Donna Young

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Some of us have been homeschooling for several weeks now. How is it going? I hope at least it’s been good. Homeschooling is rarely perfect; it’s more like a roller coaster.

This entry is in reference to Natural Speller by Kathryn Stout. If you have used Natural Speller and want to comment about the book, please do so below.
My introductory comments from Book Archives
I have used this spelling resource for many years and found it to be a good program. The 92-page book provides you with [...]

This must have been the year of the cardinals in my backyard. On my frequent trips in my backyard to do garden work or feed the birds, I occasionally came across a cardinal feather. They accumulated over the months and now I have a small collection. I do not keep feathers for long and soon [...]

I first wrote this in 2003 at my forum, but now that it is gone, I need to republish for my purposes. I am writing a review of Jensen’s Format Writing and in my syllabus, I had a link to the now gone forum topic. I will link that to this blog entry in [...]

A couple of days ago, my daughter told me that she saw a commercial for the toy, “Barbie Fashion Fever Shopping Boutique Playset.” She found the commercial to be disturbing because in the commercial, the girl or girls (I didn’t see it) say,
“You never run out of money!”