"He SPEAKS; He HEARS what he said; He DOES what he heard; He SEES what he did!" The Madsen Method , a method of instruction based on how our forefathers were taught and on 1915 literacy standards, is: “ a complete, fully scripted, evidence-based, …

Creative Drive This week's challenge is a TASK based challenge. That means your children will be building something ~ in this case a gravity powered transportation device that can carry pennies across the floor. They are given a ramp to launch their dev…

Math Tutor DVD has a wide ranges of products available on their website www.mathtutordvd.com . As a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew, I received two products from Math Tutor DVD for review: Young Minds Numbering and Counting and The Basic Math Word Probl…

Hide and Seek The Scene: You are a team of highly distinguished private secret agents. Your client has given you two difficult tasks. Challenge : Your team is to decide on something that would be hard to hide along with something that would be hard to fi…

Well, what about it? was my first thought. Nevertheless, I will give my short take on the "issue" of socialization among homeschool students. In short, it is not really an issue at all. I learned early on that it is not about what TO do when i…

A Milestone and The Homebirth Story of Eliana Elizabeth. My sweet baby girl turned 3 today. She is such a love joy to me. I love everything about her. Her bright smile. Warm eyes. Her joyous laughter. Sweet disposition. The way she blows me kisses and catches…

I am happy to be wrapping up our school week a little early today. The boys are on their way to Chess Club, the house is decent, dinner is almost ready (homemade pizza Sue Gregg style and a salad) and I just took a loaf of whole wheat bread (same recipe) out …

~Eliana is 3 years old~ We have been on a break from Tot School for the past 2 months. During this time, we have been reading books, watching signing time videos and doing a few activities here and there, but mostly we have just been playing. This is our …