Fall Field Trips Coming Soon!

Fall Field Trips Coming Soon!

We are getting excited because we are headed on our first of many fall field trips with the local homeschool group! Tomorrow we are headed to Maple View Farms in Hillsborough, NC and we are excited about that one! This is the same farm that 

And We Are…Homeschooling Again!!

And We Are…Homeschooling Again!!

Well I know that must be a shocker for most of you. But we gave it a shot and I won’t talk bad about the school she was going to but it just wasn’t for her and us. We were already having issues with the 

Abeka Math 6

Abeka Math 6

Today we received our package from ChristianBook.com and we love how fast Olivia’s new books came! We have been wanting to get her a new math program lately and she is officially on grade level which is wonderful for her. She has been working so 

New Lessons…Changed Curriculum some

New Lessons…Changed Curriculum some

Yesterday we went up to Raleigh to the Homeschool store and put up on consignment a few things that we figured was going to work perfect for Olivia that I had gotten at the beginning of the school year that just wasn’t working out for 

Back to School

Back to School

We started school a few weeks ago but then got the horrible news that we had a death in the family. It was hard for us all to get motivated to start back up so I waited until yesterday to get back to school! So 

Homeschool Curriculum 2016-2017

Homeschool Curriculum 2016-2017

Now that our school year is finished up for the year and Olivia will take her test for the 5th grade on June 7th in Wilson, I have already started gathering her books for next years curriculum. You can never be too prepared to have 

The Appalachian Trail: A Unit Study Review

The Appalachian Trail: A Unit Study Review

Back in November we just returned from the Shenandoah Valley and mountains where we spent a week at. We got to do some studying on the Appalachian Trail and we were very interested in learning more about it. We were able to do a review 

Busy in Homeschool World!

Busy in Homeschool World!

Homeschool lately has been going really well for us. We are settling into our lessons a lot better these days and it’s been nice to just get Olivia’s things done for each day! Here are a few things that we have been noticing in school 

Math U See Gamma

Math U See Gamma

So for math this year it took quite a while to figure out what we wanted to do with her. She struggles so much in math that we researched several options for her including continuing with the tutoring but we couldn’t get ahold of her 

Homeschool Curriculum

Homeschool Curriculum

So when it came to picking out a curriculum for Olivia this school year it wasn’t too difficult for us except for math. We decided to stick with BJU since we really enjoyed the structured lesson plans we had when we had homeschooled before. We