Spelling has never been an exciting subject for my kids. Add to that that our middle son is very hands-on when he learns. He likes to build things, make things, and do things. That's how he learns best.

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Fall is coming and the first thing that comes to mind is pumpkins. I love pumpkin muffins, cake, and donuts. I like to get real pumpkins and put them in our home. 

So why not bring that love of pumpkins into our schooling to make it a little more fun?

That's just what I'...

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I was thrilled when we were given the chance to review Traditional Spelling II by Memoria Press. I thought that this would work for our 3rd grader to help him with Spelling. I decided to show it to him before I made a decision. I wasn't surprised by his reaction. He wa...

If you are anything like me, you probably had to reread that title, right? "Have fun with Spelling"? What?!

When I was a kid, I was descent speller. Just like every other student in the class, I did my Spelling homework: write them 3 times each, spelling them outloud, p...

Throughout the month of December, we will be working with our new family devotional “Journey Through the Nativity”.  I like to combine subjects whenever possible so I have decided to have our second grader have his spelling words come from the actual Bible lessons that...

When I was teaching in the public school, one of the favorite games of my students to practice spelling was to play Spelling Baseball. They always cheered when I told them that we were going to play it. So I thought, why can’t we do it in homeschool?

So with a few tweek...