Six more boxes full of sweet fun today! Box #1 Elijah and I did another graph. We polled friends & family members (via Facebook) to find out their favorite kind of candy. I printed off all the data for Elijah to compile and chart. After Elijah finished with his bar graph, I […]
Got Candy? (Part 1)
Many of us probably have a stash of candy right about now. Whether it's from trick-or-treating, a harvest party, or well intending grandparents, we have it . . . and we need to find something constructive to do with it. Have you considered Candy School? Jocelyn posted a link on the Homeschool Share Message boards […]
Workbox Reading
I have a serious reader on my hands; the only problem is that he wants to read the same genre 90% of the time– mystery books. I decided that I would fill a workbox with books. Some of the books are books he wants to read; some of the books are books I want him […]
Creative Writing Dice Game
Today we tried an easy creative writing lesson: a creative writing dice game, Roll to Write. I wanted to give the game a whirl because Elijah has been struggling with writing more than a few sentences each day. My goal is to find activities to boost his handwriting endurance and confidence. I also want to […]
Tot School ~ June 8th
More workboxes. More fun. More memories with my tot! Simon’s "Sprinkles" Project I put some contact paper and leftover hole punchings in a workbox. I had to open the contact paper for Simon, but he took over from there and made this "sprinkle" rectangle. He wanted it in Jason’s Father’s Day card (act surpised, honey!), […]
Elijah’s Goodies
Not everything is fair in life especially when you are 4 years older than your little brother. I notice Elijah eyeing Simon’s workboxes everyday. They are bright, colorful, and scream FUN! Then he looks over at his boxes. Not as bright…not as colorful…not as fun. He’s never complained, but I wanted to spice his day […]
Some Workbox Fun for Elijah
Silly Sentences Game Pattern Blocks Scrabble Sticker Crosswords
Simon’s Second Day with Workboxes
I love taking pictures of Simon’s busy little hands! Today’s workboxes included: 1. Brown Bear book 2. Brown Bear puppets made from a printable pages from Kizclub We pulled these out two at a time and had fun asking the animals what they saw; we also used them to have fun with animal sounds 3. […]
A Little Workboxer
We took a one month break to enjoy the weather, but now we are back to school. I started Simon on his very own workboxes today; he LOVED them. He loved them too much and had a complete meltdown when he finished the final box. I need to think about adding more boxes as I only […]
Play-doh Cookies!
Some Friday Fun! In Elijah’s first box today, he found a recipe to make… Play Dough Cookies!
More About Clay
Here are some answers to all your clay questions. What’s the name of the book? We are using Fun with Modeling Clay by Barbara Reid. Better books might exist. This just happened to cost me about a dime at a book sale, so this is the book we are using! What type of clay was […]
Time for Fun!
We are starting our fourth workbox week, and I am still extremely satisfied with the entire system! One big bonus that I’ve already mentioned is that we have more time for fun. I picked up a book about clay at that last library sale. It has been handy. The first few pages taught Elijah how to […]
Toys and Workboxes
One thing about workboxes- I’m tempted to rush out (or off to Amazon) and buy lots of fun new things now that we have time for them. But, there is really no need to do this. As I look around my home, I am finding all kinds of things I already have that can be […]
Rightstart for the Workbox
We just finished up our THIRD week of workboxing. I love how Sue teaches you to break things up and utilize review in your boxes. Here is something from our math program that can be thrown in a box with a dry erase marker. I simply printed practice sheets on colored paper and laminated. The goal […]
Grammar in the Box!
I’m still loving the workboxes. They are helping me to remember to use some of our long-forgotten resources…including things for grammar. Please know that I do not think you need to do any kind of grammar with a young student. You don’t. I have a kid who wants to learn about grammar thanks to some books he […]
Math Fun!
I have a love-hate relationship with our math program, Rightstart. I hate it because I have to wrap my mind around it before I can present it to my son. I hate it because it’s VERY DIFFERENT than how I learned to do math. I love it because it’s VERY DIFFERENT than how I learned […]
Why Workboxes?
I know I haven’t explained how the entire system works, but that’s because you can read all about in Sue’s book, and I don’t want to give her ideas away. But I just wanted to post why I am so interested in workboxes and why you might be, too! 1. Independence ~ Your student learns […]
Workboxes- Closed Activities
I know…I am probably driving you batty with all these workbox posts, but I am so excited about this! I created one more little thing to help us with closed activities….some timer cards. They have clocks and a number of minutes on them. When I stick the clock on the outside of the box, I […]
Workbox Schedule
One component of the Workbox System is the schedule. I love the FLEXIBILITY of the schedule! It’s great for my son to know he has a schedule each day (this makes him happy), but it’s great for me to be able to change it each day (this makes me happy). Following a schedule is an […]
Workbox Ideas
My initial reaction to the workbox idea was that I would never be able to think of 12 things to put in the boxes each day. When I started looking around at my resources, though, my fear was dismissed. I probably have enough to homeschool an entire crew of children (and you probably do, too!). […]