At the beginning of June we brought you our Preliminary Reviews of Kidcoder & Teen Coder- Windows Programming. We are pleased to be back to give your our final reviews as well as a giveaway from the company! The folks over at Homeschool Programming Inc. are offering up for giveaway a first-semester title (Windows Programming) […]
Last week Jayden got a soccer ball kicked into his thumb while playing outside with his cousins and a neighbor friend. He came in asking for ice and acting fine, just stating he got a ball kicked into his hand and that his thumb hurt. I didn’t think too much of it. The next day […]
Two weeks ago I shared The Grouchy Ladybug portion of our Bug/Insect Unit Study. Then last week we continued our Bug/Insect Unit, entering the world of spiders. This week we are learning about crickets, enjoying The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle, and also comparing/contrasting crickets to grasshoppers. The Very Quiet Cricket Storybook: The Very […]
Moiveguide has put out a list of top musicals from yesterday and today. Some I have wanted to see but have yet to see. One I have never heard of – Brigadoona, and the ones I have seen I have loved – Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, Thinking these might make a […]
Last week I shared The Grouchy Ladybug portion of our Bug/Insect Unit Study. As we continue with our Bug/Insect Unit we enter the world of spiders, beginning with reading The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. Spider Facts: All spiders have 8 legs All spiders make silk in their bodies which is used to spin […]
I have had the opportunity to review a product that I believe to be very rare. When I first saw an ad for Homeschool Programming I stopped to look because I had never seen a computer programming curriculum for kids. Here are a few things that stood out to me right away: *Only basic familiarity […]
Let me just start by saying how eye catching the cover of this book is! The instant I opened the package when it arrived I was taken in by the cover. From Shawn’s sweet face to the combination of the bright pink of the stripe and her sweater with light yellow/brown of the tall grass […]
Ava and I are working our way through a bug/insect unit using Eric Carle books. Homeschoolshare has a bunch of great lapbooks for these books which has been our stemming point. From there we also really like Enchanted Learning and First School for information and printables. Check in over the coming weeks for the rest […]
[image width=”250″ height=”250″ frame=”simple” align=”right”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/HSV-Garden-Challenge-250-copy.jpg[/image] This is month number three of the Homeschool Village Garden Challenge. We participated last year, and it was so much fun not only gardening, but chronicling our progress too! Here are their Participation Rules: since we are a homeschool community here to encourage homeschoolers we are asking that only […]
I never liked banana bread until this recipe. It’s original name was nothing original so I gave it a name that I like! 🙂 It was passed down to my mother from somewhere and when she switched to using this one I always loved it! I recently made it and was talking about it when […]
This is Week #2 of ihomeschoolnetworks 10 in 10. That is 10 Top 10 Lists in 10 weeks! Last week was Top 10 Favorite Homeschooling Sites. The first and most must have item for our homeschool is sharpened pencils with erasers on them! I can’t imagine what a school class of 20 or more must […]
Thanks to a lovely post reminder by my dear friend Shana this week, I am bringing back It’s the Little Things Thursday, even if only for this week! Not only do I love what it stands for, but I love the icon my hubby and I created for it as well. Awhile back I spent […]
