Another Great Review On A Website

I was looking at some of the sites that I have posted on my homeschool margin. I stumbled up this site that offers old primers of every kind. All you have to do is down load them, and all of the primers are free. There is this math series that I have been looking at, it is called Ray's Mathmatics, well I found it on this site. It is an awesome site and I highly recommend that you check it out.

On the homeschool margin, it is listed as Happy Hearts Homeschooling Library. Have a great time checking out this site.

A Couple Of New Sites

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I received my new catalog from Home schooling Books. There was two websites listed on the back. They are really interesting. Homeschooling books and Christian story book. I hope that you enjoy these sites.

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Character Building For Boys and Girls

A Couple of years ago I was introduced to a women named Charlotte Mason. She was a teacher in the early centuries who was a school teacher. Her approach really intriged me. One of the subject that she took very seriously was character building and handiwork.

I find it really important, since we are with our children all the time, to teach them skills that will help them manage a life of obediance when they leave home. There are wonderful sites out there with curriculum to help our children learn these tasks. I would like to name off a few.

Hope Chest Legacy

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Keepers of the Home

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His-Net

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I know that there are so many others out there. I would also like to introduce this company I just found. It seems that they offer books for character building. www.salemridgepress.com and this site is amazing www.rhlschool.com. I hope that you will be able to find the curriculum that suites your family. If I remember right Ambleside online had a list of handiwork for Boys and Girls that you can just print off. Happy Hunting!

Summer School

I have decieded that we are not going to take the summer off. I really believe that the kids needs to at least read and do some of their math assignments. I do not want them to loose what they have retained. So, I would like to share some sights that I have found. First of all, check with your local library. Some of them have reading programs. Here are some sites that I found www.readingrocket.org, www.codli.ca/CITE/summer_reading.htm, and www.educationworld.com. Try these different sites, also you can google "summer reading" and see what comes up for you. It is so important to keep our children reading. They will learn more spelling words, they will become more steady with reading and so much imagination will pop in their heads.

Have a great time with reading and make sure that you get some reading time also. God bless all of you homeschool moms and dads. Sincerely Tanya

Happy Mother's Day To all You dedicated Mommies.

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I would like to extend a Happy Mother's Day to any women who made having children and a family a priority. God bless all of you, and you are dear the Lord's Heart. God bless you all, Love Tanya

Scheduling

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This last week, I was getting the kids' portfolio set up for my viewer. I used Homeschool tracker this year. I thought that it was really handy. I also used some worksheets from Garden Patch. You can find this software at www.cbd.com and www.rainbowresource.com. I am not sure what your state requires, but in Iowa, we can have a supervised teacher or do a portfolio. I like the freedom of setting up a portfolio. Plus, it give a wonderful folder set up of the childrens work.

You can down load Homeschooltracker on their site, www.homeschooltracker.com, I just down loaded the basic one, I am thinking that next year I may do the Plus. It cost money, but really it is worth it. When I stumble on some more ideas, I will put them in the margin or I will blog about them. God bless all of you. And good luck with scheduling this summer. Tanya

My Personnal Blog

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Have a wonderful weekend

For all of you who visit this site. I do have another blog, it is my personnal blog. It is www.biynah.wordpress.com, Please come and visit it. This is now my homeschool blog. I have been really busy trying to get my childrens portfolio's ready. This is why I have not blogged. I will try to blog more over the weekend. Have a great day. Tanya