Posts by happy1nluv

I have a 4 and 6 year old too...  We started with a timeline on posterboard of just family events starting the year I got married -- just weddings and births and a few family moments but things that they'd know...  then we...

I want to print some animal cards for classification to follow along our states studies... and i want to do progressive phonics (they're books like the bob books, but more interesting because i read the black words and they read the...

This thread is very reassuring!!  Our favorite things to do are reading books and projects/experiments (which is sometimes me just dumping a bunch of stuff on them and asking them what they can do with it!) and they love to tell...

So yesterday I was out with my 3 boys by myself and we were gone a while at a popcorn fair.  I JUST realized that I don't usually go far by myself with the boys..  at least, not far enough where I have to pee.  I'm 30+...

tankgirl -- that makes a lot of sense.  My kids LOVE storytelling games (we have quite a few varieties) and their stories get better and better every time we play...  My 4 year old's stories now have beginning, middle, and...

hey guys My printer decided to stop printing in color (lexmark pro901).  LOVE it for copying/printing black and white because ink cartriges are only 5.00 and i print a LOT.   I have a ton of color stuff that I'm waiting...

Click on mothering...not the forums part, the main part and you should find them.  And...not silly -- it took me forever to find them too... :)

I toyed with the idea of classical conversations (oh how nice that sounded -- 20  min a day plus a half day out a week and you're done!) ...  but decided it just wasn't for us.  I much prefer picking a few themes and...

tjej - i just got that book today and read it right away... i think its AWESOME!!!  I haven't had a chance to read it to my 6 year old yet -- he came down sick this morning...  but, GREAT suggestion!! :)   There's...

Thanks guys... This is very helpful.  And its nice to see that not everyone is blaming homeschooling.  I honestly think its just something that he will grow out of -- just on his timetable, not mine or the school systems, or...