When I first considered rowing Climbing Kansas Mountains, I wasn't very inspired by the manual and I wasn't very inspired by the book. Well, I at least wasn't inspired by Kansas, where the book takes place. We drove through Kansas once and it was …

I've been using and really enjoying a grammar program from  Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) . It is easy to use and teach, takes only 15 minutes a day, and teaches grammar in the context of a story!

Two weeks of delightful, but simple learning filled with good food, My Big Green Pocketbook, leaf rubbings in math class, Bo drawing the most…