Homeschooling We started on the flight unit this week. My work schedule right now isn’t very good time-wise for in-person teaching, so I assigned Steven some independent work this week. I started the week with…Continue Reading
Jan 242021
Category: Life
Dec 132020
Sometime last month we got so focused on NaNoWriMo that I stopped posting here. And this month it’s been a struggle to get back into the school routine with all the Christmas excitement going on.…Continue Reading
Nov 072020
I was just going to update my previous post. But this deserves its own. Biden finally got past the post! Of course Trump is saying it’s all lies somehow. Now we just have to wait…Continue Reading
Nov 062020
Homeschooling In my eagerness to start writing a novel last weekend, I kind of completely forgot to post on the blog! But honestly, I didn’t have much to say. We finished our NaNo prep and…Continue Reading
Oct 112020
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope whatever you are doing to celebrate this weekend, you are safe and have lots to be thankful for. Some things that I am thankful for this year: our collective health family…Continue Reading
Oct 032020
Week 5: Solar System Reading Comprehension One of the science units for grade 6 is space and the solar system. So this week was focused on learning about the rest of the planets. Steven had…Continue Reading
Sep 262020
This Wednesday was Steven’s 11th birthday. Luckily he doesn’t mind not being able to have a party this year. Last year, knowing that parties aren’t his favourite thing, we suggested doing something else. Maybe a…Continue Reading
Sep 192020
Steven finished reading “The Lemonade War” by Jacqueline Davies last week, so I purposely didn’t assign time-consuming work at the beginning of this week so he could work on an after-reading assignment. He made a…Continue Reading
Sep 122020
We’re still doing French, Music and Phys Ed every morning. This week we did some French worksheets that focus on the sounds letters in various French words make (beginning sounds, hear the sounds). I think…Continue Reading
Aug 102020
I’ve been trying to think of ways to make this year more fun, ways to keep Steven engaged and motivate him to keep trying instead of getting frustrated and arguing with us all the time…Continue Reading