Jan 102021

Mindfulness, Growth Mindset and ANTs

Homeschooling I talked about this in last week’s post when I was planning this week, but I wanted to go over what we actually used. Steven liked the idea of the monthly tracker that I…Continue Reading

Dec 132020

December

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 142020

Breaking Records

We’re still hard at work on our NaNoWriMo novels, and haven’t been working on much else. There isn’t really anything else to say about homeschooling. But covid-wise, cases are at a record high. And when…Continue Reading

Nov 072020

Breaking News

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

NaNoWriMo and U.S. Election

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 242020

NaNoWriMo prep – Week 8

This week we finished up our science unit and learned how to write a 5 paragraph essay. I had Steven research the contributions Canadians have made to the study and exploration of space. Then he…Continue Reading

Oct 182020

Week 7

This week was pretty uneventful, really. It was a short week because of Thanksgiving. Steven spent most of it preparing a slide show presentation on life in space, which he presented to us yesterday. I…Continue Reading