Category Archives: Progress
School Goes On
My focus has shifted to food instead of *what* the boys are learning. They are still doing their school work and Hunter will take the standardized OAKS test in a … Continue reading
Reading Update
Six months after testing, Hunter is reading at a third grade level on his assessment and he doubled his reading fluency in two months. We worked on phoneme segmentation and … Continue reading
Reading Progress
We may have solved the motivation issue with reading for screen time. This has been a huge success this week! This is a sample of the books the boys are … Continue reading
Reading Plans and Progress
We had a wonderful weekend here in Oregon. We went to visit Angie and her boys at Regatta Park on Devil’s Lake. Remember that stack of Abeka Readers as our … Continue reading
Planting and Progress
This week Hunter wanted to make his own garden and he used his allowance, so Kelly and Hunter built this frame for a Square Foot Garden. We are still doing … Continue reading
Our January
We took a nice break after Christmas. It was much-needed for all of us. I even stopped reading to the kids before bed. We all needed to do something else … Continue reading
2nd Grade Reading Test
Hunter wants to take more than a week off, so I told him if he passes as a reading test we will take time off in January for an extended … Continue reading
Exploding the Code
This fall, we mostly worked on reading, spelling, math and our state by state quilt project. This week we are on break. Hunter finished Headsprout in September but retention from … Continue reading
A Change in Status
We just gave up our homeschool status. Legally. We are no longer eligible for protection from the HSLDA. When I think about it this way, I wonder if it is … Continue reading
Scratch Planning
I am scratching homeschool planning off of my Mommy To Do list! We are going to use our Project Journal again since it works amazingly well for us. Our sons … Continue reading
Term Update
We started this school year with A Little Garden Flower and we enjoyed that for several weeks. Now we are taking a break from the Grimm’s stories. I like the Waldorf … Continue reading
Updates — Good, Bad, Confusing
Our new rhythm schedule is going pretty well. We are really enjoying the fairy tales, letter play, form drawing, baking, and knitting. Hunter likes to knit too and works on it in … Continue reading
Transitions and New Ideas
Perhaps school will go smoother if we prepare our son with good transitions. We have always had a flexible routine and it worked well, so I thought this would work for formal school work too. … Continue reading
