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Lance made me laugh so hard today (5/27). He made a video all by himself. He propped up the camera on Ethan's desk. At the beginning of the video he pushes the spelling journal across the desk and it makes a loud noise so he apologizes but he's so CUTE! At about two minutes in he accidentally hits himself with the journal, then does a slow motion replay. Hilarious! And toward the end he tries to show you all more pages by doing a flip through but because the way he held the journal the flipping of the pages didn't flow. Only about three pages "flipped". Made me cry with laughter. At the very end of him filming I walked in and he didn't know what to do so he froze.  When we watched the video together we busted up laughing when he tried to flip through the book for the audience to see and only the pages clumped showing only three pages. My review of the Fun-Schooling Spelling Journal is not nearly as entertaining and Lance's.

I'm gearing up for our next homeschooling year and one thing I want to do is make what I call subject baskets or in my case use containers. Sarah's book- Mom's Fun-Schooling Handbook she encourages us mamas to put things in baskets or crates or whatever you have them handy for the kids. Well we don't have a lot of room so I'm using plastic containers. In this video (under 3 min.) I share what we are putting in our basic timeline kit. Enjoy! I call this a basic kit because I'm putting only what is really needed. If you have a bigger container or are using cute baskets and crates you can had history & audio books, maps, placemat maps, etc. Get creative. I plan to grab their kit now and them and work on THEIR timeline. I think it's great when mom gets involved. It really shows the kids that learning is and can be fun! So a challenge to all you mamas, teach by example. Grab your kiddos books, pens, and timeline (or whatever subject) and do some school with ...

My 18 year old son Joshua surprised me this Mother's Day (well a few days ago) with a two part episode he made. I thought that it was so sweet! In part one he had me laughing because he's so funny. He set out to make a garden of flowers with a heart in the middle. One of the reasons he was a little late with presenting me with the Mother's Day Special is if you play Minecraft (I don't but my kids do) then you know that they have to go out and get stuff. For instance the flowers, well sometimes Josh had to go through swamps and such. It wasn't easy collecting everything. It could take days, so these two episodes were not just made in the 15-20 minutes that he recorded. In episode two he spends a great deal with putting the heart together. He had me laughing. What I think was suppose to be something smaller ended up being a huge monument. It actually looked nice the first time. The heart is made of wool so he had to sheer the sheep quiet a few times to collect enough ...

Lance working in his Thinking Tree journal.  And Lance and Brent completing some Thinking Tree pages.  Please excuse the blinds. We are slowly making our way around the house fixing the windows that the hail damages. The whole window needs to be replaced. My poor kids are in a darkroom right now.  Brent completing a page from his journal and Lance working on a Dyslexia Games page.  Lance being his silly self!  Here are a few pages from the Asperger's Syndrome journal. They are both working through it but Brent's is the older version. There are no eye therapy pages which is fine because he doesn't need that but it would be fun to see Brent using them, hehe.  Lance has fun adding body parts to the animals =) Tomorrow Lance will study the eyes of a human so that'll be interesting. Here is an object lesson. Do you use The Thinking Tree journals, if so which one is your child working through?  If you have a Thinking Tree or Dyslexia Games blog post plea...

These three Guinea pigs belong to Brent, Annette, and Caleb. Annette and Caleb are away visiting their Auntie R out of state. Brent is home but guess who is taking care of the guinea pigs though? Ethan. He's been making sure they have Timothy Hay, food, water, and that they they have a clean home. Ethan was cleaning their cage and put the guinea pigs in the laundry basket. Ethan has done a great job too, especially since they aren't even his little gals. 

Just a quick note about a freebie this week only. This is my affiliate link but you can get this free by going to www.funschoolingbooks.com, at the top of the page there is a little cloud that says Hobby Time pfd, click on that and enjoy! If you enjoy my reviews please use my Amazon affiliate link. I do appreciate it. Homeschooling6 is now on YouTube . Please visit to see video reviews. I love writing reviews for The Thinking Tree but Sarah is quick at cranking them out. I am still writing reviews but am now making video ones too!

Not Consumed has allowed me to review a few of their products! I'm excited to share the Reading Journal. Ethan has been using it a few times a week. This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. I received a digital download which is great because I can print as many reading journals as I need. I'm normally not a fan of digital books but this one I like. If you prefer though you can purchase a physical book through  Amazon . This is recommended for grades 2nd-6th. Your child chooses the books making it a perfect on "grade" level reading. What I LOVE about this Reading Journal is it works with any book which is wonderful because your child can choose what he wants to read. The Reading Journal has 30 lessons that are repeated six times throughout the year. The lessons include vocabulary, summarizing, comparing text to text, and character traits to name a few! The lessons are great for reluctant readers and those allergic to pencils because all they ...