M's Caravan

Mariners are the best. They are great to fans, genuine, and fun to talk with. Thanks Dan for taking the time to come out and sign autographs.

The journey begins

I started homeschooling my almost 2 1/2 year-old daughter, Naomi, on MLK Jr. Day. We did MLK crafts and read about him and the history of race inequality.

Since the service day, we have started working on vocabulary and thanks to the discovery of confessionsofahomeschooler.com I have started a wonderful Letter of the Week curriculum with her. A lot is available there for free, but I bought her curriculum and it is nice to be able to get all the material, plus extras, in one fell swoop. Mrprintables.com has also been helpful.

For vocabulary Fisher Price had good, jumbo animal flashcards to add to what Mr. Printables has. I also find that the fruit and vegetable flashcards from teachchildrenesl.com and mockeri.com are simple and feature pretty decent images.

Naomi loves all the crafts and she likes telling me what things are, so the flashcards are working surprisingly well. From everything I have read from so many great homeschooling moms who blog, every kid is different. Even if you are going to send your kids to school, how easy is it to do some flashcards and craft projects with them, and of course, read to them? Tonight's bedtime story was about the origins of our flag and National Anthem. I like reading stuff to her that I enjoy and can learn from at least some of the time because she's 2, she doesn't always like sitting for a story. So I take what I can get and do my best to keep her interest.