We do all year round homeschooling. For the benefits of this, read my article at my new website entitled “Year Round Homeschooling: The Benefits”. Of course, it is not easy. First, most of my children friends are not homeschooling. Also, there are just too many activities, retreats and play dates in summer. It does disrupt [...]
Catholic Robinson Curriculum: Habits of Self-teaching
This is now my third year in homeschooling. The home school philosophy I use stresses the acquisition of the habits of “self-teaching”. It was difficult for me to understand at first how many homeschooling mothers cannot grasp the concept of autodidact learning. Most homeschooling curriculum is self-teaching. However, a mother cannot just let go especially [...]
Is it Too Early to Teach a 4 year old to Read?
Read my newest article: ” Teaching a 4 year old to Read” at my newest website “Study at Home with Joy“. With 9 children to raise and homeschooling, it almost seems like I am an expert on teaching a child to read. When I gave birth to my first child, I did not want to [...]
SAT Prep and Reading the Classics and Vocabulary
Kaplan and Prestwick House are among publishers who produce amended versions of classic novels to help students improve their vocabulary as they prepare for the SAT. Titles from Prestwick include: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly [Prestwick House, Inc., 2007], Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad [Prestwick House, Inc., 2007] A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens [...]
Robinson Curriculum Reviews: The Classics
Though the Robinson Curriculum does not list down all the Great Books and the books considered “Classic Books” in its curriculum, the RC curriculum encompasses a variety of literature that covers many subject areas including History. It is the reason that their book line up is excellent. On the other hand, my liberal arts colleges [...]
High School Graduation Announcements
What brought me googling “graduation invitations”? Well, I have two high school seniors who graduated this year. Homeschoolers for that matter. So, you probably have seen the most common high school graduation announcement – it is the photo poster card. You can do this at Hallmark or pharmacies where there is a photo developing kiosk. [...]
Catholic Robinson Curriculum Review: The Quiet Day
The focus of my post today is the implementation of the Robinson Curriculum across the board. Does our home ever get quiet with 9 children? . Actually, one child is in college. Another child is doing job internship with his father. The remaining seven (7) do the Catholic Robinson curriculum in our house. Except for [...]
