Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")
Charlotte Mason Homeschooling - In Real Life
Truly, to get to know Charlotte Mason and her methodology, you should read her volumes. There are SIX of them! If that feels a bit overwhelming, I recommend two specific authors, anything by them: Catherine Levison or Karen Andreola Before that, maybe these 5 facets of the homeschooling patterns called "Charlotte Mason Methodology" will appeal to you, and get you going just enough, or, get you back on the right track, if you've strayed. Need more resources? I think you'd like this bundle fr 91% off! It's called the Charlotte Mason Mini-Collection, and it's not available for long! 1) Short Lessons - 20 minutes...
What do you do when the curriculum doesn't work?
How ungrateful and RUDE. We researched, surveyed, bargain shopped and finally purchased the curriculum. It was heart felt, and WALLET felt…. And four weeks in, we know it’s NOT A FIT! I mean. Now what?! What are we expected to do? Just keep going? Well, unhappily, that is one choice. When do you change, when do you keep going, how do you hang with a curriculum that you know in your gut is not the perfect fit for your family, for your kids. Hang tough, Momma - wade through with me and the four options I’ve discovered over the...
Three Homeschool Scheduling Methods (Pick your Poison)
All right - Scheduling is a thing that we HAVE to do. Right? If it's not on the calendar, it doesn't happen. We all know that, because we have those AWESOME friends and we tell them something like this: "We should really hang out sometime."And then we never do it, unless we pull out our calendars and choose a time and a place. Homeschooling is exactly the same. There's enough life and love and cooking and eating and cleaning to take up the full day without ever having a single lesson. It does not automatically happen. Enter, stage left: PICK...
Free Beginning Spanish Lessons
Wondering how to learn Spanish? I mean... REALLY actually LEARN it and speak it?Truly - the way you learn as an adult is the same way you learned as a child. However, here's the problem: You're not as committed! (No grown ups around to MAKE you do it.) So, if you don't have any children to learn with, (Truly, using See it and Say it is the BEST method for you!) I made a five weeks video set up for you - most adults quit something new at 6 weeks. So I made this just FIVE weeks, just for you!Here's...
The Dirty Dozen - Twelve tips on Teaching Homeschool Teens (Part three of three)
I hope this series of teaching teens Spanish (and truly ANYTHING) has been helpful to you! Remember - if you don't have a teen yet, one day you will! Learning along with your high schooler in your homeschool day is a fail-safe way to check in on their understanding. And while learning a foreign language, you must most CERTAINLY must know your purpose for doing so. It's a VERY hard thing to do. You can't just look at a list, read it over and have it in your head. It's not enough. Unlike other facts-based classes (history, science, literature), language is a...