Category: homeschool

  • Finding our next home

    Finding our next home

    Home. Since we moved here, my ideas about what home is have shifted. I used to think home was the place you settled into for long periods of time – maybe even all your life. You buy the house, make best friends, get into a routine within your community.  I was searching for and trying…

  • Another step in the schooling journey – Italian Elementrary

    Another step in the schooling journey – Italian Elementrary

    This Thursday, we’ll take another turn in Mariah’s schooling journey. She’ll begin first grade in Italian elementary school. We’ve been homeschooling since she  finished kindergarden – technically since May when I was home for my summer break. I never expected I’d homeschool. After all I was a product of public school, earned a degree in elementary…

  • The H word

    The H word

    Whelp. I’m coming out. Coming clean…we’re homeschooling. Technically I suppose we’ve been doing it since June, but now we’re getting serious about it.  By serious I mean we bought curriculum and have somewhat of a plan. That plan? Some regular time carved out for school work with the curriculum. You guys. It’s not a detailed…