Preparing for Easter with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Preparing for Easter with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

We’ve been on a Narnia kick lately. It all started on a Saturday afternoon last month when our plans changed. We were headed to Michigan one minute, and the next we were staying home with no plans for the weekend. Browsing the TV Guide, I saw that ABC Family was showing The Chronicles of Narnia:…

Re-Organizing Our Homeschool with Daily Worksheet Folders

Re-Organizing Our Homeschool with Daily Worksheet Folders

Last month, I realized that our current “hit-and-miss” style of homeschooling wasn’t working in terms of “getting school done,” so I decided we needed to make a few changes, including a re-organization of our approach to homeschool. Reorganizing Our Homeschool with Daily Worksheet Folders I’d started noticing that Jenny was a self-starter when it came…

A Fly Went By activity

This morning, I had Jenny bring me her Big Blue Book of Beginner Books and let her pick a story to read from it.  She chose A Fly Went By – a story I’d not read before. A boy tells the story of a fly that was being chased by a frog that was being…