Just popping in with an easy Summer School FREEBIE for you! My children recently finished up State testing, and while they each passed (phew) one of the things I noticed was the lack of SPEED with wh...
I need to be honest here for a minute. Lately, I’ve been quite distracted. And even more honestly; I’m really not getting very much work done At All. Maybe because it’s Spring. Or m...
Last year I wrote a post entitled 10 Things I bet ya didn’t know about me. I posted 10 because it’s a nice round number, and it seemed like a good place to stop. But if I had to write a #...
Don’t you love when you’re out for a mid-morning stroll, and you happen upon a field of these: You didn’t plant. You didn’t water. Hidden back beyond the roads, where almost n...
Just so you don’t think I’ve completely fallen off the face of the Earth, I thought I’d share with you what I’ve been up to! I’ve been working like crazy (read: KER-A-ZI...
I know I haven’t posted in a while. It’s really not my fault. You see we’ve been really very sick. For the last month or so we’ve all been dealing with a very bad case of Spri...
This week we finished up our third scripture art project! I thought I would take a second to share a bit behind the scenes. These projects usually take two 30minute lessons. The first day for the art...
It’s April. The sun is shining (today) and it’s officialy Spring. And as I stare out my window all I can see are little pops of yellow all over my yard. Even after mowing. You see, I̵...
Okay. Just to get it all out there. I grew up playing barbies. Not like some people grow up playing barbies (where they have a closetfull of barbies, and a trunk full of clothing, and every baby play...
Reading Eggs is an online reading program for children ages 3-13. When you join Reading Eggs you get access to two different levels of their program, Learning to Read, and Reading to Learn: Since I h...
Over the next few weeks my two older children will be preparing a research report on Dinosaurs! Each kiddo will be choosing a dinosaur to research, preparing a written report, presenting an oral spee...
Since our last “Scripture Art” project was such a huge success, I decided that we would try another~ We continued to work with watercolor (This is the set that we are using) And we kept t...
When I started homeschooling one of my biggest concerns was: How will I know that my children are really learning? In fact, during the first couple of years I had nightmares that we’d fall vict...
Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to share God’s love with children! We’ve got some fantastic Preschool resources for you to use this year, and now we’ve got a few activi...
Someone very special is turning 1 this month! Someone cute, and adorable, and someone who’s diaper I don’t have to change! Someone who made me an Aunt for the very first time! Someone who...
Ever since the kiddos saw my new watercolor set, they’ve been dying to dig into the bright colors and try them out! And since the weather has been dreary all week, I decided that it would be a ...
Over the weekend I picked up a few shabby touches to spread around the house: a plant stand. a little bird. a little nest. some weeping. some willow. I love having new treasures to look at!
We recently had the opportunity to review Kinderbach! Kinderbach is an early education piano curriculum for home or classroom use. The target age for this program is 3-7 years old. There are 6 curric...
Yes, I realize that were in the middle of Winter. But all the more reason, I say! Sometimes we can go a bit stir crazy spending so much time indoors, playing the same games, finishing up the same puz...
Don’t you just LOVE Pinterest? I love that you can follow people and see THEIR pins, and then “repin” it to your own boards. A virtual “To-Do” cork board of that never r...
The story of my first canvas experience: What Fun!
Update: This Giveaway is now Closed! We have Two Winners: Comment #128 was Marcie who said, “I really like that primary, manuscript, and wide ruled are offered. As a parent of a 2nd grade reluc...
It’s been a long time, but I finally have another TOT in the house. Monkey is 2 1/2 and in full on TOT mode. Which means he wants to do “school” like his older siblings, but he has ...
Today I just wanted to take a quick second to share something that has been working for us. If you follow me on facebook you saw I posted these Parts of Speech printables last week. Well, here is jus...
This week we’re studying the life of Moses. Using The Mystery of History as our guide, and reading directly from our family bible, we have spent our afternoons immersed in the life of this inte...
This year one of our homeschool goals has been to lay a good foundation for learning Spanish. It’s been one of my more challenging goals, because (let me fill you in on a little secret hereR...
This morning I had so much fun going through SpellOutloud’s Top 10 list, that I decided to post one too! Here were the Top 10 visited blog posts for the year! 1. Free Nursing Cover Pattern 2. M...
Can I tell you something about our family? We own WAY, WAY, WAY to many bibles. I know that sounds like a backwards statement, But it’s true. I think if I stacked up all the bibles in one pile ...
TweetRecently I decided that I needed to make my little nephew something for Christmas. I found these adorable baby boot patterns from a website called I Think Sew. I’m in love. It was hard to ...
TweetDo you have a “Crafty” To-do list? There are so many amazing projects out there, that sometimes I get overwhelmed with all the inspiration. Sometimes I’ll bookmark and idea, so...
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