I went to work today to teach Dance. When I arrived I spoke with the manager and we talked about how business was going. She mentioned that they offer free tutoring sessions to all the tenants but no one shows up. I was floored. I couldn't understand how a parent wouldn't take an opportunity for free tutoring for their kid. I don't live in the … [Read more...]
Parents Take Care of Yourselves by Taking Time for Yourselves
We parents of the homeschooling community are so blessed to be home with our children day in and day out teaching them and guiding them through life the way we think they should be guided. Parents have been teaching their children for years. It is nothing new. What's new is there are more of us now and our reasons for homeschooling have … [Read more...]
Friday……Whoo hoo! 5th Day in Review
IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! Friday's in my house are super busy days. Friday is the day that I teach Piano the most, so we need to make sure that we are on top of things when it comes to school. Normally! This Friday is a little different because my first student canceled and my last student came yesterday so I only have one student to teach … [Read more...]
Thursday Day 4 in Review
Thursday January 9, 2014 Well hello there! How's your first week back going? Today was a better day than yesterday and yesterday, though I wasn't feeling my best, was a pretty good day. 8:37am I woke up and found my little darling watching TV quietly in the living room. I told her she had thirty minutes then needed to turn off the TV and get to … [Read more...]
Day Three (A Day in Review)
Wednesday January 8, 2014 Greetings Homeschooling Mavericks! Are you tired yet? I am here to say that I am already exhausted. Holy Moly what am I doing to myself? The extreme late nights are getting to me. My head and ear is killing me today and it is showing no signs of going away. Home school in PJ's- Here's what I love.....home school in … [Read more...]
Second Day in Review
Today being a Tuesday is a much different day from Monday. In truth everyday is a different day in our world. We got a late start today. I stayed up so late last night working I overslept. I slept through the night, which for me never happens. OK it happens once a year. Twice a year if I'm lucky. Last night was a blessed night. I woke up at 7:30am … [Read more...]
Welcome Back to School (A Review of Our First Day Back)
Monday January 6, 2014 Greetings moms and dads. Well, it turns out that our management company decided today was a good day to fumigate a hand full of apartments in our building. We had to migrate to do school in the local Barnes & Noble. 6:30am My alarm went off and due to the fact that my brain was racing all night long and new neighbors … [Read more...]
Our Chosen Cirriculum
We are a Catholic family. When we made the decision to homeschool I searched the Internet for the different homeschool programs I knew existed. K12 and Capistrano Connection to name a couple. As I was doing my search I came across a Christian homeschool program. I can't remember which one it was but it struck me that if there was a Christian … [Read more...]
The Game Plan for the New Quarter
So the new quarter starts for us on Monday and I'm pretty excited about it. I have the first two weeks of school mapped out already. I'm a bit of an eager beaver that way. I don't know how excited my child is about going back to school since she has spent a good two weeks vegging in front of one of the two TV's in the house but nonetheless it is … [Read more...]
Welcome!!!
Welcome to my new blog. My name is Kay and I will be bringing you on my journey of being a scheduled filled single homeschooling mom. I was recently reading another homeschooling blog and a mom posted a comment that she has looked all around for a blog that spoke about how mom's with no help were handling the task of homeschooling. After reading … [Read more...]
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