Just the Right Time

As a home educator, I have one of those closets in my house.

You know the one I mean. It’s the closet that won’t shut and is the black hole of everything homeschooling. 

Puzzle pieces, math manipulatives, parts of speech sorting activities, and dice all go to the closet to die. (Pun intended.)

When I recently could not find the protractor I needed, I determined to enter the black hole and sort it out. (Insert dramatic scary music here.)

As I sorted, I was astounded at how many thing...