by Amy LeForge | Sep 25, 2007 | Home Schooling
We survived week 3, but it was a rocky one. Okay. So last week started out just awful. Monday I told the boys that their spelling books were going to arrive on Tuesday after being on backorder. Last year, spelling took us about ten or fifteen minutes per day. No...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 14, 2007 | Home Schooling
And good things to report! I got an absolutely GIGANTIC reward this morning. See, last year one of the tricks I tried to make things more palatable was to let the older boys work independently on handwriting, spelling practice, and the phonics workbook. This...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 12, 2007 | Growing toward God
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about things like status and identity, people’s roles in life…that sort of thing. We’ve all gotten the message at least once that you have to make a big splash in life, to have fame or fortune to be successful. I...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 4, 2007 | Home Schooling
Well. I knew the boys were anxious about starting school again, but I had no idea how anxious. It all started with getting them out of bed about an hour earlier than they are accustomed. Turns out a certain brilliant (ahem) individual made a doctor’s...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 1, 2007 | Discipline
We’re getting ready for the new homeschooling year here at Earnest Parenting. Okay, let’s see. What’s our progress on the todo list? Books ordered – check Supplies purchased – check Calendar ready – check Positive attitudes in play...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 31, 2007 | Parenting
Teaching children about debt should happen as early as possible. TechnoBoy borrowed twelve dollars from me to buy some baseball cards (a new passion here in the EP household) a few weeks ago. He’s not a boy with high ambitions when it comes to money. He rarely...
