When you have children between the ages of about one and eight years old, a band aid fixes anything. This is my Kid tested and Mother approved theory. In the mind of children, it can fix things that don’t exist, or things that are age old like past bumps, bruises, or scars. If they prickContinue Reading
5 Reasons to Join a Homeschool Co-op
5 Reasons to Join a Homeschool Co-op For many years we were not a part of a homeschool co-op. With many babies close together it just wasn’t logistically possible. But eventually the time was right, and I have been so blessed with the homeschool co-ops we have been a part of for the past 5Continue Reading
Making Monday a Fun Day
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
