Hello, my name is Ali and I'm the homeschooling mom of two boys ages 9 and 7. My family has been homeschooling since August 2004 when our oldest son entered...
I should first introduce myself. I'm Jenny, living on the central coast of California. I have one son and one daughter, and we have always homeschooled- we...
Hello Ali, I'm Teresa. I live in Iowa. I'm married to Jim 24 yrs and have 4 kids ages 18, 16, 12, 9. My oldest graduated this year (Yay, I'm a success! LOL)...
Hi Teresa, I live in Iowa also. Where are you. We are in Cedar Rapids. I am new to the list. I have just found Ignite the Fire and love it. I have also been...
I do prepare for the new educational year(the littles love new crayons and pencils) and my heart needs preparing to continue with Gods view of education for my...
We also are a year round relaxed schooling family, but we have a couple of traditions for this time of the year. We like to make the rounds of all of the...
Maridel- I don't know if you will remember me. I lived in Florida for about 8 years, and I knew Nancy Walker when she was getting the MOPS group started at...
... Not terribly far away, next-door neighbors in terms of the world! I'm in Dubuque. Did you have trouble with theflooding? The downtown was a mess. Do you ...
We don't do "back to school" because we are always learning in one aspect or another. This summer we spent almost 4 months in Indiana learning how investments...
Have you ever looked at United Streaming to help explain difficult concepts or get your kids motivated? It's an outstanding resource for any homeschooler –...
Does anyone have any suggestions for history/social studies that would be fun for a kindergartener, pref. books/videos you can get at the library? I will be...
... would be fun for a kindergartener, I didn't do this with mine because they were in school, but if I could do it over again, I would make a timeline of...
I would think just doing a search for picture books at the library on history would work and then read them for pleasure. It's really not required at this...
{I didn't do this with mine because they were in school, but if I could do it over again, I would make a timeline of about the last 100yrs, and start with...
Look for books by Clyde Bulla and Jean Fritz, too. They write very interesting history books for children. Love, Penney {I didn't do this with mine because...
I saw a quote from a Narnia book, about it's fine to cry for while but then you have to stop. Does this sound familiar to anyone? If so what book is it from?...
Hello! Since voting is on many of our minds, I thought I would ask if any of you are teaching the process to your children. Are there any great websites, books...
Ta-Dah Mom: Give Yourself a Ta-Dah Today Terri Camp has invited you to join Ignite the Fire on Ta-Dah Mom ... I've added a group for Ignite the Fire in my...
Do you set goals for your home school? If so, please share. Have you set goals for your home school and achieved them? Please share. Dianna Moderator, Firetime...
How about getting this group moving again? My "summer" has slowed down and I'm home more rather than playing around in the Rocky Mountains. What kind of winter...
There are many thoughts from people as to what they think a homeschooler is like. Not everyone that homeschools fit into the same molds - each of us is...
I'm actually in a burned out period right now. Two of the kids are in school and my kindergartener, we're working on when he wants to. I'm trying to get him...
goals... I am great setting goals/schedules, etc keeping track of them~ if you mean criticizing whether we are making them or not, I am great at that too! ...
I love using a unit study mode (such as history/science together mixed with some art, etc) because it brings all of us together learning the same things. ...
SNOW!!ugh...we live in Michigan, and I am at a time in my life, the best way to enjoy snow is once a year sledding party but mostly through glass sitting by...