Author: mymentech

Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies are the four core subjects to cover every school year. Let’s call them the “biggies” as in BIG, as in stuff you have to do. They require careful curriculum selection and your full planning attention as you begin the new season. Then there are the others: fine arts, enrichment, sports, foreign languages and other electives.

As we enter a time of family feasts and celebrations, lets keep our focus on the importance of gathering together! Imagine hours of prepping and cleaning in order to create the perfect holiday celebration. Then imagine an incredible spread of mouth-watering delicacies laid out on an opulently decorated table that would make even Martha Stewart envious.

I used to be the type of person who couldn’t sit down until all the dishes were washed and put away and I was caught up on laundry. Then I had kids.

When we began our homeschool journey math was one of the few subjects that we didn’t use curriculum for, but instead the girls worked from workbooks such as Kumon and helped me in the kitchen. I figured that we didn’t need a full math curriculum early on in our journey.

When I first started homeschooling my boys I wasn’t really sure what kind of homeschoolers we were. Honestly, I really didn’t realize how many options there were to choose from. Most of the material that I looked at and the families that I spoke with were using the Classical Education method. I decided to give it a try too.