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The trailer for Paramount’s highly anticipated blockbuster “NOAH” has finally arrived – and it was well worth the wait! This film looks truly epic! NOAH Synopsis: After visions of an apocalyptic deluge, Noah, the world’s only righteous man, is chosen to undertake a divine mission to build a massive ark to save his family and […]
Even though it isn’t always sunny here in New York, Jayden and I have been engaged in building a solar robot kit from Edmund Scientifics. Things We Loved Once the head and body are built it is just a matter of swapping extremities to change the robot into a new one It works both in […]
I have always been an organizer, a list maker, a type-A high stress need to get things done and checked off kind of person. This desire was no different when it came to beginning homeschooling my first in 2006. I love the smell of new books, the feel of new notebooks, and pencils, and the […]
Planners, calendars, check lists, to-do lists….. What do these have in common? The fact that I love them of course! For that very reason I am so excited to tell you about this new Academic Wall Calendar I am using! We have three kids, and therefore lots of activities to keep straight. With daytime homeschool […]
If you were to glimpse into our home at any given time during the day you would most likely find one or more of us in front of a computer. Unlike when I was a child and you had to go to the library, or talk with a teacher at school, now you can hop […]
This year we are exploring the Middle Ages. My 2nd grader and I are looking forward to learning more about castles, knights, Robin Hood, and so much more! She is much more of a hands on, project learner than my other two. The cutting, coloring, gluing, etc. of lap books is like nails on a […]
Back in April I wrote about Money Management for Teens. Teaching money management is an important part of the task in educating our children. There are many great resources out there to help us with this task, many of which I listed back in April. Today I have a new resource for teaching money management […]
My daughter begins high school in 2 months! I have been preparing for this moment for years. I am not sure there can ever be any full and complete preparation for the 4 years to come and the lifetime beyond that, but I know I am going to try! Many hours have been spent scouring […]
Do you often find you push art to the back burner? I know that when asked most people will say their “must do” subjects to cover are things like math, grammar, and even history or science. In our home art has always been pushed back. Over the past two years I have worked hard to […]
My 6 year old Ava has been loving two new iPad apps with Ansel & Clair: Ansel & Clair with Triassic Dinosaurs Ansel & Clair with Jurassic Dinosaurs About The Apps Each iPad app is centered around a time period, in the case of these two it is the Jurassic & Triassic. Ansel & Clair […]
For those of you that follow my blog at all, you know I am always interested in adding art to our school. Artist I am not, so anytime I can get something that is all planned out for me I am happy as a clam! Thus I was thrilled to have the opportunity to […]