by Patricia | Oct 18, 2011 | Home Schooling
After reading the book “Creative Home Schooling – A Resource Guide for Smart Families” by Lisa Rivero, I learned a great deal about homeschooling an inquisitive, intelligent child. There are so many resources available out there. I am grateful that...
by Patricia | Oct 10, 2011 | Home Schooling
Today we worked on Lesson 3: Measuring and Charting Weather from Moving Beyond the Page, 5-7 Curriculum. My son really enjoyed this lesson. We actually supplemented it with a thermometer construction craft that we used to predict the temperature. He loved to move the...
by Patricia | Oct 5, 2011 | Home Schooling, Mathematics
Both my son and I, are loving our RightStart Math program. What a great way to present Math to young kids. Having a bachelor’s in Mathematical Science, I can totally appreciate the amount of research Dr. Cotter and Activities for Learning have put into...
by Patricia | Sep 25, 2011 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
We visited the Everglades today and enjoyed a fun airboat ride across its vast shallow waters. We got to see real alligators in their habitats and experience first hand what we had been learning about during our MBTP lessons. AA had the opportunity to pet a baby...
by Patricia | Sep 22, 2011 | Home Schooling
Our animal habitats lesson went very smoothly. We learned about the temperatures, how wet or dry the environment is, and what kind of vegetation grows in each habitat, and what type of food there is available for each of the animals that live there. We also looked...
by Patricia | Sep 20, 2011 | Home Schooling
Yesterday we started Moving Beyond the Page 5-7. Concept 1 – The Environment. Unit 1. At first, we were concerned it would be too basic for him, as my just-turned-6-year old son has very advanced reading (somewhere between 2.8 to 3+ grade reading level.) I...