I decided that we need to start out each day with some kind of engaging hands-on activity that both boys (ages 8 and almost 5) can participate in. For the past couple of weeks, we've been using plastic Geoboards. I got a smaller one and a larger one for each boy, along with a big bag of rubber bands. I also purchased a couple of Geoboard books, for them to use to get ideas for designs.
We've been going over basic 2-dimensional shapes with the boards. We started on perimeter for Bee, a concept he hasn't been exposed to yet. Learning on the board will minimize the amount of paperwork I will ask him to do. We can also use the boards to demonstrate area, the different types of trianges, and angle measurement.
Bug loves making pictures from his book, Geoboard Pictures Flip and Draw, with the boards. I have a harder book for Bee, but he prefers to come up with his own designs. So far, he's made some cool faces on it, and today he made a tank, and actually wanted to record his by drawing it on a geobard paper. He hopes to sell the copies for $1.99 each. I love how visually creative and enterprising he can be. When I get around to it, I'll post some pictures of the first face he made.
I see there are a number of other books on Amazon related to math wih Geoboards. I imagine we'll find many more uses for this nifty tool.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
All About Spelling: A First Impression
After a little over a year of using a basic spelling list and online flashcards with Bee, I decided we needed a different approach. He was getting frustrated sometimes, and there were words that he just kept missing, even though he had seen them over and over.
I decided to try All About Spelling, which is a spelling program that uses coloful note cards, letter tiles, a large dry erase board, utilizes audio, visual, and kinesthetic learning, and emphasizes the rules of English spelling. Bee is very logical, and I think he will appreciate having a better understanding of why things are spelled the way they are. As I understand it, English spelling does actually have rules, but most of us aren't aware of most of them. I mostly learned how to spell by being an avid reader, and memorizing my spelling words each week as a child.
I ordered level 1, and although much of that level is going to be pretty easy for Bee, there are some new thinsg for him to learn, and there are even a few things that I have learned about English spelling! I haven't learned to spell anything new, but I did learn how to tell when letter "c" is going to make the "s" sound instead of the "k" sound, and when to use the letter "k" in place of the letter "c."
It's not a material for independent work. The parent sits with the child and gives a number of lessons that are carefully explained in the teacher book. This is ideal for Bee, as he thrives on one-on-one interaction with an adult.
It took some time to tear out the cards, and I still have not finished putting all the magnets on the tiles. Still, the teacher prep is easy work that requires no mental power. I don't know about other homeschooling moms, but my brain is totally fried. So, this is easy, and the only prep is a glance through the teacher manual, before giving the lesson.
Another huge plus for this material is that it is worksheet free! The emphasis is on learning the concepts, not filling out worksheets. There is a card file to store the cards, so the parent knows what to review, and mastered cards go into their own divider. It's a very well organized little system.
I hope that we will work through level 1 relatively quickly. I did the first lesson yesterday, and I hope to do 2 lessons a day a few times a week until we master level 1. Then, we will move onto level 2, and maintain or slow down our pace depending on how challenging Bee finds the material. It seems like a great material for homeschooling that can be used with both children who are natural spellers and those who struggle with it.
So, that was my first impression, at any rate. I will write another review after I've been using the material for a few months.
I decided to try All About Spelling, which is a spelling program that uses coloful note cards, letter tiles, a large dry erase board, utilizes audio, visual, and kinesthetic learning, and emphasizes the rules of English spelling. Bee is very logical, and I think he will appreciate having a better understanding of why things are spelled the way they are. As I understand it, English spelling does actually have rules, but most of us aren't aware of most of them. I mostly learned how to spell by being an avid reader, and memorizing my spelling words each week as a child.
I ordered level 1, and although much of that level is going to be pretty easy for Bee, there are some new thinsg for him to learn, and there are even a few things that I have learned about English spelling! I haven't learned to spell anything new, but I did learn how to tell when letter "c" is going to make the "s" sound instead of the "k" sound, and when to use the letter "k" in place of the letter "c."
It's not a material for independent work. The parent sits with the child and gives a number of lessons that are carefully explained in the teacher book. This is ideal for Bee, as he thrives on one-on-one interaction with an adult.
It took some time to tear out the cards, and I still have not finished putting all the magnets on the tiles. Still, the teacher prep is easy work that requires no mental power. I don't know about other homeschooling moms, but my brain is totally fried. So, this is easy, and the only prep is a glance through the teacher manual, before giving the lesson.
Another huge plus for this material is that it is worksheet free! The emphasis is on learning the concepts, not filling out worksheets. There is a card file to store the cards, so the parent knows what to review, and mastered cards go into their own divider. It's a very well organized little system.
I hope that we will work through level 1 relatively quickly. I did the first lesson yesterday, and I hope to do 2 lessons a day a few times a week until we master level 1. Then, we will move onto level 2, and maintain or slow down our pace depending on how challenging Bee finds the material. It seems like a great material for homeschooling that can be used with both children who are natural spellers and those who struggle with it.
So, that was my first impression, at any rate. I will write another review after I've been using the material for a few months.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Learning Addition with a little Montessori
Bug, who is about to turn 5, has been learning addition this year. My background is in Montessori, and we emphasize the concepts of the various operations when the children are 4 and 5, so that's what I've been trying to do with Bug. Addition is putting together; subtraction is taking away; multiplication is putting together the same quantity; and division is sharing equally. When children understand these concepts well, they have a great foundation for future mathematics study.
I showed him addition with the Montessori Golden Bead material first. The golden bead material contains thousand cubes, hundred squares, ten bars, and unit beads. This allows the children to have a concrete impression of our base-10 number system. We added some 4-digit quantities this way. I'm not sure it quite clicked for Bug at that point, but it's hard to say, as so much goes on with him internally that I don't know about. It's very different working with this material at home than it is in a classroom, where he would have been watching the older children work with this material.
He's also done some addition on his fingers, and this week I had him do some addition problems using seashells as counters. Both times he did this, I wrote five one-digit problems on a colorful piece of paper and had him answer them. At this point, it was clear to me that he understands the concept of addition.
He has been very enthusiastic. He's a tad too perfectionist about getting his numbers to look just the way he wants them, but I can deal with that. Today, I was so happy because he made worksheets for his brother and his dad (and himself!). His brother and dad were happy to humor him by answering the problems.
Later this week, I hope to show him addition with carrying on the golden bead material. This is not for accuracy, it's just to give them impression of what happens when we carry, and how we can't go over 10 in each place value.
I do not think the Montessori materials are necessary for teaching children math at home. I have them mainly because they have such sentimental value for me. They are extremely helpful, but there are many good ways of showing math to young children. I think the most important thing is that children have a solid understanding of how the operations work.
He'll eventually move onto another Montessori material, called the Stamp Game, that allows children to work with 4-digit quantities in a concrete way. We'll also be working over the coming months with memorizing his addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts, with a goal of finishing these by the time he finishes second grade. I'm hoping that computer games will prove to be a good tool for him in the memorization process (as they were for me once upon at time), but these did not work for his brother.
Hurray for math! So far, it's been my favorite homeschool subject to facilitate. I supposed that is odd, since I am a former English and Classics major. My children's other parent is a mathematician; perhaps that motivates me.
I showed him addition with the Montessori Golden Bead material first. The golden bead material contains thousand cubes, hundred squares, ten bars, and unit beads. This allows the children to have a concrete impression of our base-10 number system. We added some 4-digit quantities this way. I'm not sure it quite clicked for Bug at that point, but it's hard to say, as so much goes on with him internally that I don't know about. It's very different working with this material at home than it is in a classroom, where he would have been watching the older children work with this material.
He's also done some addition on his fingers, and this week I had him do some addition problems using seashells as counters. Both times he did this, I wrote five one-digit problems on a colorful piece of paper and had him answer them. At this point, it was clear to me that he understands the concept of addition.
He has been very enthusiastic. He's a tad too perfectionist about getting his numbers to look just the way he wants them, but I can deal with that. Today, I was so happy because he made worksheets for his brother and his dad (and himself!). His brother and dad were happy to humor him by answering the problems.
Later this week, I hope to show him addition with carrying on the golden bead material. This is not for accuracy, it's just to give them impression of what happens when we carry, and how we can't go over 10 in each place value.
I do not think the Montessori materials are necessary for teaching children math at home. I have them mainly because they have such sentimental value for me. They are extremely helpful, but there are many good ways of showing math to young children. I think the most important thing is that children have a solid understanding of how the operations work.
He'll eventually move onto another Montessori material, called the Stamp Game, that allows children to work with 4-digit quantities in a concrete way. We'll also be working over the coming months with memorizing his addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts, with a goal of finishing these by the time he finishes second grade. I'm hoping that computer games will prove to be a good tool for him in the memorization process (as they were for me once upon at time), but these did not work for his brother.
Hurray for math! So far, it's been my favorite homeschool subject to facilitate. I supposed that is odd, since I am a former English and Classics major. My children's other parent is a mathematician; perhaps that motivates me.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Time4Learning: A Review
With Bug being homeschooled full time this year, along with his older brother, we've all had a lot of adjusting to do. At first I thought that he would do things alongside his brother, doing something similar but age appropriate. I am finding that it helps to use the computer to keep Bug busy at certain times, and everything goes a lot more smoothly if he can play on the computer. PBSkids was an obvious choice. Looking at Homeschool Reviews, I came upon a program called Time4Learning, which has many, many rave reviews. I guess I'm going to have to be the oddball, because I didn't care for this program.
I should have known that I would not like it. It offers a lot of things like lesson planning and grades, which would be a big time saver for me if I made a lot of lesson plans or grades. I don't, especially not for a 4-year-old. Instead of lesson plans, I tend to provide options to him. I've never understood how homeschoolers can do extensive lesson planning when it's impossible to predict how easy or how hard a concept might be, or how interested a child might be in it, or what else might come up that week. And I never use grades. If I feel they need correction, I will usually ask them to fix it. Sometimes their answer is equally right or even better. I always tell Bee that it's good if he's not understanding everything right away. Otherwise, it would be pointless for him to be doing the work, if he's already mastered it!
The other problem I saw was that, based on most of the concepts taught, Bug really needed to be in their 1st grade program (he knows his numbers to 100 well, and is becoming more proficient up to 1000). However, he didn't quite have the reading skills to do the activities. The lessons seemed boring to me, and there was constant multiple choice quizzing. It observed that each activity consisted of a boring explanation, followed by a boring worksheet type activity, followed by a boring quiz. For insteance, my son knows how to sort, but he had to sit through a lengthy explanation on the sorting process.
Time4Learning is rather expensive, at $20/month/per child. Fortunately, they offer a free trial period of 14 days, and I was able to get my money back. The company seems to have good customer service, refunded my money hours after I had cancelled, and sent me an email asking for feedback. They also offer monetary credit to those who leave reviews, which makes me think that the abundance of rave reviews are possibly not as genuine as they could be.
I think it was mostly a philosophical problem that I had. This is probably a good program for parents who value their children checking off objectives on state standards lists and want more test prep.
In our homeschool, we emphasize critical thinking, logic, following our intellectual passions, asking probing questions, and so on. This program is just not a good fit for us.
I'd rather my 4-year-old occupy himself happily with PBSKids. We'll also be trying CBeebies, published by the BBC. These sites won't help much with my lofty educational objectives for Bug, but they will keep him happy at no cost to me while I read to his brother from our history book, and Bug may learn a little something in the process.
Note to commenters: I've noticed that several negative reviews of Time4Learning have the same people commenting on them, as if they are affiliated with the company in some way. If I suspect you being compensated by the company, then I will not publish your comment if you have not disclosed your affiliation.
I should have known that I would not like it. It offers a lot of things like lesson planning and grades, which would be a big time saver for me if I made a lot of lesson plans or grades. I don't, especially not for a 4-year-old. Instead of lesson plans, I tend to provide options to him. I've never understood how homeschoolers can do extensive lesson planning when it's impossible to predict how easy or how hard a concept might be, or how interested a child might be in it, or what else might come up that week. And I never use grades. If I feel they need correction, I will usually ask them to fix it. Sometimes their answer is equally right or even better. I always tell Bee that it's good if he's not understanding everything right away. Otherwise, it would be pointless for him to be doing the work, if he's already mastered it!
The other problem I saw was that, based on most of the concepts taught, Bug really needed to be in their 1st grade program (he knows his numbers to 100 well, and is becoming more proficient up to 1000). However, he didn't quite have the reading skills to do the activities. The lessons seemed boring to me, and there was constant multiple choice quizzing. It observed that each activity consisted of a boring explanation, followed by a boring worksheet type activity, followed by a boring quiz. For insteance, my son knows how to sort, but he had to sit through a lengthy explanation on the sorting process.
Time4Learning is rather expensive, at $20/month/per child. Fortunately, they offer a free trial period of 14 days, and I was able to get my money back. The company seems to have good customer service, refunded my money hours after I had cancelled, and sent me an email asking for feedback. They also offer monetary credit to those who leave reviews, which makes me think that the abundance of rave reviews are possibly not as genuine as they could be.
I think it was mostly a philosophical problem that I had. This is probably a good program for parents who value their children checking off objectives on state standards lists and want more test prep.
In our homeschool, we emphasize critical thinking, logic, following our intellectual passions, asking probing questions, and so on. This program is just not a good fit for us.
I'd rather my 4-year-old occupy himself happily with PBSKids. We'll also be trying CBeebies, published by the BBC. These sites won't help much with my lofty educational objectives for Bug, but they will keep him happy at no cost to me while I read to his brother from our history book, and Bug may learn a little something in the process.
Note to commenters: I've noticed that several negative reviews of Time4Learning have the same people commenting on them, as if they are affiliated with the company in some way. If I suspect you being compensated by the company, then I will not publish your comment if you have not disclosed your affiliation.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Our Puzzle-Intensive Homeschool
Homeschooling my intelligent and creative Bee has involved a lot of trial and error. It's been a great puzzle for me to solve. He is so very bright and and also so easily bored. He hates repitition, but some things are difficult to learn without repitition. He hates things that are too easy, but gets overwhelmed and frustrated if they're too hard. I want to challenge him, but I also feel strongly that plenty of time to play with his brother and their toys, with his friends at the park, to scooter in the front yard are all possibly more important.
I've learned that he dislikes a traditional "textbook" type approach where I explain what he should do and then have him practice. He prefers to look at something and figure it out. Like Dr. House, he loves to solve puzzles. If Bee gets frustrated, I will talk him through something, but I prefer to ask guiding questions rather than to teach him. Truth be told, I'm as allergic to teaching as he is to being taught. I love the "aha" moment when he figures something out for himself.
For his 3rd grade year in math, we are using 2 workbook series, both purchased at Barnes and Noble. I have chosen them because I think that they sufficient challenge for him, cover the state standards in interesting way, and offer a minimum of repition. One is called Math for the Gifted Student, Grade 3. This is our 3rd year to use this series. I have him pick 2 pages in the book to do 3-4 days a week. I love this book because it is colorful and emphasizes different types of graphs, problem solving, logic, and enrichment-type math. The pages are all very short. In fact, it is the only math book we used consistently for the 1st and 2nd grade. Most of his other math I made up myself, although I experimented with some other books.
This year, I decided to add Singapore Math Practice 3A and 3B (suggested for 4th graders, although many children would probably be able to use it in 3rd). We've been working through the 3A book so far. For addition and subtraction, I just had Bee do the review sections. Now that we're on multiplication, we are actually doing every problem. The workbooks have some nice "nuts and bolts" practice in the arithmetic needed to advance in math, the four operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, measurement. There's only a little repitition. If there is an area where needs additional practice, I can write more problems or pull something off the Internet. The word problems are very good and usually call for critical thinking and several steps to get the correct answer. The workbooks also encourage mental math and number sense tricks, both of which appeal to Bee.
I'll be honest, I don't know that much about the Singapore Math method, but I do like these workbooks. I don't feel we need a textbook because I can coach Bee through anything he doesn't understand. I'm by no means a math expert, although I'm married to a math PhD, but I'm very comfortable with elementary-school level math. I noticed some Amazon reviewers complained that some of the answers in the back are wrong. I always rip out and throw away the answer sheets, so that my son can't peek at them, so I can't comment on that. Any adult with a high school diploma ought to be able to do these problems easily and quickly.
Other puzzles we do include a book called Perplexors, which are logic word problems, Number Junctions, which is a little like Sudoko, and the Logic Link cards, where he has to put little disks of different colors in the correct order, based on clues. I try to do a little of each every week.
We even have a puzzle book for spelling called Word Ladders. Bee does not appear to be the most natural speller in the world. However, with a little coaching each weekday, he has become an excellent speller for his age. In addition to our spelling lists, the Word Ladders book is a nice way to give him a little extra practice on spelling that allows him to use his problem solving skills. He uses clues to change words into other words by taking away and/or adding letters.
Puzzles have made enriched our homeschool experience. They make up the bulk of written work that Bee does.
I've learned that he dislikes a traditional "textbook" type approach where I explain what he should do and then have him practice. He prefers to look at something and figure it out. Like Dr. House, he loves to solve puzzles. If Bee gets frustrated, I will talk him through something, but I prefer to ask guiding questions rather than to teach him. Truth be told, I'm as allergic to teaching as he is to being taught. I love the "aha" moment when he figures something out for himself.
For his 3rd grade year in math, we are using 2 workbook series, both purchased at Barnes and Noble. I have chosen them because I think that they sufficient challenge for him, cover the state standards in interesting way, and offer a minimum of repition. One is called Math for the Gifted Student, Grade 3. This is our 3rd year to use this series. I have him pick 2 pages in the book to do 3-4 days a week. I love this book because it is colorful and emphasizes different types of graphs, problem solving, logic, and enrichment-type math. The pages are all very short. In fact, it is the only math book we used consistently for the 1st and 2nd grade. Most of his other math I made up myself, although I experimented with some other books.
This year, I decided to add Singapore Math Practice 3A and 3B (suggested for 4th graders, although many children would probably be able to use it in 3rd). We've been working through the 3A book so far. For addition and subtraction, I just had Bee do the review sections. Now that we're on multiplication, we are actually doing every problem. The workbooks have some nice "nuts and bolts" practice in the arithmetic needed to advance in math, the four operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, measurement. There's only a little repitition. If there is an area where needs additional practice, I can write more problems or pull something off the Internet. The word problems are very good and usually call for critical thinking and several steps to get the correct answer. The workbooks also encourage mental math and number sense tricks, both of which appeal to Bee.
I'll be honest, I don't know that much about the Singapore Math method, but I do like these workbooks. I don't feel we need a textbook because I can coach Bee through anything he doesn't understand. I'm by no means a math expert, although I'm married to a math PhD, but I'm very comfortable with elementary-school level math. I noticed some Amazon reviewers complained that some of the answers in the back are wrong. I always rip out and throw away the answer sheets, so that my son can't peek at them, so I can't comment on that. Any adult with a high school diploma ought to be able to do these problems easily and quickly.
Other puzzles we do include a book called Perplexors, which are logic word problems, Number Junctions, which is a little like Sudoko, and the Logic Link cards, where he has to put little disks of different colors in the correct order, based on clues. I try to do a little of each every week.
We even have a puzzle book for spelling called Word Ladders. Bee does not appear to be the most natural speller in the world. However, with a little coaching each weekday, he has become an excellent speller for his age. In addition to our spelling lists, the Word Ladders book is a nice way to give him a little extra practice on spelling that allows him to use his problem solving skills. He uses clues to change words into other words by taking away and/or adding letters.
Puzzles have made enriched our homeschool experience. They make up the bulk of written work that Bee does.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Our Worm Bin: An Update
I had a comment asking for an update on our worm bin. We got a Worm Factory about three months ago and stocked it with 500 red wriggler worms. We are not squeamish and keep it in oun den, next to a love seat. I had a homemade bin in the past, so was not new to raising worms.
The bin is doing great. There are lots of worms of different sizes, so I assume they are reproducing well. I added the second tray on a couple of weeks ago, and many of my worms have already moved up there. My youngest child enjoys feeding his banana peels and apple cores to the worms. I am putting more and more of our kitchen scraps in there, and I think eventually it will be able to absorb the majority of them. Some kitchen waste will still need to go in the outdoor bin, such as garlic, onion, and citrus pellings. I tear up lots of cereal box-type cardboard for the bedding.
There are structured "worm activities" out there, but I haven't looked into doing them. The children just know the worms exist, they eat are garbage, and produce castings that we can use in the garden. Worms are a fun addition to any homeschool (or home).
The bin is doing great. There are lots of worms of different sizes, so I assume they are reproducing well. I added the second tray on a couple of weeks ago, and many of my worms have already moved up there. My youngest child enjoys feeding his banana peels and apple cores to the worms. I am putting more and more of our kitchen scraps in there, and I think eventually it will be able to absorb the majority of them. Some kitchen waste will still need to go in the outdoor bin, such as garlic, onion, and citrus pellings. I tear up lots of cereal box-type cardboard for the bedding.
There are structured "worm activities" out there, but I haven't looked into doing them. The children just know the worms exist, they eat are garbage, and produce castings that we can use in the garden. Worms are a fun addition to any homeschool (or home).
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Homeschool Day Book: A Review
Record keeping is not my strong suit. As I've written before, I've been experimenting with Evernote to keep of a monthly list of our activities. However, I was not completely satisfied with it because it took time to get the table formatted, and it couldn't be easily separated out into other types of reports.
Our school year "officially" started on Tuesday, and Monday night I stayed up getting things organized and planned for the week. I decided to take a new look at homeschool record keeping software and printable planning pages.
I came across a number of options, most of which I did not like. The programs I looked at had features that were not relevent to my family, such as grades and detailed lesson plans. I am sure that these types of programs are invaluable to parents who make detailed plans well in advance and want to keep track of grades. I looked at paper planners, but I was able neither to find or make something that looked like it would be easy to work in the moment and convenient to look back on at the end of the year.
Then I came upon Homeschool Day Book. I downloaded the free trial. I think it's a keeper. I like it much, much better than my own Evernote system, or any other system I've tried. I've made a daily checklist to keep on a clipboard to check off through the day what the children do, and then I can quickly enter it into Homeschool Day Book at the end of the day, week, or month (yikes, hopefully not a whole month at once).
Here are the pros for Homeschool Day Book:
I'm happy about this convenient way to keep track of what we do. Like I always say, the children learn the same whether or not I write down what they do, but it certainly gives me a feeling of satisfaction to be able to look back and see all that they accomplished.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of Homeschool Day Book in exchange for writing a review (positive or negative) on my blog.
Our school year "officially" started on Tuesday, and Monday night I stayed up getting things organized and planned for the week. I decided to take a new look at homeschool record keeping software and printable planning pages.
I came across a number of options, most of which I did not like. The programs I looked at had features that were not relevent to my family, such as grades and detailed lesson plans. I am sure that these types of programs are invaluable to parents who make detailed plans well in advance and want to keep track of grades. I looked at paper planners, but I was able neither to find or make something that looked like it would be easy to work in the moment and convenient to look back on at the end of the year.
Then I came upon Homeschool Day Book. I downloaded the free trial. I think it's a keeper. I like it much, much better than my own Evernote system, or any other system I've tried. I've made a daily checklist to keep on a clipboard to check off through the day what the children do, and then I can quickly enter it into Homeschool Day Book at the end of the day, week, or month (yikes, hopefully not a whole month at once).
Here are the pros for Homeschool Day Book:
- It is extremely intuitive to use. It didn't hurt my brain to figure out how to use it. A person with basic computer literacy will figure out how to use all the features of the program within 5-10 minutes.
- It is easily customizable. You can enter your own subjects and categories how you like.
- If you enter an activity for the day, then it automatically updates your "attendance" record, marking that child as present for the day.
- When you enter an activity, you can enter it for one or more children at the same time AND one or more subjects at the same time. This is awesome, because we have so much overlap.
- To create a report, you select the time period that you want, select the child or children, and select all subjects or one particular subject.
- At first, I was sad that there was not a "book list" or "field trip" option because I wanted to keep track of books I read outloud to the kids and print that out separately. Then I realized that I can just call them subjects, so that I can print out separate reports for them. Each time we finish a book, or go on a field trip, I can check that field.
- You can also keep track of how much time is spent on a particular activity/subject, but I'm not interested in that. It would be useful for states where parents are required to log the hours children spend in "school."
- It's pretty bare bones with few frills. This is a good thing in some ways, but it also means that there just aren't that many features to figure out.
- I am not crazy about the way the reports look. If you create a report for both your kids, for instance, it doesn't indicade which kid particpated in which activity, nor does it indicate the subjects that you checked. You can print out reports by kid and by subject, however. Also, there is a lot of white space that shows up if you create the report with description.
I'm happy about this convenient way to keep track of what we do. Like I always say, the children learn the same whether or not I write down what they do, but it certainly gives me a feeling of satisfaction to be able to look back and see all that they accomplished.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of Homeschool Day Book in exchange for writing a review (positive or negative) on my blog.
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