Science Add-Ons To Curriculum October 22, 2022 One of the advantages to homeschooling is being able to pick curricula. Most of us would agree that our children can recite movie lines – sometimes even if they’ve just seen the movie twice. We used BBC Nature with David Attenborough for science [...]
A Peek At Textbooks: Autumn 2022 October 19, 2022 Our textbooks are usually a medley of what works best. This year Christina and Becky have college books only. Christina still digs into our American Government high school textbook this semester because it “makes it easy to understand” as she’s taking [...]
Encouragers: The Chaos Of Joy Mother October 9, 2022 I’m sitting at the desk at gym, taking payments and checking liability waivers for our open gym one Friday at noon (every Friday noon to 1pm is Open Gym – basically, allow your kiddos to expend all their energy just before [...]
Encouragers: The Challenger of Norms October 6, 2022 I’m praying for her family. I’m praying for strength, wisdom, and peace in her heart. This woman is the Challenger of Norms. She has encouraged me over many years. When my daughters ask if I have a best friend, this woman comes [...]
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April 24, 2020 Big Building Blocks On our shop day last week when we were building the bird cage stand, Lucas and Jillian discovered some big building blocks! Lucas made some boats with tall sails. Jillian hopped out and made more boats! Lucas made the tiny ones sneak up on [...]
September 8, 2019 Leaving My Little Love I’m looking at the man cross the coffee table as I talk. I knew even though he said it was okay to bring my baby (at this point, I’m 8 months pregnant) to work with me, there would come a time when my [...]
September 4, 2019 Jaquline the Confident I watched my little girl exude confidence for the first time in public. At our gymnastics show on Mother’s Day, my Jaquline performed her practiced routine with a cloud of confidence I’ve never seen in her before. She LOVES gymnastics. She feels beautiful and [...]
June 10, 2019 House Hunting 101 – Lesson 1 – Location We’ve been planning toward our next step – home ownership. We are grateful for the place we are currently renting, but because of the black mold infestation (it’s under control, but we don’t own the house, so can’t remove [...]
April 2, 2019 Word Origins: Diaper The girls and I read the “Princess Diaries” series (a series of children’s books written in diary-form about real life events as known in the lives of historical princesses and female leaders). In there, they discovered the English word for the bits of cloth [...]