All About Spelling

All About Spelling

One of the homeschool products we’re reviewing is All About Spelling, a multi-sensory approach to teaching your child to spell. The primary learning styles are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. All About Spelling utilizes all three, since students learn better...
Conditional Love

Conditional Love

I gave my three-year-old daughter, the baby, a big hug and a kiss and told her I love her. She hugged and kissed me in return, and said, “I love you, too, but I like mac-ee-roni and I want you to make me some.” So much for unconditional love.

Kid Quotes

I love telling my 4-year-old daughter that I can’t remember all of Dora’s name, just to hear her say “Dora Saplora” (Dora the Explorer). I remember how upset my parents got when my sister and I learned to say something properly, when they...
Maybe we need a unit study on farm animals?

Maybe we need a unit study on farm animals?

My 8-year-old daughter walked up to me at breakfast and said, “While I was drinking my milk I just thought: Am I drinking cow tinkle?” I nearly choked on my tea. And then we had a discussion of mommies, babies, and milk that I hadn’t anticipated...
What a 2-year-old says on the phone with her pretend friend

What a 2-year-old says on the phone with her pretend friend

Miss Lily was talking on her play phone this morning while I was making her breakfast, and I overheard the following conversation: “What the heck?!” (Okay, I have the decency to blush while typing this one. It could be worse.) “You have a play dress...

The Nose Knows

Overheard in my kitchen: “Man, it smells like yesterday!” I don’t think my six-year-old son wanted the same thing for lunch two days in a row.

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