At A Hen's Pace

B16, who has been snarling a lot lately about his school workload, was in a good mood the other morning. He was dressed in silky gym short...

Is it time to be blogging about our back-to-school plans? Feels like it's time...and yet, there's not as much to say as usual.  I...

Though the private Christian school that B16 and BC18 attended has been out for two weeks, B12, Chicklet8 and I have been pushing hard to co...

So what's new with the younger set? Both Chicklet8 and Bantam11 now have one semester of virtual schooling under their belts.  Both fi...

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything personal or devotional.  The main reason for that is lack of time, of course. Thi...

Pictures, or story?  I don't have time for both this morning. I guess we'll go for narrative--it seems like updates are overdue in m...

...and that's about all I have time to say! Bantam11 is enrolled in an online public school, iQ Academy .  So far, so good!  He's ...

Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.  ~John Lennon I have been busy making plans for our last-hurrah, final family-v...

Tuesday night was the final Showcase performance that wound up our spring session of classes for our new theater group here in Kenosha!  I w...

What's new? Bantam19 just brought home his cap, gown, tassel and a box of graduation announcements, prompting me to call up the place th...

I keep feeling guilty that I'm not blogging more. Okay, guilty is the wrong word--I'm feeling SAD because I MISS blogging. So many...

Chicklet7 decided that she was not going back to school after Christmas break. Actually, it began before Thanksgiving break when she mi...

You would think that I'd have had more to say about our school year so far, with so many changes! Overall, it's going smoothly, but...

Well, Blondechick15 is not the only one switching schools this year. Chicklet6.95, who was homeschooled for kindergarten last year, is goin...

The Wheel on the School , by Meindert DeJong is one of those children's books that I had always heard about, but never read. I expected...

Blondechick16-- Blondechick's charter school requires all the sophomores to give a presentation called "Sophomore Passage" to ...

In yesterday's post on natural learning, I mentioned that we lost steam in some areas this year and picked up in others. So what have ...

I mentioned natural learning, interest-led learning and unschooling in a previous post . As you may recall, this year we have been experimen...

After many years of homeschooling, I have figured out a few things that I really, really like for this age group. Here they are! My Very Fi...

To kick off National Poetry Month, here's one I've been been meaning to post. It'll give you a little empathy for your kids who...