It’s May, and it’s the time of year when the weather is finally getting warmer to stay, many of us are planting our gardens, and our children are finishing up another official year of homeschool. Time for us to go through our old papers and plans and put time and energy into planning for the next year. For some of us that means unit studies to plan through the summer or vacations, anything to learn! The carnivals will also continue through the summer, so take a look at what other homeschool families will be doing as the year winds down.

Leave me a comment and tell me your homeschool plans for summer. If you’ve posted about it already, leave your link in the comments so we can visit it!

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Carnivals

I am a bit partial to this first carnival. First of all, because Amanda and Jocelyn created it and run it, and second of all, because Amanda is such a sweetie! She is hosting The Homesteading Carnival #49: My Mama Edition. You have to see it. I am blessed to have such wonderful children who are also my friends.

Henry Cate, of WhyHomeschool, has announced the Winners of the Carnival of Homeschooling images contest. Frankly, I am partial to this one on the left, because Jocelyn designed it. Henry posted the codes for the winning icons, so go grab one if you like!

Other carnivals of interest are:

The next edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling will be at Mom is Teaching.

Last week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is at Melissa’s Idea Garden.

The current issue, from April 28, of the Charlotte Mason Carnival is up at The Family Zoo. The next issue, May 13, will be at The Heart of Harmony.

The 3rd edition of the Canadian Canadian Home Educators Blog Carnival is up.

The Carnival of Education, the current issue, from May 07 is up at Bellringers. The next issue, on May 14, will be up at Instructify.

The Carnival of Mathematics, May 02 issue, is up at Teaching College Math Technology Blog.

The Carnival of Learning in The Great Outdoors, May 05 edition, is up at 10,000 Birds.

The Active Learning Carnival, Apr 07, is up at Active Learning Blog Carnival. The next issue will be Jun 14, at Active Learning Blog Carnival.

Thank you for joining me for Memo Monday! Have a super week!!

Ah, welcome to Memo Monday! This is the fourth Memo Monday we’ve done here at the HomeshoolBlogAwards, and after the great jobs the others have done, I am kind of nervous.

Anyway, I usually am pretty busy on Mondays. I have a lot of things to do myself, and I’d like to help you navigate your way around the latest. Grab your cup of coffee and maybe some cake, and enjoy yourself!

Memo Mondays is designed to bring you all homeschool news, any prayer requests, carnival reminders, product reviews, curriculum reviews, charity projects, and helpful homeschooling info. Wow, that is quite a load, but I think I can get it done.

As homeschoolers we all like to know what’s going on with homeschooling, and a great place to find….
Homeschool News is HomeschoolBuzz. They have updates from a big selection of blogs and always have the latest on homeschooling. Not to mention About.Homeschool and if you want to find out, in detail, about homeschooling news in your state, you can always check out the HSB Homeschool Nations.

Prayer Requests
Mrs. Irwin of Beginning Our Journey just found out her son, Tristan, has Leukemia. I’d like everyone to lift him up in prayer and stop over there to offer some words of comfortable to the family as they are all besides themselves, As Mrs. Irwin stated. Tristan is only two-years-old. I pray right now that the Lord would touch and heal this precious baby, this gift, this blessing, and just heal his body. Clear out the Leukemia. Satan wants this child, but we know that you, Lord, are the Creator, and the Giver of life and Tristan is in Your Hands. Amen.

Also lift up Chrissy of Moving the Mountain in your prayers. She is battling depression right now, and could really use some encouragement. Last year she had surgery to remove a cancer-tumor, and is just getting back on blogworld.

Please keep TrainingHearts/Tamara in your prayers as well as she was sick from MSG poisoning last week. Don’t forget six-year-old Sean, who has been battling cancer since August 2006.

Carnival Reminders
Well, everyone enjoys a good carnival so this week check out…
The Carnival of Homeschooling hosted At Home With Kris
The Homesteading Carnival hosted by Amanda at My Learning Experience, and the Carnival of Education will be hosted by History is Elementary on the 24th.

Homeschool Reviews
Last month my mom entered a contest and won a t-shirt from Homeschool Boutique, so I took a peek around their site….They have the cutest Homeschool Mom tshirts that you must stop by and see. Not to mention their blog is so darn cute, and they even have a cute little icon to stick on your blog!

Curriculum Review
I am not a mom so I don’t really give big long curriculum reviews. lol ….However, a few years ago mom had us doing Easy Grammar Plus, and I really liked this curriculum as it was easy and very helpful. Every thing was explained properly that I could easily understand it and I got through it quickly. They have Easy Grammar for grades 2nd to 7th.

Homeschool Tip

Get your children interested in reading more by joining and having them join the HSB Literary Club! It just started back up again and this time the Club will be reading The Hedge of Thorns by John Hatchard. This book is from the Lamplighter series, which can be found at the The Old Schoolhouse Store.

This classic book was written in 1819 and is based on a true story of a young boy who learns the hard way that the choices we make can harm those we love the most. Because he desperately wants to know what is on the other side of a hedge of thorns, he puts his little sister in great danger. From his experience, we learn that God places boundaries in our lives because He loves us.

Thanks for taking a moment to stop by and see what’s on the memo pad!