Never Have I Ever Homeschool Edition
I have seen a ton of Never Have I Ever memes floating around the Internet. Some totally relatable and some totally off the wall. How about we take a look at a Never Have I Ever Homeschool Edition? I’d be interested to hear what some of yours might be. (Feel free to leave them in […]
American History Timeline Resources: The Gilded Age and 2nd Industrial Revolution
The Civil War is over and we are forging through Reconstruction and into The Gilded Age and 2nd Industrial Revolution. The movers and shakers that played a big role in the rise of America are busy and active building their empires, and by proxy, America. Our previous installments of American History Timeline Resources include: Before […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Week 6 ~ Ava Cheer Video ~ 10/12/12
Quote For The Week: For whatever reason I felt like we had time to spare this week, thus I had planned an art project. Now as I sit here on Friday and reflect back on the week, I can’t figure out where the time went and I find myself stressed because we have yet […]
Genesee Country Village ~ Civil War Day
I am so excited to share some of the photos and little facts we learned from Civil War Day at Genesee Country Village! The kids enjoyed the Fall Sampler there so much this year that they couldn’t wait to get back for more 1860s fun and learning! We had 4 hours, and more stations than […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Arkansas Traveler ~ 10/5/12
Quote For The Week: Monday & Tuesday: The beginning of the week has us home getting our formal work done for the week. It seems so odd to not have so much to report, but the ease of the kids math and grammar programs means I get to be a little more hands off […]
Book Review: You Don’t Know Me – A Deep Haven Novel
About the Book: You Don’t Know Me (Deep Haven) Sometimes the secrets we keep to protect ourselves can be our undoing. To all who know her, Annalise Decker is a model wife and mother. She’s a permanent member of the PTA, never misses a sporting event, and is constantly campaigning for her husband’s mayoral race. […]
Harold and the Purple Crayon Unit ~ Discussion Questions & Activities
Ava and I spent a week in Harold’s world! The drawings are so simple, yet the story elicits such a large amount of imagination! We talked about what we would draw and how cool it would be to be able to draw in our life whatever it was that we needed. I have compiled a […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Week #4 ~ 9/28/12
Quote For The Week: Monday: We had a full morning of table work to accomplish today. This will be the first week that we add our new science curriculum in to our weekly tasks. We are studying the human body this year and are starting out with a general overview of the body systems including […]
Log Cabin Craft #1 ~ Construction Paper and Craft Sticks
We are using the Little House series as a basis for half of our history this year. In doing this we started the year with a week long camp where the kids got to “Live a Long Time Ago” in the 19th Century. They wore time period appropriate costumes, and learned things like how to […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Mars & Kayaking ~ 9/21/12
Quote For The Week: Even though this our 3rd week into the “official” school year, it is really our first week of more formal work. I am looking forward to settling in to more of a steady routine now. Monday: Today was our first day to really dig into our school work for the year. […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Genesee Country Village ~ 9/14/12
Quote For The Week: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday: The kids are spending the whole week at this wonderful place called Genesee Country Village & Museum. While they are there they will experience living, and working in a 19th-century country village. The village has over 40 furnished buildings ranging from a pioneer homestead to a grand octagon house. They […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Short Beginnings ~ 9/7/2012
Quote For The Week: Monday – Labor Day: We were able to enjoy a relaxing day on our last day before school officially begins again for the new academic year. I am working on updating the website for Jayden’s football team, The Hilton Raiders, which this year has become Ava’s cheer team as well. Chloe […]
The Hunger Games Book vs. Movie Review
Over the summer my daughter and I took to reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. At first Chloe was dead set against reading them as the premise of the book was too upsetting for her. She had no desire to read a book where children are set up in an arena to fight to […]
Grow With Me
In less than two weeks I will be the parent of a teen-aged daughter. I remember being her age. I remember the struggles to fit in, the beauty concerns, clothing issues, friendship troubles, boy crushes, etc. When I was Chloe’s age I was very close with a family I babysat for. I grew up being […]