Archive for the ‘Homeschooling’ category

Homeschooling

June 8th, 2008

Me and Memphis haven’t done anything that looks remotely like homeschooling (or school at home as unschoolers call it) in probably over half a year. He doesn’t know it but Marty and I had agreed that unschooling him and Jaz was the best approach for us as a family. It’s been a pretty rocky road [...] Read more »

I knew for the longest time that I wanted to be a mom. I was dead set on getting married and being a mom by the age of 21. I definitely got that. Or at least I was married and pregnant by that time. Close enough.
After Memphis was born, I completely fell in love [...] Read more »

Jasmine and Coins

January 19th, 2008

Just a few hours ago, I had Jasmine sitting on my lap as I was finishing uploading graphics to my site. I had 3 more graphics to upload but I stopped because I noticed that she was taking an interest in Marty’s small pile of coins. I know she doesn’t understand the value of money [...] Read more »

Xmas Theme

December 15th, 2007

Since Memphis is unschooled, we don’t use a curriculum and feel that everyday yields opportunities to learn something different, something new. It suits our lifestyle and Memphis’ learning style.
Several days ago, I felt the urge to do some worksheets with a Xmas theme. Previously, I had printed a pile of sheets from the net for [...] Read more »

Memphis and His Reading

October 30th, 2007

Last night sometime after 9 pm, I was washing dishes. Normally, I send the kids to bed around 9:30. I turned off the water and heard Memphis in his room reading a story out loud. I walked over to his room and found him sitting cross-legged on top of his table reading a Blues [...] Read more »