Our Homeschool Speech Day is over and went very well.  About 75 people attended (including those participating) so it was a good audience for the children.  We have a really nice group of hard-working parents.  Since we put so much effort into the day it’s nice to work with others who are like-minded. This year I didn’t do much with the planning but left it up to another mom.  I told her it would be good for her; she’d be stretching her wings, trying new things.  I don’t think she was too convinced but she did a great job none-the-less.  There were a few things we could have did differently but…

Each year a few families in our church plus one other family that drives 3 hours, get together to plan a Homeschool Day.  We pick/vote on a topic for our day and the kids choose a sub-topic that’s pertinent.  They then prepare speeches, poster boards and/or backdrops.  On our homeschool day, besides all the speeches, we have activities for the kids to do (just a few).  We prepare little booklets with questions and the kids answer them by reading the posters or listening carefully to the speeches.  We invite all kinds of people to come hear the kids so it gives them some real incentive to do a good job. We started this as a…

A friend asked me a few months ago about what I would suggest for grammar. I finally got around to answering her question and then just this morning was asked the same question by someone else. So I thought I would share the letter I wrote to my friend. Dear ….., I have taken entirely too long to get back with you. So sorry!   Presently two of my boys are using Easy Grammar but I don’t think I would really recommend it. They don’t seem to learn too much or maybe I should say it doesn’t seem to really stick with them for some reason. Easy Grammar Plus for…