Favorite review item ever! Seriously! I was so stoked to find out that I was chosen to review this planner . I had been coveting this planner for practically forever. Always hemmed back and forth whether I should buy it or not. In case you didn’t know already, I am a visual girl. I have to hold it , smell it, flip through it and envision how I could…
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Weekly Wrap Up: The Half Marathon Edition
My Princess Half Marathon Medal What a week! How we managed to get any work done this week is quite beyond me but we did. Did we finish all our work so we can take the weekend off? Of course not! But that is my goal for next week! We didn’t do lessons on Monday because we were still at Disney for the half marathon. Yes! I completed a half…
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Weekly Wrap Up: The Catch Up Edition
I know you’re thinking , are they even doing lessons anymore! I know, that’s what I was thinking. Especially since week 1 culminated on January 11, 2013. Why yes, that was a month ago. I’ll not drag out the suspense any longer. We were all sick. As in all of us, even me. Like most moms, I spent so much time caring for others that I did not take proper…
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2013 School Year : Week 1
I love to take breaks! By the time November rolls around, I am simply done with lessons. I can not fathom another day with lessons involved in it. Alas, after a five week break, I am ready for structure and routine. That’s where we are right now. Ready for structure and routine. Lessons plans were done. Books were ordered. The week was ready to go! Monday came. That’s when the…
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Resolutions for the 2013 Homeschool Year
Today we start our new homeschool year. Our year runs from January to November. We do 13 weeks on then 2 weeks off except from Thanksgiving to the 1st Monday in January. 5 weeks of fun. Gets us relaxed and recharged for the new year. This year, I am making a few changes. Really, more of a commitment to do things differently. Here they are in no special order….
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Break time is upon us!
Such an old picture but I love it! This is my favorite time of year! Not for the reason that you may think. Don’t get me wrong here. I love Christmas! I love it even more because it means that it’s break time for the Rogers Academy. We are officially on break from Thanksgiving until the first Monday in January. What feels like many moons ago, it was decided that…
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Homeschooling Through Illness and Death
This post has been 2 years in the making. It has seriously been that long since my father in law succumbed to cancer. We spent lots of time with him in his final months. I don’t regret that part in the very least but I did learn some things about how to get it all done. Want to find out what I learned? Hop on over to Home Educating Family…
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Habit training Is Crucial
With the addition of a 3rd child into our homeschool, I have realized that habit training has slacked in our homeschool and family for that matter. Habit training helps everything run smoother and easier in a family that is together as much as we are on a daily basis. Charlotte Mason knew this and made it a priority in her lessons. Charlotte Mason in the City did a phenomenal post…
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Ambleside Year 3.5 for JoJo
I love homeschooling! JoJo joined our homeschool at the end of May. He had just finished the second grade in a local public school where he had gotten into trouble on a daily basis for silly things. Things like talking in line and doodling in his book because he finished his math work early. After much debate with his mom, she finally agreed that homeschool was the best thing for…
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Teaching children at different levels at the same time
Let me preface this post with the disclaimer that I only homeschool 3 children. This is what works for our family. It may or may not work in your homeschool but I suspect it will since the simplest ideas are always the best, right? In the Rogers Academy, we have 1 high schooler and 2 late elementary children. We join together for Bible, history, science, Latin, Spanish, Nature ,…
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