December has been an emotional roller coaster, and January is probably going to be that exact same emotional roller coaster. (There are affiliate links in here) Week 1 of December I am actually writing this as the week ends, which is rather shocking. This has been a … [Read more...]
November 2019 homeschooling in review
I honestly don't remember much of November. I was desperately trying to work on NaNoWriMo, and teach the kids, and keep up with grading, and prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I've come to the conclusion whoever decided NaNoWriMo should be in November was a … [Read more...]
Launch your NaNoWriMo book with this character description
Princess and I are working on NaNoWriMo, and continuing to figure out how to do NaNoWriMo in homeschool. Right now, I'm working on characterization. In particular how to describe characters. This all came about because I was rereading what I'd written so far and I realized on one … [Read more...]
NaNoWriMo Homeschool
Princess and I are going to try out NaNoWriMo this year. For those who aren't familiar with the idea, this is National Novel Writing Month. Your goal is to write 50,000 words in one month. It's going to be the change-up for her independent project for this month, and here's how … [Read more...]
These courageous explorers changed the course of history, the Age of Exploration
Hey, this is Future Ticia of 2019, I originally wrote this post in 2016 a few years after the last time we studied the Age of Exploration and went through our Age of Exploration Unit for Elementary School (or middle school since this was designed for my 5th grade kids). Now my … [Read more...]