Today is our last day of school. My middle child made apple turnovers for breakfast. My two high schoolers had one last test to take and one more health lesson to complete. My middle schooler had a lapbook to finish for zoology and one last lesson for Spanish and government. I finished grading everything, updated… Continue reading Last Day of School 2023-2024
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Report card time!
I just updated the dates and printed off report cards to fill in for the school year. Tomorrow is our last day of school. Most of my kids have finished most of their work. Therefore, most of my gradebook is complete and I can start filling in the report cards for this year! Although I… Continue reading Report card time!
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Setting up my 2024-2025 planner binder
This has always been an exciting and uncomfortable time of year for me, planner-wise. I am coming to the end of one school year's planner and starting a new one. It is exciting to start something new and fresh. However, change is uncomfortable, especially when it involves shelving the records from the past year. In… Continue reading Setting up my 2024-2025 planner binder
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Planning for Summer 2024
The sun is shining, the trees are full of bright green leaves, and the amaryllis are blooming. Spring has sprung in central Texas! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for this school year. My kids are getting toward the end of their curriculum and getting excited about the upcoming summer… Continue reading Planning for Summer 2024
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Ah, summer
It is hot. The kids have started camps. In fact, all three were at a day camp today and I had the majority of the day all to myself for the first time in over a year. I got a summer hair cut. Hubby and I went on a lunch date. I had to do… Continue reading Ah, summer
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Making Homeschool Life Easier: Chores Plan
It's Thursday on our last week of Christmas break. On one hand, I cannot wait to get back into the structure and routine of our school days. On the other hand, I am not feeling ready for the time and energy demands of being both Mom and Teacher again in a few days. Two things… Continue reading Making Homeschool Life Easier: Chores Plan
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A 2021 Refresh
The new year has brought the promise of brighter days ahead. The 2020 pandemic took a personal toll, as our family suffered a loss. The political turmoil of the election and civil unrest set social media on fire. Things that we enjoyed, such as field trips and birthday parties, were swapped for small celebrations and… Continue reading A 2021 Refresh
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Magic School Bus Gets Ants in its Pants
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I designed this year's science curriculum around Magic School Bus books and videos. We are beginning our school year this summer with insects. The first book/episode I chose is Gets Ants in its Pants, a book about Ms. Frizzle and the kids visiting an ant hill colony. The… Continue reading Magic School Bus Gets Ants in its Pants
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Kicking off the 2017-2018 year
Two weeks ago today, we started our new school year with an excited 1st grader, 4th grader and 5th grader. I baked donuts with icing and sprinkles for breakfast. We made new school shirts. We painted grade signs for taking photos. We wrote about ourselves on the first day of a new grade. Then I… Continue reading Kicking off the 2017-2018 year
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Planning for a year of Magic School Bus
I have been wanting to do this since last year: design a complete year's hands-on science curriculum based on Magic School Bus books and videos. My oldest kid is going into fifth grade. It's now or never. The science lessons for each topic are based on the 5-E method: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate. Engage… Continue reading Planning for a year of Magic School Bus
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