Homeschooling Around the World – Canada

homeschooling in canadaTake a look at my blog post over at The Schoolhouse Review Crew where they are highlighting homeschoolers from around the world.

Monday – China by enCouragement

Tuesday - Germany by Only Passionate Curiosity

Wednesday – Me!!!!

Thursday – Australia by Every Bed of Roses

Friday – United Kingdom by Delivering Grace

Saturday – Philippines by My Tropical Home

Memory Box – Why it Should be a Part of Your Homeschool

I planned on having my son complete some memory work last year, but never stuck to it. This year is a new one, and since my word this year is complete, I set up a memory box for him. I put it off last year because I didn’t have the right box to fit my cue cards so this time I just shoved them into a plastic pencil case.

Every morning, my son goes through his cards and then he repeats what he’s memorized to me. Once he has memorized it completely, I’ll separate those cards out from the rest so that we only go through it weekly.

So far I have his list of verbs from french, Latin vocabulary and some math definitions pertaining to fractions. I’d also like to add in some poems as well. [Read more...]

This year I will complete – 2013

My word for this year is complete, I get started on so many projects that I never finish. I have grand ideas that I want to implement and it never gets done.

This is the year I want to complete what I start.

  • I want to complete my thesis, which will be done at the end of this month
  • I want to complete some science printables to share
  • I want to make sure that we complete our schedule for the day
  • I want to complete our math curriculum
  • I want to complete more science experiments with my children
  • I want to complete the decluttering that I started a few weeks ago
  • I want to make sure that I keep myself complete by working out consistently and eating healthy

I successfully defended my thesis last month but still have edits to do to my thesis until I’m officially done, so I’m working on that one first and foremost. [Read more...]