Reading Eggs Reading Skills Workbooks {Mathseeds has them too!}
When my children were younger workbooks were my best friend! Grab a workbook, a pencil, and some crayons and you have educational and fun entertainment for your kids! Using workbooks is a great way for kids to learn both math and reading skills in a way that is fun for them. Fast forward a whole […]
Homeschool Health and Nutrition for High School
In recent months I have seen many homeschoolers in search of Homeschool Health and Nutrition for high school. This spurred me to do a search for myself. I was surprised to find so little where this topic is concerned! And if you live in NYS like we do, finding a homeschool health curriculum for high […]
Review of A+ Interactive Math – Grade 4
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to review A+ Interactive Math – Grade 3 for Hip Homeschool Moms. Here I am going to review A+ Interactive Math Grade 4. While we previously had grade 3, it was not challenging enough for our son Jayden, so we did not continue with it beyond the review […]
Teeth Unit ~ Week 1 ~ Throw Your Tooth on the Roof
Ava and I just finished our first week of 3 on a tooth unit study. I found a tooth unit from HomeSchoolShare to use as my starting point and then I am adding and subtracting as I see fit. This week we read the book Throw Your Tooth on the Roof. I really liked the […]
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Week 24 ~ Pizza Throwing, Cake & Chorus
Quote for the week: Heaven knows that I ain’t perfect I’ve raised a little cain And I plan to raise a whole lot more Before I hear those angels sing (Gonna get right with the lord) But there’ll be hell to pay But I ain’t in no hurry Ain’t in no hurry Be […]
Accra Banana Peanut Cake
Accra Banana Peanut Cake ** Servings: One 13 x 9 pan, cut as small as large as you want the servings to be Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups butter, softened 2 cups sugar 4 eggs, beaten 4 1/4 flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 8 bananas, mashed […]
Review: Gabby’s Stick-to-It-Day ~ Sheila Walsh
About the book: Gabby’s Stick-to-It-Day Gabby is a little guardian angel with a big job to do! Watching over Sophie is hard work, but Gabby knows that God wants her to stick to it. Based on Galatians 6:9, this second title in Gabby’s series follows little Sophie on her quest to to kind things for […]
Hands on Teaching: Coin Counting – Free Printable Worksheets
I have never found a method of teaching money that didn’t involve actual money! My kids always did best when they had the coins in their hands. From a young age kids are enthralled with coin money! Get them a Piggy Bank and they are on their way to saving and spending! Hands on teaching […]
The Lorax Lapbook Activities
The Lorax Lapbook Activities includes everything you need for an elementary level Lorax unit. Books, printables, activities and more!
Weekly Wrap-Up ~ Week 23~ Egypt, Ethiopia & Van Gogh
Quote for the week: You can’t stop my love for you, it will be here that’s a given As long as I am living on this earth, one thing is true You can turn away and forget me, curse my name You can even let me go, but you need to know, my love […]
On This Day….1998
14 years ago today I married my best friend, the one person I know I can rely on, the father of my children, the one I would be lucky and wholly blessed to spend all the rest of my years with. We did it without the bat of an eye, or a doubt in […]
The Classical Astronomy Celestial Almanack ~ Volume 1 Number 2 ~ February 2012
When the opportunity to review The Celestial Almanack by Classical Astronomy came up I was so excited! It came at just the right time for us because we were in the midst of reading Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. The linking factor in her book is all about the stars, sky, and specifically […]
Review of Reading Kingdom
When given the opportunity to review Reading Kingdom for use with my 5 year old beginning reader Ava, I was so excited. I have two older children at home and was looking for something not only to occupy my daughter for a short time, but something that was going to be educational as well. I […]