• Gifted Homeschool,  Homeschool

    Math Defined with Dictionary

    Making Math Simple I’m one of those homeschool moms who gets more than a little nervous about teaching math. It’s kind of scary in fact. I know I’m not alone in this, so often I hear moms say “I dread teaching upper level math.” For me upper level math started last year and continues this year. As an affiliate blogger…

  • Family,  Homeschool

    This Week…Winter & Rest

    Illness in the Homeschool Over last weekend we like many of you received about 4 inches of snow, most of which is still on the ground. This week Little Man went to homeschool gym on Monday. By Tuesday morning he had a fever, vomiting and cough. So this has been a very quiet week in our home. Rest was the…

  • Family

    The Perfect Gift

    A Gift Any Homeschool Mom Will Love This is a sponsored post and contains affiliate links. Sometimes it’s just hard to find just the right gift for a woman. When your searching for something for a homeschool mom it couldn’t be simpler.Whether she is your best friend, your sister, or maybe you are her husband, this is a gift that…

  • Homeschool,  Reviews

    Why I Use Online Math Lessons: An Uzinggo Review

    Online Math Lessons With Uzinggo you can teach using online math lessons and science lessons with their interactive program. Since math is my weakness and Little Man’s strongest area of work, I was thrilled when Uzinggo offered to sponsor this review post.  They provided me with a free subscription to their math and science lessons in exchange for my honest review of their…

  • Curriculum,  Homeschool

    This Week…Working Alone

    Independent Work Seeing your child learning to show independent work in homeschool is both priceless and bittersweet. I remember when we were doing “2nd & 3rd grades” that I would think ‘Shouldn’t he be working alone by now?’ (The answer is a little but mostly no.) I would get overwhelmed and frustrated because I had housework to do and phone…

  • Curriculum,  Family,  Homeschool

    This Week: Schooling Around Thanksgiving

    Keeping on Task Digital Planner Makes My Life Easier This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure for full information. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. This as you know has been Thanksgiving week. I had originally planned to take the entire week off, but after taking that unplanned week off in October, I decided to just stick with…

  • Homeschool

    Applecore Homeschool Digital Planner at 1/2 Price

    Save Time with Digital Record Keeping I know you are enjoying some awesome family time, delicious food and quality time relaxing before heading out for a busy shopping weekend.I’ve been away visiting family in WV. Before I left I sat down to plan lessons for the next couple of weeks using Applecore Systems. As I’m returning home I discovered that…