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Here's a little bit of our week:
http://teachermom.typepad.com/homeschoo ... y-2-6.html

The Florida Parent Educators Association site is another good resource for information. The Starting Point guide is very helpful and has portfolio information. http://www.fpea.com/about-home-schooling/getting-started-guide/ The complete Guide to Homeschooling has more information on different option...

Thank you, Lisa!

-Kim

Thank you, Amy. It helps to hear that there might be similar experiences out there. I think this is such an amazing/rich part of the guide and study for this year, and I want to make as understandable as possible if/when needed and not have her being frustrated. I think your last couple of sentences...

Thanks. We have been talking about them as needed, and will continue to. Just wanting to hear from others since the expectation is independent (and I know we can flex and make the boxes our own, so to speak. :) ) and it is being more challenging than I would have anticipated. Maybe I need help on ho...

Did any of your children have a hard time completing the Prophecies about Christ chart? I am finding that my dd is having a hard time making the connections for some of them (we are in Unit 6 and had the 9th one today).....and I do think they take some explaining and thinking/knowledge outside of th...

What fun Spidermansmum!

Dusty, I hope your MIL recovers quickly.

If you scroll down in this post, you can see my dd's. She kept it very simple/basic.

Enjoyed reading the reviews!

Fun!
I get that excited about box day too!
I hope she enjoys looking through everything thing----no doubt, she will!

I can "hear" your excitement! Enjoy!

We school year round. Trying a new schedule with it this year, but we've always started our "new" year in June or July for as long as we've been homeschooling. I enjoyed reading about your week, Dusty! Here is our third week of CTC. We'll be having an "off" week next week, so no CTC lessons planned,...

While you can easily use store bought clay for upcoming projects, before you bypass the upcoming recipes for dough/clay in the guides I will share that we have found that our boys have learned much about how to follow recipes and about what to add if needed to get a desired consistency for the clay...

Have a great day/week!