The plan for the junior year of high school for my second child looks a little different that her older sisters' junior year. For one, I am depending on a dual credit biology class through Austin Community College for her science credit instead of teaching it myself. As a science teacher turned homeschool mom, this… Continue reading Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 11th grade
Homeschool shopping Pinterest board
I started a Pinterest board with all of my favorite homeschool classroom items! Now, I did not go out and buy all of these at once. We have been homeschooling for ten years, so these treasures have been accumulated over that time. I will say that I am a snob when it comes to school… Continue reading Homeschool shopping Pinterest board
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Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 12th grade goals
First, let me say, this is such as bittersweet year to plan. It is so exciting to be graduating my oldest daughter this year. It will be her last year homeschooling, the last year for all three of my children to be my students. For reference, during her junior year, she completed year 3 of… Continue reading Planning for the 2024-2025 school year: 12th grade goals
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Our 15 year old has Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Several years ago, my middle daughter started having these episodes where she would get dizzy and lightheaded. Her pediatrician ordered lab work, an EKG, and a thyroid ultra-sound, since I have a history of autoimmune thyroid disease that tends to be hereditary. Everything came back normal, except for a benign nodule on her thyroid. Fast… Continue reading Our 15 year old has Papillary Thyroid Cancer
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Texas 4-H Entomology
My rising senior is busy preparing for Texas 4-H State Round-up in two weeks. Little containers of arthropods have been roaming in both freezers all year as she has been adding to her collection. She has been pulling them out, putting them into the relaxing chamber, and pinning them for the last two weeks. Last… Continue reading Texas 4-H Entomology
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Food prep to help with busy days: waffles and pigs-in-a-blanket for the freezer
This is not exactly a post about homeschooling, but more about keeping everyone at home fed during busy weeks. When my kids were younger, I made the breakfast and lunch for everyone. Now that they are older, they are pretty much on their own for breakfast and lunch. In order to not have to rely… Continue reading Food prep to help with busy days: waffles and pigs-in-a-blanket for the freezer
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Last Day of School 2023-2024
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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Making a Planner for next year
As the 2023-2024 school year winds down for our homeschool, I find myself running out of pages in my current planner. The past couple of years, I have used various online resources to print and piece together a planner that works for me. This year, I decided to take the bold step to make my… Continue reading Making a Planner for next year
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