Homeschool Entrepeneur Blog Contest

Hey, all! I just wanted to thank those of you who posted a comment about my blog on Homeschool Entrepeneur for the Homeschool Entrepeneur Blog Contest! I am a finalist for the Baby Blog Award, a category for those blogs under 6 months old! I’m so proud and grateful to those of you who took [...]

Hank the Cowdog

My boys and I received three items from the Hank the Cowdog series published by Maverick Books. I have heard plenty about the books and have seen them in our library. My sons, who usually focus on science related books or ones along the lines of Lord of the Rings, had never read any of [...]

Web Design For Kids…and Curious Grown Ups

Well, after reading various books entitled with a name like Webpages or HTML for People who Don’t Know What They are Doing, I’m embarrassed to admit, I still didn’t know what I was doing. Until, I sat and watched “Web Design For Kids…and Curious Grown Ups” by Cick Drag Solutions. This is a great DVD [...]

Using Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry Through the Year

It’s finished! I apologize for the delay – but family comes first The ebook I’ve been working on for months – Using Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry Through the Year – is now finished! A number of months ago, I had a poll on my website which some homeschoolers graciously filled out and requested [...]

Using Nature Study to Study all Areas of Science

I love the idea of nature study and bringing my kids outdoors and exploring science in a natural way. But how do you turn it into something where you know your kids have learned some of those scientific concepts you want to teach? Sure, I like Charlotte Mason’s ideas of attention to detail and creating a picture [...]

Winner of Nature Study ebook Announced

I had promised for a few months now, that anyone who subscribed to our newsletter would have a chance in a drawing for a copy of our new nature study ebook, Using Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry Through the Year. So, we notified our winner last night and received an answer back from her [...]

Improving Math Computation Skills with Quarter Mile Math Software

My kids and I enjoyed and got alot from using the Quarter Mile Math Deluxe software we’ve been using recently. You can watch a video or see a demo here.              Alot of homeschoolers do very well in understanding math concepts. However, speed in computational skills that is required in those pesky standardized tests usually [...]

ALEKS Math Program Deserves a First and Second Look

     My boys and I have had the opportunity to review ALEKS online math program. I had previously glanced at this program a year ago, but did not spend enough time looking at it to fully understand all that this program does for its students. For this review, however, this time I jumped into it [...]

Carnival of Homeschooling and Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival

Just wanted to share with you the locations of this week’s Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival at http://counterculturalschool.blogspot.com. Neat site! Molly is also the powerhouse behind My Audio School. Very Cool site! Check her out. The Carnival of Homeschooling is at About . Com Homeschooling this week. I’m on her newsletter and love it. Always getting [...]

Combining Notebooking and Lapbooking

(Working feverishly on completing my Nature Study, Nature Journaling, and Poetry ebook – due to a family health issue, it has been slow going – but now is picking up! If you haven’t signed up for my Katie’s Homeschool Cottage newsletter to enter for a chance in the free drawing for this ebook, please do [...]