The Homeschool Mother's Journal

In my life this week…

Seems like life has been a little too crazy.  There are not enough hours in the day to do everything I have to do and do some things I want to do too.  I find myself frequently overwhelmed.  I got caught up on some blogging stuff AND finally got my taxes done. This was a huge relief.

In our homeschool this week…

This was our second week back with Five in a Row.  I just love Five in a Row.  This week we "rowed" Madeline.  We used the FIAR manual and the Madeline unit from Homeschool Share.

Lots of fun and learning going on here this week:

Connor and Sadie working on Touch Math

Ellie coloring Madeline pages

Some of the pages from our Madeline study

I also bought this fun magnet kit this week.
The kids love it.

I’m cooking…

This isn't exactly cooking, but my favorite snack right now is this "Reese's Whip".  I take Greek 0% yogurt and add about a tsp. each of cocoa and peanut flour with some sweetener (I like Xylitol and Truvia)...mix it together...give it a squirt of Fat Free Reddi Whip, a few peanuts and some "skinny chocolate" (a recipe from Trim Healthy Mama)....and YUM!!

A photo, video, link, or quote to share (silly, serious or both!)…

I just love this picture of Connor.  He is so proud of himself and the work he has done. (and he should be!)

Don't mind the messy face. :)

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I really enjoyed this last week.  I hope to do this regularly!

In my life this week…

This week really flew by.  It's all a blur.  I have hardly exercised at all because I'm still having some neck/back pain.  I really, really want to get back to running.  Hopefully, I'll be able to this week.


In our homeschool this week…

We started using a new reading curriculum for a review.  It's IEW's Primary Arts of Language and I ADORE it.  I can't wait to share about it in a few weeks.  We've only been using it for a week so maybe my excitement is a little premature but I do NOT think so!

We also wrapped up our volcano study.  I really like adding unit studies into our current science curriculum.  (We used Volatile Volcanoes.)


Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

If you have young children, buy a laminator.  I love my laminator.  I wish I had one earlier on in my homeschool.  It's been getting a lot of use between things I've seen on Pinterest and the file folder games I put together with Primary Arts of Language.  There are so many fun things you can make and laminate.

Once you have a laminator, you can buy some Vis-a-Vis wet erase markers and let your kids write on the laminated pages.  You can just rinse them off in the sink.  (I hate scrubbing off dry erase markers.) You can do so much with these.

I’m praying for…

One of my daughters going through a difficult time, the upcoming election, friends with medical issues and healing for my neck/back.



Unfortunately, I waited too long to link this up this week....hopefully I'll do better for this week!