A friend introduced me to these workbooks this past spring and I was immediately intrigued. It’s not often that you find full-colour, 130-page workbooks for about $12 each. I bought two copies of the grade 5 level (years 1745-1905) and … Continue reading
Before you get the wrong idea, let me just say that we don’t spend our entire summer doing workbooks! Our summers are so short here in Canada that I like to take advantage of them. That being said, I do … Continue reading
I recently found Cahiers N.G. on a vendor listing for last year’s AQED conference (AQED = Association Québecoise pour Éducation à Domicile – or Québec Association for education at home). I was doing some planning for next year, looking for … Continue reading
Anyone else feeling tired? I’m always so ambitious when planning curriculum, but half-way through the year of actually doing it, I’m spent! This year has been particularly bad. I think I took on too many projects last summer. As a … Continue reading
Feb. 14th is almost here and as usual I like to weave French vocabulary building into celebrations as much as I can (while still keeping them fun, of course!). Each year on Valentine’s Day, I prepare a treasure hunt for … Continue reading
If you’re looking to shake up your regular routine a bit, early in the year can be a great time to start a French Club. What exactly is that and how do you pull it together without losing your mind? … Continue reading
I read about the online French classes offered by Antoine Khoury (a university professor) in a homeschooling newsletter. Since I always want to pass along relevant resource information to you, I set up a Skype conversation with him a few … Continue reading
Back in December, I had this bright idea that if we tracked our fruit & vegetable servings to make sure we were getting enough, we’d eat more of these good things. Then, hopefully we’d have less room for all the … Continue reading
Just a quick post today to give you a few ideas for incorporating French vocabulary learning into a few different Christmas-themed activities. Last year, I wrote about what our French club did for our last meeting before Christmas. We had … Continue reading
I’m guessing that grammar is not your child’s favourite subject. It’s not a big draw in our house either. However, it’s one of those things that really does need to be learned if the goal is true bilingualism. On the … Continue reading