I am in disbelief at all the amazing responses to our Christmas Giveaway! Almost 500 comments were left for this contest, and it was so amazing to go through and read all of your favorite Christmas gifts. There were some really funny ones, some sad, some were joyous, and even some stories that were bitersweet! I had no idea that …Read the Rest
This is actually a craft we did a few years back, but I’ve finally put up a photo tutorial for how to make it. They turned out really colorful too, because this time we used paint instead of markers. Additionally, I thought it might be fun to have children draw pictures of different items and resources that were aboard the …Read the Rest
Isn’t this the most adorable Mount Rushmore Craft? We’re learning about different American Symbols, icons and landmarks and I stumbled across this craft last week and had to make it! Thankfully Sandy from Busy Bee Kids Crafts let us share this adorable craft with you! If you’ve never been over to BBKC, let me tell you that this is not …Read the Rest
Okay, Okay….I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I’m posting Christmas stuff. But I wanted to make sure that you’d get these in time to use them for the month of December so I decided to have the giveaway in November! I have two sets of these to give away! So two people will each get a Pop-Up Nativity …Read the Rest
We drew a winner for our Kids Choices Travel Cards Giveaway! Yeah! Comment #9 Jennifer! Who said, “These sound great! I would love to get them.” Congrats Jennifer! And don’t worry if you didn’t win because I’ve got a couple of Christmas surprises coming up!
Well….um….Me! So, lets be real here folks. I need some votes. Actually I just stumbled upon this when I went over to vote for Carisa, who I voted for then realized I was actually nominated for this category. No take backsies I guess. LOL I guess even if I did know that I was nominated, it’s not really good politics …Read the Rest
I’ve started a new tab on our main site called Homeschool Tools! I hope to be able to post some of the different tools we use in our homeschool, nothing to fancy but maybe it will inspire you to get crafty in your own classroom! Last week I posted the Base 10 Bean Counters, and this week I’m showing off …Read the Rest
Since Sissy is officially in First Grade, it’s time for us to learn all about American Symbols! So over the next few weeks I’ll be adding in some fun Patriotic Themed crafts and activities that we do. Yes, I do realized that it is November and the rest of the world is doing Thanksgiving stuff. But that’s just how we …Read the Rest
Last week the local Christian Bookstore had a sale (Which means we skipped school got there right when the door opened) I had a list of things that I was looking for. I’m happy to report that I got most of them And a zillion other things that weren’t even on the list. One such thing is a set of …Read the Rest
We made these Paper Strip Pumpkin Garlands this week. They turned out so cute I think. Here is the tutorial We paired this with one of my favorite Pumpkin books: The Pumpkin Patch Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs On another note: Let the Fun Begin Please Pray that my son doesn’t sample a taste of anything he finds in these …Read the Rest
Last year when Oriental Trading was having their 75 year celebration Giveaway, I entered to win thinking (yeah right….I’m sure millions of people are trying to win and I’m just wasting my time even hoping) But to my surprise I won a $50 gift card! And I got to pick from the thousands of goodies they have over there. Well …Read the Rest
This week we’ve also been working on Place Value. But instead of using our Base 10 Blocks, we decided to get a little crafty and make a set out of beans. We used the Jumbo Popsicle sticks, and I think these are red kidney beans. I put up a full photo tutorial in case you’re not familiar with the idea …Read the Rest
Today I made a couple of custom science worksheets that we plan on using this week. There are two different ones: Moldy Pumpkin Experiment (we got the fantastic idea from this website) How Much Does it Weigh? (which I designed for my Preschooler to use so he can draw a picture of the item instead of writing the word). I …Read the Rest
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