What started out with a sled on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2009 has grown into a family project each year. This year we are looking to reach out a little more. Through extra houses outside of our neighborhood, putting posters up, and reaching out via social media we home to increase the amount […]
Last year around this time I compiled a list of Martin Luther King resources, most if not all of them are free resources and printables. All of the links are currently working and offer a wide range of activities for all ages ranges. Things like color by number, an animated biography, a web quest, a […]
Stuffed Peppers Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef (or turkey which is significantly less calories) 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice 1 cup water 6 Green or Red bell peppers 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion powder ½ Cup Shredded Mozzarella salt and pepper […]
In continuing with my informal theme of preparing for the high school years, today I want to share our list of high school electives we are compiling to consider for Chloe’s high school years. In my last post I covered high school electives in general and included a long list of possibilities. Now that my brain has […]
This art project is one that I not only found, but bought the supplies for last year! I got the inspiration from a post I saw over at The Homeschool Classroom. The problem is that we never got around to doing it then so I finally dug it out for our November art project. One […]
Quote For The Week: Monday: With all the holidays beyond us and the New Year being barely begun, we are digging deep and really kicking it into high gear here in our homeschool. We have completed one full successful week of our new schedule. We are packing in a lot of science and history […]
Parental Judgement…….this is on my heart and in my mind. It is so easy to look across the street, next to you in the dance studio waiting room, down the sideline at a youth soccer game, and make a judgement about what some other parent is doing with their child. This is something I have […]
Ingredients: beef top round sliced thin (then cut in half) mustard bacon dill relish Nature’s Seasoning bay leaves garlic powder olive oil flour water toothpicks Directions: On each piece of meat, spread a thin layer of mustard, sprinkle Nature’s Seasoning and place half a strip of uncooked bacon on it. Next, place one teaspoon of dill […]
Last month I wrote a post pertaining to the anxiety surrounding the act of Homeschooling High School. I spoke of my anxiety level being unusually low, due in part to my due diligence in completing research on the subject. One of the topics I spent time researching is the possible elective courses for high school. […]
Quote For The Week: “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” ~Helen Keller I can’t believe it has been 7 weeks since I posted a Weekly Wrap-Up and that in 3 weeks we will hit the mid point of […]
Last year was the first year I posted a Top Ten Most Popular Posts. I don’t often look in the analytics part of my blog, so it was fun to see where people were visiting. Since I really enjoyed it last year, I decided to do it again this year. I am including the Top […]
As I sit here wondering what to write about I am struck by my increasingly large case of writer’s block. A kind of block that is case specific to this time honored tradition we call, “New Year’s Resolutions”. Resolution by definition means, “A course of action determined or decided on.” A New Year’s Resolution according […]
