Let’s face it, after a weekend of running errands, cleaning, birthday parties and trying to fit in some time to relax and rest; Monday can be a drag. It can be really hard to be motivated to get back into the normal routine; well at least for me and my students. To ease our wayContinue Reading
3 Quick and Easy Ways to Prepare for Company
Our family enjoys welcoming others into our home but with six kids and a smaller house we have to make room in our home and our hearts before opening our door to company. While I would love to entertain guests in a freshly cleaned, well-organized, beautifully decorated home, that is not going to happen anytimeContinue Reading
Dinosaur Egg Bath Bombs
We took a little homeschool field trip the other day to a local nature preserve. What this really means is that we waited until around lunchtime, when we figured everyone else would be in school, eating, or napping and then we swooped in to enjoy the entire place to ourselves for several hours. It’s ourContinue Reading
How to Create Learning Activities for Any Book
Since one of our favorite activities is reading books of all kinds, finding activities that tie into our reading is a wonderful way to extend the learning potential of the book. You don’t need to rely on a store bought curriculum to tell you what to do; you can find and develop fun, relevant activitiesContinue Reading
10 Things Our Kids REALLY Need
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that our kids need lots of THINGS. We want to make sure they have all the newest educational toys, or the most popular toys at the time. It’s important to realize that your kids don’t even really need all the THINGS their friends may have, orContinue Reading
8 Ways to Go Paperless With Your Homeschool
Someone recently called me “crunchy”. I was a taken aback because, frankly, I don’t like to be labeled, and I didn’t quite know what “crunchy” meant. I thought, “Me, ‘crunchy’? I’m not a treehugging hippie. Sure, I recycle, shop at the farmer’s market, and make my own granola, but ‘crunchy?’ ” I’ll be honest…I’ve wouldContinue Reading
6 Benefits for Homeschoolers to Participate in Musical Theater
Today I’d love to share with you 6 benefits for homeschoolers to participate in musical theater. Helps kids get out of their shell The first thing a student has to do to be a musical theater show is audition. This a huge step for a lot of kids. They need to pick a song to singContinue Reading
4 Everyday Ways to Teach Kids to Be Kind
Teaching kids to be kind? That’s one of the hardest things we have to do as parents. That’s because teaching kindness isn’t a simple three-step lesson plan that fits every kid. Teaching kids kindness is messy, unexpected, and requires that we, ahem, show kindness ourselves. It also doesn’t help that unkind words seem to jumpContinue Reading
5 Truths to Remember on the Hard Days of Homeschooling
Since becoming a mother and starting to homeschool I have gone through a lot of ups and downs. One day I feel like I am on top of the world and want to proclaim to everyone that I’ve got this! Then there are those days when I compare myself to other homeschoolers and moms (whoContinue Reading
God’s Word in My Heart Scripture Copywork
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and I made this God’s word in my heart scripture copywork with scriptures all about love that I want to share with you. Copywork offers many benefits to kids, including memorization, improving penmanship, and working on grammar skills. This copywork contains 20 scriptures from the KJV about loveContinue Reading
