Home School Math Curriculum: CTCMath vs. Singapore Math
Home school math is often one of the reasons people worry about home schooling. They worry, especially at the higher levels, that their abilities to teach will be surpassed by what their children can and need to learn. Finding a home school math curriculum that works for your children can be an instrumental step in […]
5 Fun Back to Homeschool Ideas
Tis the season of starting back to school, either public, private, or homeschool. In our case it will be back to homeschool, but not until after Labor Day! It can be fun to do something different or special to kick off your new school year. Here are some fun back to homeschool ideas to spark […]
What Is An Insect?
We have bookshelves flanking two walls in our homeschool room. The kids take books up and down at will from them. Ava in particular will hunt through some of the books (most recently the holiday books), and tote some up to her room for her bedtime enjoyment. This past week she pulled down a book […]
Wekly Wrap-Up ~ Week 15: Back Into The Swing of Things
Monday: Joey was still off on vacation. We were able to get most of our holiday decorations down as well as a desperately needed cleaning out of our storage space in the basement. I started off the week feeling great about all the blog posts I was getting lined up to post as well. […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday ~ Christmas Emotions
This is a moment I caught between Jayden and our dog Oscar. The kids love our dogs so much they are often overly affectionate. This was just too priceless not to share! My husband is known for his….let’s just say….inventive wrapping jobs at holiday time. My dad purchased a gift certificate for my […]
Starts At Eight: Top Ten Most Popular Posts of 2011
I saw Mama Jenn post her Top Ten Most Popular and I couldn’t help but wonder what mine were. I don’t often look in the analytics part of my blog, but my curiosity was piqued. I am including the Top Ten most visited posts in 2011 (even if they were not written in 2011). I […]
Building The White House
For Christmas our children received the Lego Architecture set for building the White House. Throughout the beginning of the instruction book there are facts and stories relating to the history of the White House. In 1791, President George Washington appointed Pierre Charles L’Enfant to design the new capital city. L’Enfant’s plan was based on a […]
New Year’s Resolution ~ 2012
I started these New Year’s Resolution Posts in 2010 on a whim. I made it my goal to read Gone with the Wind. I did that wish ease. Then in my New Year’s Resolution Post 2011 I decided to try Sophie’s Choice. I am having less success with Sophie’s Choice. I tried reading it earlier […]
12 Pearls of Christmas ~ Day 12 ~ Rachel Hauck
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Merry Christmas from all of us at Pearl Girls™! We hope you enjoyed these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from the authors who were so kind to donate their time and talents! If you missed a few posts, I hope you’ll be able go back through and read them […]
12 Pearls of Christmas ~ Day 11 ~ Robin Dance
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most […]
The 12 Days of Christmas……Ciravola Style!
Earlier this month I posted about us writing our own version of the 12 Days of Christmas. Believe it or not we managed to finish it just in time to share it with everyone for Christmas! Chloe and I wrote the words, we all sang it together, we did a “scavenger hunt” to take all […]
12 Pearls of Christmas ~ Day 10 ~ Debora M. Coty
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most […]
Christmas Tree Memories
As we rode out in the wagon at Stokoe Farms this year, I spent some time recapping some of the stories from years past of cutting our Christmas tree. We had my mother-in-law, Janice with us for the first time and we thought it might be fun to share some of the Christmas Tree Memories […]
12 Pearls of Christmas ~ Day 9 ~ Tracey Eyster
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas! Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series through Christmas day as each contributor shares heartfelt stories of how God has touched a life during this most […]