I write a detailed evaluation for each of my children at the end of every school year. This is a requirement in my state of Georgia, but I don’t mind it. It is very helpful to look back over the year, taking stock of successes as well as areas to work on in the future. […]
Frequently Asked Tapestry of Grace Questions: A Typical Week
May 29, 2008 by ·
Continuing the series on Frequently Asked Questions, this post is about a typical week with Tapestry. Once again, if you read the material at the bottom of the blog, or if you aren’t interested in TOG, just disregard 🙂 What does a week look like for your Grammar level children? Tapestry covers History, Geography, Literature, […]
Frequently Asked Tapestry Of Grace Questions: Planning
May 29, 2008 by ·
It seems my Tapestry Of Grace post at the bottom of the blog was difficult to read…and Blogger put it into all caps, to boot! I’m going to try re-posting that material in this format, as a series of posts, to see if I can take care of the problem. If you aren’t interested in […]
Learning about Birds
May 28, 2008 by ·
We were in the car last night and 3 year old Cal spotted a bird. He said, “Mommy, I just saw a blue grosbeak!” Now, I myself have never seen a blue grosbeak! So I asked him, “How do you know it as a Grosbeak? Maybe it was a blue jay!” He replied, “It had […]
Scheduling Our Days
May 28, 2008 by ·
Although I prefer spontaneity over schedule, I have found that scheduling our days has brought a lot of peace to our homeschool. I have been using the Mangers of Their Homes scheduling system for 4 years now and it has been a tremendous help to me. In the MOTH system, each person in the family […]
Gathering Supplies in Advance
May 27, 2008 by ·
In past years, hands on history projects and science experiments often seemed to fall by the wayside. My kids love doing this stuff, and it is so valuable for them…but it just wasn’t getting done! The main reason was the time involved in locating everything we needed to do an experiment. Frequently, after searching for […]
Birdwatching
May 24, 2008 by ·
If you are interested in getting your kids involved in birdwatching, check out my new birding blog!
How I Avoided the TOG fog
May 24, 2008 by ·
We are part way through our 2nd year with TOG (Tapestry of Grace)…and I never felt the fog! Many people become overwhelmed with all Tapestry has to offer, and this sensation is referred to as “the tog fog”. I was so overwhelmed by the size of my giant TOG binders that I did a TON […]
A Testimony about Tapestry of Grace
May 24, 2008 by ·
Our Japanese Tea Party We started Tapestry of Grace in 2007 for our history, literature and geography. It has been amazing! This comprehensive classical curriculum allows all of my boys to study the same topics, each at their own level. It has been great to have them reading and learning about the same things, so […]
Our bird garden
May 24, 2008 by ·
We are planting a bird garden. This is a huge project for us, so it is a work in progress. We cleared a big area on one side of our house. It had been mostly scrubby weeds before, lots of briars and yucky stuff. I know the birds liked it as it was, and I […]
