This is an account of one whole year of home schooling. I want to keep this record of our home schooling:
Hello. I'm Chante, creator of My Natural Motherhood Journey. Here is where I document a full year of home schooling with my family.
Day 18 - Here He Comes To Save The Day!!





I've been working pretty hard on the site. Trying to get used to being a WAHSM (work-at-home-schooling Mom).
Lately we've been staying in to finish ...
Day 12 - Learning To Read





It seems the norm around here to start to read when you're 3. My two oldest did (actually the second oldest started at 2) and now the 3yo. is on her way....
Day 17 - What Were We Talking About?
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I find myself saying that sometimes. Mostly during our Art, Music and Science times. Those subjects just seem to have so many rabbit trails to follow! History ...
Day 16 - Follow Your State's Rules
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Every year I hear I hear about the laws in different states as new home schooling Mamas check and double check that they are compliant with their state'...
Day 15 - Sick Days
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Usually when children go to public or private schools, they get time off when they're sick (so as not to spread the sickness). When you're home schooled,...
Day 14 - Foreign Language
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I've heard it said acquiring a second language is easiest between the Pre-K and elementary stages. To that end, I've followed Noah Plan's scope and sequence ...
Day 13 - Learning About Music
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I love exploring music with my children. When we study music I usually have them listening as well as discussing the piece or song. We put it on, just ...
Day 11
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I think I'll try something new with my oldest son. He seems to like lists and checking things off when they're done. I watched him go through his sentences ...
Day 10
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Our second week has come to a close. Today was another day of educational games. While the children have lots of card and board games around the house,...
Day 9 Pen Pals
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One thing I can say about our home school, our children will never forget the value of the U.S. Postal Service.
Just recently they've accumulated pen ...
Day 8
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Home schooling has shown me how interconnected things really are. Our study of art (the Robert Shaw Memorial) led to a history lesson about the artist ...
Day 7
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This year we're going to be doing Right Start C. I figure that's a happy medium since my oldest son taught himself his multiplication and short division ...
Day 6 - Field Trip!
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Today we went on a field trip to our state fair. The children had a good time.
My 2 yo. loved seeing the animals he points to in our books. The older ...
Day 5
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Two years ago I started a tradition in our home school. Every Friday, the children get to play games all day! Isn't that fun?! But what about learning,...
Day 4 - Of Tea Cups and Ireland
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My nursery and Pre-K children teamed up and had a pretend tea party. My 3yo. provided the cookies she baked in her toy kitchen. My 2yo. poured us drinks ...
Day 3
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It was just a normal day in our home school today. The pre-K'ers stayed still long enough for me to go over letter sounds with them. We went through flash ...
Day 2
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Today we started on Apologia's Exploring Creation with Astronomy for science. In looking over the book before I started, I noticed that there is mention ...
First Day of School!
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Today was our first day of school. I figure we'll have some days off from here to 180 so I like to start early.
My oldest son started the day off nice ...