 |
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Project on how important bones are for stability! The science of bones Continue reading School Week of September 22, 2014  September 27th, 2014 | Tags: 50 states, A+ Math, All About Spelling, Aplus Math Tudor, Apologia, Apologia Human Anatomy, Apologia Human Physiology, Apologia Jump In, Apologia Science, Capitals, Choir, Curriculum Reviews, Education.com, Highlights, History/Geography, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, I'm a Writer, Jump In, Lamp and Quill, Music, OCMA, Orange Coast Musical Arts, Piano, Regions of USA, Rod & Staff Penmanship, Rod and Staff, Rod and Staff Health, Science, SOTW, Story of the World, The Story of the World, USA, Vocabulary City, Vocabulary Spelling City, Which Way USA, Windows 8 | Category: 2014-2015 School Year, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment 
Well for the last couple weeks I have been cleaning out and getting rid of thing. I ordered all my books months ago and got them but they have been sitting in a corner waiting and waiting for me to organized my schoolroom. So it is a new year and my son is going into Continue reading A New school year is ready to start August 30th, 2014 | Tags: first day of school, Homeschool, homeschool organization, homeschool room, new homeschool, organization, organized homeschooler | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment It is that time of year. Out with the old and in with the new. My little girl is now old enough that I can start selling some of my old curriculum. I am going to do several blog posts here as well as posting to a few other sights. BTW, we live in a Continue reading CURRICULUM SALE : Rod and Staff July 14th, 2014 | Tags: Curriculum sale, Rod and Staff, Rod and Staff sale, sales | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life, Sales | Leave a comment You know every time I go somewhere and the kids are with me or even if they are not and school comes up, I do not hide the fact that I homeschool. I tell them as if it is an everyday occurrence. Well, I guess it really is, for me! Well, let me tell you Continue reading Why do I Keep Homeschooling? School so far is going great. This week for Bible we have learned the stories of Abraham and Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael as well as Isaac and all of the stories that go along with them. As you can see by their sweet drawings they are understanding our history. I still always get a giggle at the Continue reading School 2012-2013 Week 3 September 21st, 2012 | Tags: Apologia, Children, Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, History/Geography, HOD, Home, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Kids, Parents, Reviews, Rod and Staff, School, Schooling, Start, Story of the World, the Children's Illistrated bible, Unit Studies, What | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life, Weekly Update | Leave a comment Well, another week down. I can not believe it has been two weeks already into the school year. Wow, how time flies. Anyhow, we had another good week. My son and I did have a couple migraines this week each that made school a bit tough, but I am use to it by now and Continue reading School 2012-2013 Week 2 September 15th, 2012 | Tags: Apologia, Bible, Children, Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Kids, Public, School, SOTW, Start, Story of the World | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life, Weekly Update | Leave a comment With my recent studies on a healthy lifestyle and eating for optimal health, I have had a transition to become a Ovo-Lacto vegetarian. I have been doing tons of research about protein, vegetarianism, soybeans, eating of God's bountiful earth pre-flood etc. And when I came across this article about soybeans I figured it would be a Continue reading Soybeans; What’s New and Beneficial About Soybeans AB 2109: Vaccination Waiver Threatened—Calls Needed Call now to protect parental rights. HSLDA President Mike Smith has been an advocate of homeschooling for more than 30 years. Read more >> Joint Legislative Action Alert—April 26, 2012 From: Roy Hanson—Family Protection Ministries and Mike Smith—HSLDA Bill: AB Continue reading California Vaccination Waiver Threatened OK, OK, here are those famous words once again. We had a great week. Actually it was short. I actually combined Friday's material to Thursday so I could have Friday off. You see my son's is turning 10 tomorrow (2-25) and I wanted to have Friday to get everything ready for his little party at Continue reading Heart of Dakota:Bigger Week 19 February 24th, 2012 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, Grader, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Kids, Program, Public, School, Schooled, Schooling, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life, Reviews | Leave a comment This year I was not sure exactly how Christmas was going to turn out, but God is always good and gave us a spectacular Christmas. I was smart and did the majority of my Christmas shopping for the children months and months before Christmas! So they had a perfect Christmas. Even the adults had an Continue reading Christmas at Our Home I am sure that most of my readers read the article put out by CurrClick about Play. I thought it was such a great article, that I wanted to re-post it for those who may have not received their email. I have seen and heard that sometimes as homeschooler we can get caught up Continue reading Let’s Play Well, we are back from vacation and we had such a great time. We went to Lego Land. I think this was my children's favorite place of all. I think this was my favorite too. We saved about $175.00 on entrance fees. For all of you who may want to go but can not afford Continue reading Darn, Vacation is Over! We have a very unusual schedule. We typically do school for 5 weeks and then take a week off of course during the holiday season it gets a bit tricky. Well, for those of you who follow my blog closely, you probably noticed that I did not have a week 6 update last week. Yup, Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 6 Update October 21st, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life, Reviews, Unit Studies | 3 comments I wanted to repost this letter here and share my answer to this common homeschooling problem with first timers as well as veteran homeschoolers. If you have ideas to share, please post your answers too.
Hi, This is our 1st yr. home schooling after 3 years of Public School (PS). It is not Continue reading Help Me I am Failing at Homeschooling September 14th, 2011 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment You know a while back I use to be in a group called Heartfelt. It was originally a quartet then we made it into 5 girls then 6 and went back to 5 and finally back to 4. Anyway, we recorded a CD just for fun and to be able to give other churches a look at Continue reading Heartfelt Music September 5th, 2011 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment Did you all see the article by Gena Suarez that Old School House sent out a few weeks ago. I loved it and thought I would post it here for those who did not get it. Do you "shelter" your children? We're finding that's a bad word in some circles. Something is creeping Continue reading Am I Sheltering My Child Too Much? August 28th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment From October 2010 to June 2011 We were involved in an Art class with our homeschooling group. We had so much fun with this class. How this got started was one of the ladies had purchased the Atlier Art DVD's and she figured it would be fun to have her daughter have a few friends Continue reading Art Class Well it is that time of year once more. Are you all diving into purchasing your new school year curriculum and supplies? Yea, I got mine purchased about a month ago. Well at least the major part of it. Just picking up little supplies here and there. New erasers, you know the fun ones, paper Continue reading A New School Year July 29th, 2011 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, School, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | 2 comments Learning and reading involve many skills. As children move beyond the pre-school years, parents wonder if there are clues to look for regarding whether a child may have a learning issue. Did you know that how a child holds a pencil can actually be a clue that a child may have a vision-related learning Continue reading The Importance of Good Pencil Posture Have you always wanted to go to the county fairs for educating your children more then the rides and food, but never do because it is so blasted busy? Well, LA County fair has been giving away free tickets to the fair for years. Oh, and it is open early in the morning to school Continue reading The L.A. County Fair June 20th, 2011 | Category: FREE, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment By Virginia Vagt Children are all so different. We're with our children a lot. So we think we know them. And we do know a lot about them. But the pace of our lives takes time away from our ability to make observations and reflect on the patterns we see. Don't we often Continue reading Who Is Your Child? OK, so you are thinking, Kristin, what is the big deal about going to a homeschool convention? Well, let me tell you, as a homeschool Mom, we need to re-evaluate what we are doing all the time. We need to make sure that we are using the right curriculum or Method. Remember that we can Continue reading CHEA Convention is Here June 3rd, 2011 | Category: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | Leave a comment Ok, so if you all live in the Orange County area of Southern California, then I have an opportunity for you and your family. Tanka Farms, down here by me, is making available gleaning opportunities for you and your family. This is a great way to teach our kids about doing for others as well Continue reading Gleaning Opportunity May 27th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Biblical, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment For those of you who do not have HSLDA, I had to re-post this article from HSLDA. This is the big "WHY" if you have not spent the $100 a year for this wonderful service this is the why you need to beg or borrow the $100 to get it. By the way, they are Continue reading Right to Reasonably Resist Unlawful Police Entry Struck Down
Did you know? Since 1980, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for children ages 2 – 5 and more than tripled for children ages 6 – 11. Between 1981 and 1997, free playtime among 6 to 8 year olds dropped 25% Continue reading Project Play March 16th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Blogs, Book/E-Book, Computer, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life, Reviews | Leave a comment I didn’t have to go. He had already caught a ride with friends early in the morning while we slept. But I didn’t want my first-born child to think his mother never came to anything because she had so many little ones to tow along with her. So I loaded the car with his five Continue reading The Race When a builder builds a house, he subcontracts much of the work. The carpenter has a job; the plumber puts in the pipes. Together, they collaborate to create something useful and hopefully well-constructed. Parents sometimes subcontract some of their jobs. We have the schools teach our children and the churches instill them with values. Continue reading Outsourcing Life New Year and change go together. We make New Year resolutions to promise ourselves change. We want to insure that this year will be different, fresh, and more workable. Homeschool families feel the same way. We want to insure that daily life will be different, fresh and more workable in the New Year. The Continue reading Simple New Year, Simple Fresh Start For those of you who live in Southern California like myself, you are probably very aware of CHEA and may even be a member. I get regular newsletter from them and I enjoy the articles. Sometimes that will even spur me to start a topic on my blog. However, yesterday at my homeschool park day one Continue reading CHEA Newsletter & Free Devotional January 21st, 2011 | Category: Articles, FREE, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment Men are from _______ , Women are from _______ . That boy just can't sit _______. Are you _______ to me? Keep your _______ on the board, young lady. Venus, Mars, still, listening, eyes. Each of these phrases represents a concept in education and brain research called cerebrodiversity. It's the recognition that each of our Continue reading Celebrate Cerebrodiversity! January 7th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | One comment Do you dread the holidays? Just between you and me, I often do. But holidays and vacations matter. They matter to our minds. Why is that? On the one hand, every mom on earth knows that holidays do not mean fewer tasks – just different ones. And holidays don't promise more sleep – Continue reading Getting a Break? Twas the month before Christmas When all through our land, Not a Christian was praying Nor taking a stand. See the PC Police had taken away, The reason for Christmas – no one could say. The children were told by their schools not to sing, About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things. Continue reading Twas the Month Before Christmas… My son absolutely HATES to write. I am an eclectic Charlotte Masoner, but all the writing that she has a child do just does not sit well with my son. You see he can re-tell a story almost word for word and he can make up a great 4+ sentence story too. BUT ask him Continue reading Smart Kids Who Hate to Write December 2nd, 2010 | Category: Articles, FORUM, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment I read this article from All About God about how to have a more Christian Halloween. Thought you might enjoy it too!
Are you looking for some fun Christian Halloween ideas this year? Many parents don’t like the “dark side” to the origins of Halloween, but do not want their children to totally bypass Continue reading Halloween Fun October 29th, 2010 | Category: Biblical, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment When is this wonderful holiday. Well it is always on November 3rd. Housewife Day recognizes the importance of stay at home wives and moms. Also referred to as "Retro" Housewife Day. These wonderful, caring creatures, build and enrich strong family environments. They help to instill family values and good character. Housewife is an old term. It Continue reading National Housewife Day Did you know? Since 1980, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for children ages 2 – 5 and more than tripled for children ages 6 – 11. Between 1981 and 1997, free playtime among 6 to 8 year olds dropped 25% and homework more than doubled. Since 2005, the amount of time children Continue reading Project Play August 24th, 2010 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment
Homeschool Fun Day Pump It Up Pump It Up It's Like One Big, Amazing Playdate Pop-In Playtime for Homeschoolers! It's a special open jump time when homeschooler can take a break from their studies and slide, bounce and play in the inflatables, while parents relax and unwind. At this homeschool fun day, Continue reading Homeschool Day at Pump it Up August 11th, 2010 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment So this summer has been very busy for me so far. Besides doing summer school 2-3 days a week, going on several field trips so far, play dates at the park a couple times a week, I decided to start my yearly clean up of the kids room. That means go through EVERY SINGLE toy Continue reading All Work & No Play Makes For Really Cute Bedrooms I had to repost this article I just got in my email box a couple days ago. I have several friends who are thinking of going back to work and giving up on homeschooling. So I when I saw this article I thought I had to share it with everyone. Enjoy! Kristin
Years ago, Continue reading Work…Homeschool??? Oh say can you see….the bombs bursting in the air….for the land of the FREE and the home of the brave! Today we thank God for the freedom we have here…I mean really thank God! We live in a country that is like no other. For all the good and Continue reading Happy Independance Day July 4th, 2010 | Category: Biblical, Holidays, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life, Politics | Leave a comment In the state of California, parents have not been authorized to teach driver education and driver training. Any parent wanting their child to obtain a driving permit needed to have him or her complete a driver education/driver training course through a public or private school, or commercial driving program. For many years homeschoolers were able Continue reading Surprising Changes in DMV Policy June 24th, 2010 | Category: Articles, In the News, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Politics, Reviews | Leave a comment Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's all over the world. May you have a wonderful day filled with love, fun and the closeness you all deserve. God bless you all! I absolutly loved this article from Heart of the matter.
When my oldest daughter, Meghan, was four years old, we discovered that she was allergic to cats (and grass and dust). Uh oh. We were very attached to our feline lap warmer and just couldn’t see giving Continue reading Homeschooling Breeds Precocious Cats June 15th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment
Ok, I got this article form heart of the Matter and it is all about games. I found this game to be very interesting and thought I would post if for those who do not get their newsletter. i plan on trying this game myself. have any of you ever Continue reading NERTZ! A Fun Family Game June 12th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment You know when your parents get to be in their 80's you treasure every moment you have with them. And unlike with my moms parents I have the wonderful invention of the video camera phone. I was able to capture a moment in time with my Mom and my aspiring singer daughter, Raquel that is really Continue reading Raquel and Grandma Sing Superintendent Makes Up Law Homeschool families in the Shelby County school district recently received a letter from the local superintendent’s office reminding them of Ohio’s legal requirements for homeschooling, which included a copy of the district’s notice of intent form. In her letter, the superintendent aggressively demanded information (her letter actually used “all-caps,” underlines Continue reading Ohio Superintendent Makes Up Law June 2nd, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment Surprising Changes in DMV Policy In the state of California, parents have not been authorized to teach driver education and driver training. Any parent wanting their child to obtain a driving permit needed to have him or her complete a driver education/driver training course through a public or private school, or commercial driving program. For Continue reading California Surprising Changes in DMV Policy June 1st, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting, Politics | Leave a comment Ok, so this is one of those pass it along emails you get, but I thought it was very interesting, enough so I wanted to post it here. I was very amazed at how I was able to pick out the letters and actually read without a problem the short letter below. My son, 8 Continue reading A Short Neurological Test As ParentalRights.com announced last week, Senator Jim DeMint on Tuesday introduced S.R. 519, a resolution urging the President not to deliver the Convention on the Rights of the Child to the Senate for its advice and consent. Now it is time to make phone calls. We need 34 co-sponsors of S.R. 519 in Continue reading Parental Rights.com May 17th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Reviews | One comment I recieved this email from Mike Farris from ParentalRights.org and thought that it was worthy enough to repost here on my blog. Please read through it and discuss it within your own homeschool groups and see what some of the thoughts are of your group.
New Protocol for UN Children's Treaty Will Create International Continue reading New Protocol for UN Children’s Treaty April 7th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment My family and I subscribe to "God's World News" and have enjoyed reading their magazine for sometime now. They have magnificent and interesting articles for the kids to read at their reading and age level and if you can receive emails with wonderful articles in them for the parents to read that sometime really Continue reading Cow’s Tail March 26th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Biblical, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | Leave a comment “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may Continue reading Encouragement Along the Way March 24th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Biblical, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment Every week our head pastor sends out a letter to us all writing of what is going on and what is coming up for the following week at our church. There are many letters I have read and say to myself…"That was great", but this week he was so eloquent in his wording of how Continue reading Serving Christ No Matter Where You Are March 12th, 2010 | Category: FORUM, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment Because I deal with an ADD child on a daily basis and an ADD husband I figured there had to be many more people out there that read my blog that might be interested in reading about this subject too. So I scoured the internet for articles that related to us homeschoolers with ADD children Continue reading Focus/Attention Processing Dysfunction Characteristics March 8th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment Motherhood equals a Woman of many hats. I don’t mean those crazy big church going hats that are all fancy like. I mean hats that are sometimes messy. Hats that are not in the literal sense at all. These hats are the actual roles given to us to play. As a mother I can be Continue reading Moms and Their Many Hats I am the daughter of a home health nurse who worked in one of the poorest counties in our state. Whenever my brother and I were out of school (either we students had a holiday, it was the weekend or summer break) we had to go with Mom to visit her patients. I have Continue reading Home Schooling and Community Service For as long as I live, I will never cease to be amazed at how so many different looking children can come from the same two parents. My husband and I have five children – five very distinctly different looking children. The oldest is very Italian looking, like his father. He has very straight black Continue reading Learning Styles of Children I read this articel and I had to re-post it here to share with all of you. Most of us at one time or another have thought that we can not homeschool through Higschool. Or maybe our family and friends feel this. But if we remember that we are not teaching Continue reading Genetics and Ability I have the best place for the best price in a family night out. Ok, it may not be a huge movie screen of SOME of the AMC type theaters, but it is clean, the popcorn tastes the same, the soda is bubbly, the movie sounds and looks the same and you get to see it for Continue reading Picture Show Theater February 9th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life, Reviews | Leave a comment The History of 'APRONS' I don't think our kids Know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing Hot Continue reading The History of APRONS Ahh, it is that time of year once more. VBS time. My kids have already been to one VBS this year at another church. VBS is not about getting rid of the kids for a half of a day, but about reaching out to your kids un-churched friends and the un-churched community around us. VBS Continue reading VBS July 31st, 2009 | Category: Articles, Bible, Biblical, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life, Reviews | Leave a comment Most traditional school systems have a need for cookie cutter children. You see if they allow for individualism, they might not be able to keep control. We see this all the time in a traditional school settings where one kid stands up to be different and is either quieted by the Continue reading Are You Thinking Of Quitting Homeschooling? When I started homeschooling I thought for sure that homeschool was all about getting the grade so to speak. I thought that it was so important to make sure my kids lived up to the homeschoolstandard. You know reading at age 3 and writing at age 4, playing 3 musical instruments by age 5 Continue reading Academics and Beyond June 17th, 2009 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | 2 comments I had the opportunity to go on a hike with my home school group this past week. We decided to try a different park and so we decided on Oak Canyon Nature Center. It is locate at 6700 Walnut Canyon Road in Anaheim. Now this is a 58-acre natural park nestled in Anaheim Hills. There Continue reading Oak Canyon Nature Center You know I use to color my hair and have highlights put in. Yea, that was well over $125 every 6 weeks. Yes, you guessed it, I am back to my natural color. I was always jealous that my husband could go and get a hair cut for $20.00.. Well, now I am even more Continue reading Hair Cut and a Shave June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: barber shop, haircut | Category: Local Mom Review, Parenting, Personal Life, Reviews | Leave a comment A parent’s right to raise their children as they see fit is a time-honored American tradition, but today it is being threatened. The Supreme Court’s Troxel v. Granville decision in 2000 undermined a 75-year heritage of Constitutionally-protected, fundamental parental rights, which 8 of the 9 justices abandoned. At the same time, a growing body of Continue reading A Parent’s Right To Raise Their Children I found out one of my friends older kids who happens to be in public school was going to have a career day. So, I was thinking to myself…as a Homeschooler, how do I go about having a so called career day for my children later on as they get older. I want them to Continue reading I Wanna Be A Chef Unit Study June 1st, 2009 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews | Category: Book/E-Book, Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Reviews, Unit Studies | 2 comments I find it interesting that a high school principal can see the problem, but not our society. This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee, by school Principal, Jody McLeod”It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football Continue reading Do Not Be Ashamed May 31st, 2009 | Category: Articles, Biblical, In the News, Parenting, Personal Life, Politics | 2 comments You know as a mom who is on the go a lot, I am always looking for a place where I can have a good lunch that is somewhat affordable and that is better for the kids then a hamburger and french fries. One of my favorite places is Ikea. OK so now you say…What? Continue reading Ikea, The Lunch Spot? I just loved this short little article I read this morning and had to share it with all my friends…. A Late Bloomer Blossoms Into Something BigFamilies today feel a lot of pressure to have their children reading by age 6 or 7, or even age 5. Yet President Woodrow Wilson stands out as a Continue reading The Push to Make Our Children Read I thought this was a great way to finish off our day at the homeschool fair. I found this article written about the fair. Hey if you don;t mind if I can brag for a moment, My kids did great at the science and art fair. Six 1st place ribbons as well as two best Continue reading Homeschool Fair in the Newspaper May 25th, 2009 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting, Seminar/Confrence | Leave a comment You know, now a days when we hear people say that they shelter their children it is not intended to be a compliment. Why is that? Why is sheltering such a bad thing to do? So I was asking myself what exactly does it mean to shelter my kids? Do I shelter my kids? Is Continue reading Sheltering our Children May 23rd, 2009 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment It comes around one time a year. The day I can do absolutely nothing and have my family do it all for me. The day I do not have to be active in the taking care of the family and the house and have the family be actively taking care of the house and me. Continue reading Mothers Day Home educating is not without challenges. Let’s face it, there are days when it can just wear us down. How many times have you thought: Homeschooling is tough because…… “There’s so much to do!”The flip side: Homeschooling is great, because while our children are still at home, we get to re-prioritize our lives and let Continue reading Two Sides to Every Coin April 12th, 2009 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment A friend of mine sent this to me. I am not sure if she came up with this or if she got it from somewhere else, but I thought it was a great and I wanted to post here in my blog. The bible verses were taken from Psalm 4. “Answer me when I call Continue reading A Homeschool Moms Psalm One of the most difficult tasks to accomplish with homeschooling is planning your schedule. We sit down a month or so before we are ready to begin school and we outline everything we want to accomplish. Then we plan out what we are going to accomplish each day of every week. We are going to Continue reading Choosing Your School Year Schedule March 1st, 2009 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Lesson Planning, Organization, Parenting | One comment I used to be a firm believer in not issuing grades and not “testing” my children. Sure, I drilled them regularly but I never gave them written or oral tests because I wanted their education to be full of encouragement and mastery. I believed that receiving a “C” or or an “80%” on a test Continue reading To Grade Or Not To Grade: That Is the Question February 26th, 2009 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Lesson Planning, Parenting | Leave a comment I do not know who this picture is of but I do know this is circulating through emails like mad. So i just had to post it here. I thought this was just one of the cutest pictures I have seen in a long time. Hope it gives you a little inspiration and a smile.Continue reading Inspirational Prayers So this weeks Heart of the Matter Weekly Meme question is great and I can not wait to read some of the responses. But meanwhile, here is mine. Picture a lovely, sunny day at the park. It is about 11:30 in the afternoon and my kids 6 and 3 are playing on the playground with Continue reading What is the Goofiest Questions Asked About Homeschoolers? Homeschool Burn Out. I have yet to get to this point, but as I have heard many of time…the day will come. I read this article in The Heart of The Matter The Homeschool burn Out, Rising for the Ashes. and I thought, wow, what a great article to have in my archive for Continue reading Homeschool Burn Out Well, the time has finally come. It is Christmas Eve and all the work and shopping and wrapping and baking we have done is all about to be demolished. Sometimes I look back at Christmas and ask myself was it all worth it. The answer…Yes! For me, the month of December is all about learning Continue reading My Christmas Wish to You This is such a great post, 9 Steps to a Meaningful Christmas for You and Your Family, by Terri Johnson at Knowledge Quest. Christmas can be a magical time for children. Yet this holiday can also bring out whininess, disappointment and an ungrateful “gimme, gimme” attitude in our normally sweet children. How can we, Continue reading Get Rid of the Gimmees December 17th, 2008 | Category: Articles, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | Leave a comment What a great post by Jill Johnson at Knowledge Quest. Christmas can be a magical time for children. Yet this holiday can also bring out whininess, disappointment and an ungrateful “gimme, gimme” attitude in our normally sweet children. How can we, as caring parents, counter-act this contagious and disheartening attitude? Let’s use the word CHRISTMAS Continue reading Christmas can be a magical time for children, yet… December 11th, 2008 | Category: Articles, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | Leave a comment If you read my blog, then you have kids. If you have kids then I know you want to raise your kids to the best they can be. I know my goal is to raise up our next generation of leaders to make our world better then what it is now. If that is one Continue reading Raising our Leaders Trigger Memory System, has fantastic tool for your children. Clean n’ Flip Charts. Now what are these charts you ask. They are flip charts for your children that explain how to clean their room, bathroom, kitchen and do their laundry. I have been lookig at these for some time now and I was Continue reading Trigger Memory System November 24th, 2008 | Category: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling: All Things, Organization, Parenting, Reviews | Leave a comment When your child acts out in public to get their way, you CAN get control back. Here, James Lehman, MSW lays out some step-by-step techniques for you to use next time you hit the mall or grocery store. I’ve worked with many parents over the years who routinely gave in when their children acted Continue reading When a Child Acts Out in Public to Get Their Way And Then Mama Said…”It Takes Time to Learn to Read”. Isn’t that such a true statement? We sometimes forget this as a homeschooler and try to rush and push our children to keep up with so and so. But reality is that our children will read when their brain is good and ready! This book Continue reading Splish Book from TOS November 18th, 2008 | Category: Book/E-Book, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Reviews | Leave a comment OK, so I know there is this continuous battle between the public school Christians and the Homeschooling Christians. A lot of times the public school Christians feel like us homeschoolers are calling them bad parents or bad Christians for putting their children in the Devils path. And the homeschooler feels the public schoolers are calling Continue reading The Future Belongs to Our Children November 16th, 2008 | Category: Articles, Biblical, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Politics | Leave a comment Now I think most people would agree that when a certain gene in an animal is not used over an extremely long period of time that the gene goes dormant. Would you say that in the animal kingdom most male animals find a female animal to procreate so that their species can live on and Continue reading Hot Topic for Discussion Now I know allot of my friends are saying…Oh I am not worried about this homosexual thing coming to my school. I have Christian teachers. Or worst yet they are putting on the rose colored glasses and thinking it will never come to the schools here in the O.C. we are pretty conservative here in Continue reading Gay Pledge Cards in Calif. Schools November 10th, 2008 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting, Politics | One comment Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets. Real Mothers don’t want to know what the Continue reading MOTHERS October 14th, 2008 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment The Familyman Todd Wilson, Familyman Ministries Let me just jump in and say that the computer is a great tool for homeschooling families. We use it for typing, piano, math, and grammar. The computer allows our children to learn at their own pace and get hands on instruction. . .sometimes from a person Continue reading The Computer is a Great Tool for Homeschooling Families October 12th, 2008 | Category: Articles, Computer, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | Leave a comment You know Heart of the Matter asked a very good question. Do all the extra activities WE have our children do help or hinder our family time. I am going to make it real sweet and simple. Hinder. I know some mothers who have their child in a cooking class, (like she can’t teach her Continue reading Extra Activities, Helping or Hindering? September 12th, 2008 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment You know creating a balance throughout the day in chores, homeschooling, mommy duties, cooking, cleaning, wife duties, taking care of Mom can be challenging. I do a pretty good job of it, but I still struggle with my never ending to do list I have going on not only in my head, but also on Continue reading Letting the kids help with housework |
