It’s pretty amazing all of the things you can make with duct tape. Over the past few years, crafting with duct tape has become quite the popular activity for kids. A couple of years ago my family discovered a company called Warfare by Duct Tape and I immediately knew it would be something my boysContinue Reading
Tips for Teaching a Child Who Learns Differently
I pulled my daughter from school because she hated it. HATED it. My husband took her to school and had to PRY her from the car and carry her into the building. I cringe when I even think about how many days we did that before we realized something wasn’t right. Even after having herContinue Reading
Games & Activities for When You Have to Wait
Waiting. Probably not at the top of most kids’ ‘Fun Things to Do’ list. Heck, I don’t even like waiting! I like it even less when my kids start getting antsy from having to wait too long. There are many times when we are all just left to wait – at the doctor’s office, atContinue Reading
Oak Meadow Giveaway – Win One FULL Year of Curriculum
Today we have a HUGE giveaway for you! I’ve joined up with Only Passionate Curiosity, OakMeadow, and a few other bloggers to bring you a giveaway worth up to $500 dollars. If you haven’t purchased your curriculum for next year, you can win a full grade level of your choice! This is aContinue Reading
The Benefits of Digital Homeschool Curriculum
I love books! I really do. I like holding an actual book in my hands and flipping the pages. I like to be able to provide my kids with learning opportunities and adventures just by grabbing a book off the shelf. I like that I have bookshelves full of books. Except we are runningContinue Reading
Books & Resources for Talking to Your Kids About Sex
Everything I learned about sex I learned from my sister, from friends, from television, and in school. I learned about ‘safe’ sex in health class and was never told by anyone that sex was to be saved until marriage, and that’s why people get laid more than before now a days, and use aContinue Reading
The Easiest Meal to Make When Dinner Hour Catches You Off Guard
Photo Credit Ever get that feeling around 4 or 5 in the afternoon when you suddenly realize you have nothing prepared for dinner? Even if you try to be organized by meal planning, sometimes you forget that the leftovers are gone or that the next several meals scheduled were for the slow cooker and now you haveContinue Reading
Perseverance for Tough Homeschool Days
Homeschooling is similar to running a marathon…a very, very long marathon. Each week, well each day sometimes, is very different from the last. With every passing week I find myself either praising the Lord that we all survived, or running through the neighborhood, pumping my fists in the air singing, “We are the champions, myContinue Reading
12 Alphabet Games & Activities – Especially for Boys
I have two little guys who are learning the alphabet, and one little guy that is tagging along. They are mostly working on letter recognition right now, but it won’t be long before we are moving onto letter sounds. I really wanted to make learning the alphabet a lot of fun for them, so IContinue Reading
FREE Calendar Board Printables
When our family moved last year, I was heartbroken to have to pack up our school room – for several reasons. I had worked so hard to get it all set up just a short time before (we had only lived there 6 months before we learned we had to move for my husband’s job),Continue Reading
