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...]
September 2019
September was my attempt to settle strongly into school and get life going. I'm not quite sure how I did with that. (there are probably affiliate links in here somewhere) Week 1 The first week of September held lots of amusing memories. Starting top … [Read more...]
9th grade homeschool curriculum
I think I've made all of my decisions for our 9th-grade homeschool curriculum. I'm trying to balance increasing expectations to prepare them for college classes in a few years, and for life in general, and ensuring they still enjoy life. All in all, I think I've found a good … [Read more...]