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A Day in the Life

First *official* day of school, 2016-17

September 19, 2016 by Amy 4 Comments

Well, we’re off!  We had a late official start this year due to some not-for-public-consumption circumstances, and well, since we homeschool, we can do that.  🙂  The fact that we homeschool has given me a wee bit o’ relief when I realize that we are almost a month-and-a-half into what would have been our normal … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: A Day in the Life

Year 7, Day 1

August 13, 2015 by Amy 3 Comments

I’m having a hard time believing that today we began our seventh year of this home education experiment.  As beginnings go it was not all that auspicious.  I wasn’t really ready (when am I ever?) and I’ve been undergoing something of a philosophical shift these past six months.  (You can read more about that here … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: A Day in the Life, Day in the Life, Poetry, poetry tea time

Homeschool day in the life, January 2015 edition

January 19, 2015 by Amy 5 Comments

I attempted to record our activities this past Friday, January 16, to provide a little snapshot into our homeschooling life.  This is our sixth year to homeschool, which means that our girls have never attended a traditional school.  At ages 10 1/2 and 9, they’re the only “official” students, though we all know that the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: A Day in the Life, Day in the Life, Organization and Scheduling, Philosophy and Methods

Read Aloud Thursday January 2014 {a day in our read-aloud life}

January 30, 2014 by Amy 9 Comments

Happy 2014 and welcome to the first Read Aloud Thursday of the new year!  I’m just as excited now about reading aloud and about RAT as I was when I started it lo these many years ago.   Things have certainly changed a lot in the intervening years.  Back in December of 2008, I was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: A Day in the Life, Bookish Thoughts, Day in the Life, Read Aloud Thursday

A Day in Our Life–January 31, 2013

February 1, 2013 by Amy 7 Comments

I’m joining in today with Simple Homeschool‘s Day in the Life round-up.  I enjoy writing these posts from time to time just to document what life looks like around our house in this particular season.  Right now I’m schooling an 8 1/2 year old third grade girl (Lulu), a 7 year old first grade girl … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: A Day in the Life, Day in the Life, Organization and Scheduling, Philosophy and Methods, Weekly Wrap-Up
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