We are in the final stretch of our third year of homeschooling. I still have five more years to go with my son and my daughter isn’t even school age yet. So, we are still cruising along, but, I …
Category: education
Recap of Spring 2018 Portfolio Review
Signing Up for the Review I was really glad last week when I got the email saying the school district is starting reviews early this year. For the last two years, they have used an online sign-up system that makes …
Prep for the Spring 2018 Portfolio Review
For this semester’s review, I initially was attempting to gather non-worksheet evidence of instruction. My goal was to test out how reviewers react to unschoolish types of portfolios. However, I failed! Not the review, but at pretending to be less …
Minimalist Portfolio
For this season’s portfolio review, I decided to present only 3 samples of work for math, English, science, history, and health. My reason, initially, for the experiment was for the future when I will have a kindergarten student who may …
Portfolio Review Craziness
It’s that time of year again! The first homeschool portfolio reviews of the year and my Facebook homeschool groups are flooding with questions about what to bring. First-timers are afraid of flunking the review. I understand the fear. My first review …
PreK – K: Camping
This week’s books are all about camping. I have included some of favorite characters, as well as books about girls who are camping. Please click here to see how I select books for my lists. Duck, Duck, Dinosaur and the …
PreK – K: Shapes
Tired of books that ask your kid to find the circle, the triangle, and the star on the pages? This list does not include any of those books. The books I listed here take shapes to the next level and …
