Outside the Box

Several books we received with our Sonlight Core B this year have prompted more indecision than anything else as education and secular world...

Homemade with Love: Treasured Family Recipes by Marilyn Boyer is like sitting down and thumbing through Mrs. Boyer’s personal recipe...

Some days, I seriously question why in the world we are homeschooling!  Mainly these questions pop up after an exhausting battle-of-the-will...

Today was NoNut's first Sunday in his first grade Sunday School class and first Sunday in 1st-5th grade children's church!  It was a...

We have struggled the past 5 1/2 weeks of homeschooling to have a "normal" day.  The transition from kindergarten to first grade h...

It seems like with every day of homeschooling, we are slipping farther and farther away from my picture of what homeschooling should look li...

We just finished building a new bookshelf for our living room.  We've outgrown our Kindergarten bookshelf.  And, we've pretty muc...

After a stretch of handwriting, NoNut will ask if he can get up and do some jumping jacks.  I was floored the first time he asked me if he c...

First grade!!  Can't believe it!  I've had a touch of nostalgia lately as I think about how quickly my baby is growing up!  It is su...

We were starting our first week of school tomorrow at 9:15 a.m.  However, these colds we developed last week have turned into something more...

We begin our journey into first grade on Monday!  My thoughts are a jumble as I look at our calendar and our curriculum and try to juggle th...