It's been a real hot minute since I have been back to this space and I wanted to update you a little on what has been happening. We graduated our first homeschooler last June, Zachary, and he is finishing his first year at college. He has excelled and exceeded our expectations and for that, we are grateful. He found "his people" real early in the year and has established a great group of friends. He has maintained a 4.0 in this freshman year and is thriving. We are so proud of him. He earned and wore two tassels at his home graduation ceremony - Green cord was for his over 100 hours of community service in his high school career and the gold was for honors in Math. It was a long road to get to this place and a lot of lessons learned but it was so worth it! If I am honest, I find myself longing for those days when we would spend the day at the Bronx Zoo or meet up with other homeschoolers at the park. Those days are gone and while we do go on "field trips&q
Welcome friends to a special Farmhouse Friday today. I am excited to share a curriculum that I found that is fun and educational! This is not a new curriculum, but new to our homeschool. Years ago, my sister in law passed on some school books and magazines that her son was no longer using and in the pile was was a few items from Highlights . They sat on a shelf for a while,until recently, and collected dust. I finally got around to pulling some of it out and what I found was a gem! There was this folder that said secret mission. I opened it and found a fun game/activity that I knew the girls would love. After they completed it, I knew I had to look into ordering more for them. Are you familiar with Highlights ? I am sure you are. We have used their magazines in our homeschool for years but never their adventure kits. (in their own words..) For more than 70 years Highlights has been dedicated to helping families raise Curious, Creative,