As a homeschooler you most likely have an array of options in order to evaluate your child’s progress each year. Creating a homeschool portfolio is a popular option for many states. Before you start creating your homeschool portfolio, make sure you check with your state's requirements. In Maine we have the option of preparing a homeschool portfolio in order to show progress of our students … [Read more...] about How to Create a Homeschool Portfolio – What is the Purpose?
Recent Reads
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Reading and knitting are two of my favorite hobbies. There was essentially zero knitting done last month. Why? You may ask, sickness...more sickness in our home! However, there was a lot of reading and … [Read more...] about Recent Reads
How to get out of the Public School Mindset
When we first started homeschooling, I knew that I did not want to follow the “school-at-home” model. The school-at-home model is essentially what you would think of when you think of public school – kids sitting at their desks with a teacher at the front teaching them. I’m not saying this model is wrong, I’m not even saying setting up cute little old fashioned school desks is wrong (I … [Read more...] about How to get out of the Public School Mindset
knitting and reading
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! February was not a very good knitting month for me. I had grand intentions at the beginning of the month (I always do!) and then ended up with kids who were sick most of the month. I thought we were in … [Read more...] about knitting and reading
Recent Reads
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Last month I shared my recent reads for the month of January, and I have to say, having that small idea to share the books I read each month definitely kept me accountable to stay on track for my reading goal for … [Read more...] about Recent Reads
31 Bags in 31 Days – Day 1
It is here! The first day of the 31 Bags in 31 Days challenge! Are you ready? I certainly am. This is how the challenge will work. Each day throughout the month of March your goal is to get rid of one bag of “stuff.” Now, that bag can be any size you would like. Some days it may be the size of a grocery store plastic bag, or it could be as big as … [Read more...] about 31 Bags in 31 Days – Day 1