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 activities for you your older kiddos as well. Today I wanted to highlight how to use one of our new Valentine’s Day resources: This little printable craft would be a …Read the Rest
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 just a QUICK little tip for how to use them. First I simply put them back to back in a page protector, …Read the Rest
We LOVE Art. Have you noticed. We do TONS of hands on learning around here, coordinating our projects with our daily lessons. But sometimes I forget to schedule actual ART. It’s one of those subjects that is on the last of the daily schedule, and because of that;sometimes often gets overlooked. And there are different reasons why Art gets the …Read the Rest
Thanks to our November Sponsors: Speekee offers a Free Trial of their online Spanish program for kids! Did you know that Speekee won the 2011 TOS Homeschool Crew Blue Ribbon Award. Homeschool Mom’s simply LOVE this program. Pssst…. Like them on Facebook for a chance to win a TWO FREE Months! Hearts at Home Curriculum will solve your curriculum gaps! …Read the Rest
Have you solved the Mystery of His-Story? We’re knee deep in our new History curriculum, and loving every minute of it. It’s The Mystery of History! And it’s one of my favorite purchases this year, and it was really worth every penny. Before I got this curriculum I was a bit skeptical, the price is what really stopped me, but …Read the Rest
Last night, I dared to look into my craft closet. I know what your thinking… and YES the entire closet if filled with crafts It’s nothing special, just a simple linen closet completly devoid of linen. I love my Craft Closet. There is a scrapbooking shelf, a sewing shelf, a knitting/yarn craft shelf and then a shelf of “Open Projects” …Read the Rest
I’m almost to ashamed to post these photos. It’s like unveiling hidden sin. I don’t want anyone to see it. I keep piling it in, storing it away, covering it up, shutting the door tight and hanging a do not disturb sign on it. But it’s time to let go. Of the sin. And of course the actual clutter. If …Read the Rest
We are wrapping up our lesson on Landforms! We have been using Beginning Geography which took us though basic map reading, animal habitats and landforms. I can’t say enough how much I loved this e-book, and how much my children loved doing “maps” during school. This week we decided to put all of our knowledge to the test by making …Read the Rest
Oh golly, I couldn’t resist: I made a set of Butterfly Life Cycle Stamps too! Didn’t they turn out cute? Just in time for our butterflies too! Have you ordered your Butterfly Kits yet? We ordered a kit last year, and loved it! It’s about time to dig it out and order us some new grubs! Can’t wait!
We have completed a couple more of our Famous Artist crafts this time we learned about Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse. We are continuing to use the “Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists” series For Van Gogh we turned this: Into this: And for Matisse we used these: To make these: All instructions are up on the main …Read the Rest
I just finished uploading two more of our Famous Artist Crafts! Jackson Pollock This was a well loved activity for my kids, they loved blowing with the straws! Me? I wan’t really into passing out for an art project, but they were in dizzy oblivion. Andy Warhol These were really fun, Sissy enjoyed this a bit more then Bub, who …Read the Rest
So if you’ve noticed that my blog has taken a Shabby turn lately, bonus points for paying attention! Since I usually spend the entire school year “doing school,” I’ve decided to utilize these Summer days (and the numerous garage sales) to redecorate my house….. I’ve taken tons of photos of what I’ve done so far….and sometimes when I have moments …Read the Rest
Do you homeschool in the car? I do….and apparently I’m not the only one. Apparently, there is an entire book devoted to homeschooling in the car….. CarSchooling by Diane Flynn Keith. (I don’t have this book…but I do love herClickSchooling website!) We do quite a bit of school in the car. My opinion is that when you homeschool you just …Read the Rest
I have been dreaming this up for weeks! Okay, probably months, but I hesitate to let you know what a slacker I am. SO LOOK! Freaking Awesome right? Besides looking so colorful and linguistic (which of course appeases ever nerve in my homeschool body) these actually make up a fun educational game as well: Total Score, I know! So you …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
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
The past couple of weeks we’ve been studying Outer Space for our Science Lessons. I’ve been meaning to share the different crafts we’ve done along the way, but with all the snot at my house, things have been backing up on me! So I’m just going to lump them all into one post, sorry for the disorganization people, but it’s …Read the Rest
Remember awhile back when I made this little leaf using needle felting techniques? Well, it’s been tucked away in a closet for 5 months, Just waiting for the perfect opportunity to shine….. What do you think? Is this bib to “Girly” looking to put on Monkey?
Isn’t it fun to see the differences between your children? Not just the differences that make themselves apparent because of age, but the natural gender and personality differences that God has instilled into the core of our very souls. Male and Female he created them. And as a Psych major, I love to observe and record see these differences in …Read the Rest
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