite books — Richard Scarry’s “Best Word Book Ever”. I remember loving that book…
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