Archive for the ‘Home schooling’ Category

Books for rent

It’s called BookSwim and it works like Netflix. Yeah, I know that’s the beauty of the library, borrowing books, so you don’t have to pay for your reading habit, but my local library sadly is not the most child-friendly place. (See this post for more. I’ll not rehash it all again.) For about $20 a [...]

September 21, 2007 · Monica Brand · 8 Comments
Posted in: Home schooling, Learning, Reading

Dusting off the blog

That was a nice break. I didn’t intend to go completely silent here, just happened, and now the ol’ blog is calling again. Home schooling: all the old subjects and some new. It’s going okay, never perfect, but what is, right? I have a new phonics book for Peter who needs a bit more help. [...]

September 20, 2007 · Monica Brand · No Comments
Posted in: Home schooling, Learning, Living, Writing

The most amazing thing happened today

We rescued an injured red-tailed hawk today. The kids and I headed out early this morning to go to my mom’s. Not too long into the trip, I noticed a beautiful raptor sitting on the side of the road in the grass. Being the hip home schooling mom that I am, I always take the [...]

July 24, 2007 · Monica Brand · 4 Comments
Tags: adventures, birds, prayer · Posted in: Believing, Home schooling, Learning

An update on the non-reading reader

Susan is sitting on the sofa flipping through Little House in the Big Woods right now. My heart be still, might she actually read it? I’m not going to say a thing to her. I don’t want to ruin the moment by making it my idea. Within the last week she’s read two Babymouse books, [...]

April 6, 2007 · Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: Susan · Posted in: Home schooling, Learning, Reading

Teaching reading

Home education here is going well. We have our moments, of course. The grass thing and the color green and all that. But I’m in this for the long haul (read: I’m not a quitter). Anyway, now I’m teaching Edmund to read. He’s four years and a bit. I taught Susan when she turned six [...]

November 14, 2006 · Monica Brand · One Comment
Tags: Susan · Posted in: Home schooling, Learning