Nathan has a contagious laugh which you can see expressed in this great photo of him!  He’s 11 1/2 now and over 1/2 way through the 6th grade! It’s hard to believe this is the last year I’ll have a student in elementary school.  We’ll be on to Junior High …

The last time we studied the Ancients (4 years ago), I borrowed this Gilgamesh Trilogy from someone.  As I was preparing our materials for this year, I remembered that I had planned to purchase this set for our own library the next time we study the Ancients. This summer I …

We’ll Race You, HENRY – A Story about Henry Ford is a great Lower Grammar book about Henry Ford which Nathan really enjoyed listening to during our study of the Progressive Era the last few weeks.  This book introduces Henry as a young boy growing up on the family farm …

Nathan made this AWESOME flag at co-op yesterday as part of our history hands-on time.  The number “6” stands for the six people in our family with a star to represent each one.  According to Nathan, Tim and I are the two yellow ones.  Amanda is next with a green …

If you have to work on Algebra, you may as well be comfortable!

This picture isn’t the best quality due to the really bright light coming in the window and because I took it using my cell phone so that I wouldn’t distract Tater from the “moment.”  Doesn’t he look all comfy and cozy on our first day back to school?  He set …

Every year there seems to be some new bandwagon of some sort to jump on. Some years it’s a new curriculum that’s all the talk. Other years it’s a new reference or resource book. This year it’s the Workbox System by Sue Patrick which is both a “specialized and structured” …

Isn’t this the cutest picture! Nathan is happily doing his math, or so it appears at first glance! You can tell that he’s laying down to do his “mathing,” but there’s nothing wrong with that, right? I bet lots of kids do their math homework while lounging on their bed …

On our trip to Medora, N.D. to round out our studies of Theodore Roosevelt (I’ll blog about that another day) last year, we stopped at the Dinosaur Museum to enhance our upcoming studies of archaeology and swimming creatures. The Dinosaur Museum had built the above replica of Noah’s ark to …

A few years ago I was introduced to this handly little math tool called The FlashMaster. It’s an electronic flashcard computer that only weights 11 ounces! The thing I like the most about it is we no longer have to go searching for flashcards that have gone missing. YEA! We …