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Daniel Boone! What a man! I do not think I could do half of what he did or expected his family to do! This week learning about how this Frontiers-man crossed over form Pennsylvania to North Carolina to Tennessee then on to Kentucky was amazing. We even mapped it for Geography. See the picture below! Our Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 17 Update  February 3rd, 2012 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Home School, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Parents, Reviews, School, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Unit Studies | Leave a comment You know ,Composer studies have been one of the areas I have not done well in over the last 5 years of homeschooling. So when I was directed to take a look at World's Greatest Composer Volume #1 for a well rounded composer study that includes Notebooking as well as Lapbooking, I figured I Continue reading Composer Study Contest
Fourth Grade California History Education Program Dear Irvine Park Railroad Friends, We are now accepting reservations for Irvine Park Railroad's Fourth Grade California History Continue reading California History January 24th, 2012 | Category: History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review | Leave a comment I am a firm believer in using map as much as you possibly can. As a child growing up I remember that maps were only used in geography and even then it was minimal. Therefore as an adult I really had a hard time knowing where things were when people would talk about world events. Continue reading Blackline Maps for FREE January 20th, 2012 | Category: FREE, History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review | Leave a comment We had an exceptionally fantastic week this week. You see my daughter took a huge step in school this week. Usually she can sometimes be disruptive during the readings and when I ask her to retell, of course after I Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 15 January 13th, 2012 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Heart of Dakota, History/Geography, HOD, Science, timeline | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life | Leave a comment I saw the other day, Charles Vincent from the "Official Wire" online paper saw that The People's Guide to the US Constitution American Handbook Publishing has just released a free Educator’s, Homeschool and Self-Study guides to the United States Constitution which is available at www.constitutionguide.com. These accessory texts (you still have to buy the book) to Continue reading Free Study Guide To The U.S. Constitution This was a lazy week for us. We did not do much of the academic things, but we kept up on our history, science, Bible study and math. We enjoyed the Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 13 update December 23rd, 2011 | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Unit Studies | Leave a comment This is a hard time of year for me to stay focused on school. With all the performances either that I am in or I am directing and parties and shopping and cleaning and preparing. Uugghh, it can over-take my mind Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 12 December 17th, 2011 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Homeschool Curriculum, Kids, School, Unit Studies | Category: Contests, Homeschooling: All Things, Unit Studies | Leave a comment It was interesting on Day one of Unit 11 how it talked about finding out where we came from. My son went right to the map and touch Poland, Austria, Czech and Germany. We really did not get a chance to call anyone, but we talked to Grandma for a few minutes about her parents Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 11 update December 9th, 2011 | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Unit Studies | Leave a comment What a great week. Well, I have to be honest, it was HARD at first. You see we had two weeks of vacation. One week away from home and then a week at home. So Monday was not easy to get back into the swing of things, but once we got the week going, by Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 10 update December 3rd, 2011 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Kids, Reviews, School, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Unit Studies | Leave a comment 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 Continue reading Let’s Play I was many years into parenting before I realized that the most powerful tool in my toolbox, masterful nagging, did not work. I would remind, leave notes, cajole, tease, nag and harangue. Guess what? It didn't matter a bit. In fact, they acquired an uncanny ability to tune me out. The more animated I got, the more Continue reading Does Nagging Work? Writing is not going away. In fact, writing is on the uptick! A case can be made that writing is becoming our culture's dominant form of communication. It's as though the old practice of Continue reading Teaching Writing in a Text-Message World One of my favorite things to do is to go on hikes, have the kids wade in streams and look for all sorts of different type of animals, draw in their nature journal and just have some good old fashion fun without all the play equipment. However, here in Orange County, California, most of the Continue reading Eisenhower Park The words path to learning offer us a great word picture. Word pictures (metaphors) can help us visualize and grab hold of a big concept and a deep meaning. The word "education" is not a word picture. While the word "education" has plenty of meaning, it's hard to picture. And the word itself may not offer Continue reading Encouraging Kids Along the Path to Learning So I know most of you who may have gotten this post a few days ago are saying where is the actual blog post? Well, I am on vacation and so far until this very moment I have not had a chance to sit down and write. So I thought I will just post the Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 9 Update November 13th, 2011 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Homeschool Curriculum, Reviews, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Unit Studies | Leave a comment So am I a bad Mom? This week was just off. Every night starting Sunday night we went to bed no earlier then 10:30pm. Ok, now my kids go to be by 8:30 maybe 9:00 if I Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 8 Update November 5th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Unit Studies | Leave a comment OMGosh, we forgot to play Jeopardy this week. Our week started out pretty slow. This week with HOD I felt was a little slower and not quite as much to do as normal, but let me make darn sure you realize that this is NOT a complaint. It was actually nice, since towards the end Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 7 Update October 28th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Personal Life, Reviews, Unit Studies | One comment 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, 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 Our nation was founded on Biblical principles, but we have lost sight of this in today�s culture. That is why we are calling all Christians to join together on November 12, 2011 to host the One Nation Under God Event in homes and churches across America. HSLDA sponsoring One Nation Under God event October 19th, 2011 | Category: Biblical, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Local Mom Review | Leave a comment Most of you are probably saying where is NutBugs Heart of Dakota Weekly Update this week. Well, Our schedule is that we school for 5 weeks on and then we take a week off. This allows us MANY breaks through Continue reading How to Keep a Strong Voice for Homeschooling in Sacramento October 14th, 2011 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Local Mom Review, Personal Life, Politics, Sales | Leave a comment Continue reading FREE Curriculm and FREE Resources October 11th, 2011 | Tags: Curriculum Reviews, FREE, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews | Category: Art, Bible, Biblical, Computer, Crafts, Curriculum Reviews, English, FREE, Foriegn Language, History/Geography, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, Lesson Planning, Math, Music, Organization, Reading, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies, Writing | 4 comments Ok, I realized I need to purchase a thesaurus for the phrase" We had a great week" I keep saying that each week and I am sure my readers are getting tired of that same line. Anyway, I have realized that the Early American Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 5 update October 8th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: Curriculum Reviews, HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Unit Studies | 2 comments I am not sure if all of you have seen this from HSLDA or not, so I thought I would re-post it here. This is from the President HSLDA, Michael Smith. ____________________________
Great News In California! AB 717 is a huge step toward restoring constitutional principles. From: Family Protection Ministries and HSLDA Bill AB 717: Child Abuse Continue reading California Homeschoolers It's time once again to file the Private School Affidavit (PSA) online between October 1-15 for us California Homeschoolers. The private school affidavit is now Continue reading Affidavit Time Ok, so how many of you like to go see a musical or a play or some sort of concert, raise your hand. Yea, me too. But how many of you do not go at all or as often as you like because of the price? My hand is up too! I was told about this Continue reading Cheap Theater Tickets October 2nd, 2011 | Category: In the News, Local Mom Review, Personal Life, Reviews | Leave a comment I know a lot of my readers have struggling children with Dyslexia. I have a friend who just found out why she has been struggling with her child in homeschooling him. She is currently struggling in this area too with her son. As most of you know I am fond of most of Rod
Continue reading Educating Children with Dyslexia October 1st, 2011 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Reviews | Leave a comment Ok, so this week was not as exciting and good as last week, BUT, it had nothing to do with our curriculum. We were just having an off week. Everyday seemed to start later then we wanted. I was having Continue reading Heart of Dakota Week 4 update September 29th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: Art, Biblical, Curriculum Reviews, HOD Week in Review, History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies | 4 comments I had several people write to me saying they live in an area where they are not even close to a beach and they are also are using the Heart of Dakota Bigger Hearts. So I had put some great links to some videos in one of the comments section, but I figured there were Continue reading Seashore Videos For Bigger Hearts September 26th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Review, Unit Studies | Category: HOD Week in Review, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review, Unit Studies | Leave a comment Well, this week was pretty good. Our hick up was Math for my son. You see my son hates math. Probably somehow my fault in the earlier years, but none the less, he hates it and therefore is about 6 months behind his "grade" or "age". (Just FYI, I figured out how to do a gallery Continue reading Heart of Dakota Week 3 Update September 23rd, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: Biblical, Curriculum Reviews, HOD Week in Review, History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies | One comment Have some of you ever wondered what other homeschool blogs are out there that are about homeschooling? Have you done a search on Google or whatever other search engine you use and have come up with blogs that are just not what you are looking for? I found a great add on for your internet bar. Continue reading Homeschool Toolbar As suspected, we had another wonderful week. Currently we are learning about things on the sea shores and I finally thought to myself on Monday after school. "Self,' I said, "You live in Sunny Southern California, why the heck are Continue reading Heart Of Dakota Week 2 Update September 16th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: Curriculum Reviews, HOD Week in Review, History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies | 5 comments This year I am trying a whole new curriculum for History, Geography, Timeline, Notebooking, Poetry, Bible and Science etc. Heart of Dakota. A Continue reading Trying a New Curriculum: Heart of Dakota Week 1 September 9th, 2011 | Tags: Easy Homeschooling, Heart of Dakota, HOD, Unit Studies | Category: Curriculum Reviews, HOD Week in Review, History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Personal Life, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies | Leave a comment BOOKS ARE EXPENSIVE! I'd love to add a ton of educational literature to my homeschool library, but purchasing them can be extremely expensive. Well I found a place to go to build my library without spending hundreds of dollars. Homeschool Library. Two Moms got together and decided to provide homeschoolers and non homeschoolers alike with Continue reading Homeschooling Library 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? Continue reading Am I Sheltering My Child Too Much? August 28th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting, Personal Life | Leave a comment I did it! I found the best spelling program ever! The program name is All About Spelling. The program is so versatile. It can start at All About Spelling August 22nd, 2011 | Category: English, Homeschooling: All Things, Reading, Reviews, Writing | 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 You know timelines can be a very useful thing in homeschooling, but there are some of us homeschoolers that just have no idea how to go about making one. Here is a great idea from Debra Anderson . I think I might give this one a try myself. Timeline in a box: When we were still fairly Continue reading Timeline in a Box I just received an email from HSLDA in regards to this. I know that this does not affect me now, but in the future this could affect thosse of us in California too. And to my friends and readers who live in Florida, I am sure you are well aware of what is going on. Continue reading Response to Alarming Recommendations by Miami-Dade County Grand Jury Well it is that time of year once more. Are you all diving into purchasing your new school year curriculum and 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 When you were young, did you tell your parents (or anyone) your dreams? Maybe you yearned to be the fastest runner in the world? Or write books? Be a rock star? An artist? Olympic skater? A mom? We tend to protect our dreams, so we don't always say them out loud. We don't want our dreams trampled Continue reading Dream-Driven Kids…Why They Succeed Learning and reading involve many skills. As children move beyond the pre-school Continue reading The Importance of Good Pencil Posture Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: You know that HSLDA’s free e-lert service brings the latest news to your inbox. But when you want in-depth analysis of issues that affect your family’s freedom to homeschool, HSLDA’s bimonthly magazine, The Home School Court Report, Continue reading HSLDA Members and Friends: I just finished reading a good easy read and a very expressive book titled, “Knights of the Angel Realm”. This is a book written by an up and coming writer named Gretchen Rhue. Knights of the Angel Realm, I think can be a great read for High Continue reading Knights of the Angel Realm June 15th, 2011 | Category: Biblical, Book/E-Book, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review | Leave a comment I have been seeing the commercials on TV for the K-12 homeschool curriculum lately. There is this part of me that says…YEA…they are advertising to homeschool kids. What a fantastic opportunity for all of us who homeschool. TV says it Continue reading K12 curriculum 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 make quick judgments about 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 CHEA Convention is Here June 3rd, 2011 | Category: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling: All Things, Parenting | Leave a comment I won a $50.00 gift certificate about a year ago from FISH FM and I have never used it. Tells you I need to take more time for me now and then. Well, with my birthday coming up on May 9th and a few re-vamps of my mind about so much needed Mommy time, I decided Continue reading Lux Salon 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 Have you heard about the '19 Free Gifts' Promotion from our friends at The Old Schoolhouse Magazine? Subscribe to TOS (or renew your two-year subscription) and in addition to a great magazine, you'll receive 19 free gifts, including… > a Vocabulary Madness Puzzle Booklet from Shurley English Continue reading ‘19 Free Gifts’ I know some of you have no idea what a lapbook is and others of you just absolutely love the thought of lapbooks. So lets start with what is a Lapbook fr those of you who have no idea what I am talking about. A lapbook, simply put, is an interesting way of notebooking with a Continue reading Free Easter LapBook April 16th, 2011 | Category: Crafts, Curriculum Reviews, FREE, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews | Leave a comment
Co-hosted by CHEA of California and HSLDA Santa Clara, California Presidential forum and straw poll at the Pacific Homeschool SuperConference! Dear Friends: Would you like to impact the 2012 United States presidential election? Come to the Pacific Homeschool SuperConference, Continue reading HSLDA Information Regarding the Election March 27th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Economy, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Reviews | Leave a comment
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. 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 You all know CurrClick is one of my favorite e-book/e-curriculum sites I go to. They are always giving something away for free and they have a wonderful selection of Free Online Class March 13th, 2011 | Category: Book/E-Book, FREE, Homeschooling: All Things, Reading | 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 Stock Photo Continue reading 6-Year-Old Hauled to Psych Ward Despite Parent’s Wishes 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. Scouting equips 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 changes we 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 I am sure many of you have either gone onto CurrClick many times before or at least have heard of it. Well, they offer these free Lego Club classes where science is involved in it too. Hmm…Learning and having fun. LOVE IT! You know what is fantastic about these classes? They are Free. Oh, I am Continue reading Lego Club January 15th, 2011 | Category: Computer, FREE, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Science | Leave a comment I was going to write an article about how you have a new year upon us and how we should start the new year with preparedness in homeschooling by joining HSLDA. Then I came across this wonderful article by Homeschool Inc. and I decided to repost it here instead. I could have not written it Continue reading Following the Rules 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 brains is Continue reading Celebrate Cerebrodiversity! January 7th, 2011 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment New Year's resolutions are fleeting things, leaving our minds with the next distraction. Rather than making resolutions, seek renewal. Renewal of yourself, physically, mentally and emotionally – and renewal of your approach and attitude. Here are a few ideas to consider as we approach 2011: 1. Worry less. How many things we worry about actually happen? Too Continue reading New Year – New Vision 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 – in fact, Continue reading Getting a Break? 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 Here’s a great way to help homeschoolers any time you shop online: purchase materials from a company that gives to the Home School Foundation. All you have to do is go to Clicks for Homeschooling and click on the link Continue reading Give While You Shop: Clicks for Homeschooling November 26th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Economy, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News | Leave a comment You know I have each year for advent missed the first couple days and never really started our advent till the first of December. As well as I never really do much more then read Bible verses. Continue reading Advent Calendar November 22nd, 2010 | Category: Biblical, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, Unit Studies | Leave a comment
HSLDA posting: A Time for Thanksgiving Whether your kids are 5 or 15, you can have fun learning more about the history of Thanksgiving with them. On this week’s Home HSLDA: A Time for Thanksgiving November 16th, 2010 | Category: Articles, FREE, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things | Leave a comment Colleges Now Required to Determine “Validity” of High School Diplomas
FAFSA Form: Which Box to Check? In the past, some parents were advised to choose “high school Continue reading Colleges Now Required to Determine “Validity” of High School Diplomas November 2nd, 2010 | Category: Articles, Economy, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Politics | Leave a comment Although Halloween origins began with the Celtic druids over 2,000 years ago, the seasonal practices are observed in many countries. Halloween falls within the Fall Equinox that starts from September 23 through November 4 approximately. This time period is celebrated in all cultures and is also known as: Alban Elfed Continue reading Halloween Origins: What Are The Different Names? October 27th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Biblical, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News | Leave a comment When we consider the history of Halloween (a Christian perspective), it may seem as if the modern holiday has gotten out of hand. After all, doesn’t Halloween glorify evil? Is it right to send our children out as devils Continue reading What is the History of Halloween: A Christian Perspective? October 21st, 2010 | Category: Articles, Holidays, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News | 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 hails back Continue reading National Housewife Day Many people today feel that God's Ten Commandments are no longer valid because they do not apply to our current society. They look to the Ten Commandments as being outdated and full of inflammatory language which doesn't sit well with our politically-correct viewpoint. The Ten Commandments are also considered by many people to have been Continue reading How Do God’s Ten Commandments Apply Today? You did it! There's no question that your taking time to get involved has influenced Dominion Services and Richmond, Virginia, parade organizers to reverse an earlier decision to replace "Christmas" with "holiday." Late yesterday afternoon, after thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls to Dominion, parade organizers posted a statement on their website stating, "In Continue reading We Did it…Christmas is Back The city of Richmond, Virginia, has turned coward because the new sponsor of its annual parade wants to ban the word "Christmas." When Dominion, an energy company, took over sponsorship of the parade, it told the city it no longer wanted to use "Christmas" as part of the parade name. Instead, Dominion said it will be Continue reading City bans ‘Christmas’ in favor of ‘holiday’ parade – War against Christmas starting already I found a great web site that has been such a wonderful source of information I had to share it with all my readers. It is called "All About God" and they deal with some real simple questions all the way down to some extremely tough ones too. Sexuality, Showing How God Is Real Scientifically, Continue reading Questions on God????? October 3rd, 2010 | Category: Articles, Bible, Biblical, In the News, Local Mom Review, Reviews | Leave a comment You know I have never been one to be interested in space. But this year we are learning about our solar system with Apologia Science. It has been really interesting for us. But then this link came along and allowed me to see it in real life…real time and just made it real. You know Continue reading A Balloon To Space I have to tell you that this Lewis and Clark Download N Go Series By Amanda Bennett could not be more comprehensible. And like always, the Download N Go Series has a generous amount of resources for you to use which is one of the things that keeps me coming back for more of Amanda Continue reading Lewis and Clark Download-N-Go Series September 20th, 2010 | Category: Curriculum Reviews, History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Unit Studies | Leave a comment Have you ever wanted to teach your child a specific thing but you are just not grasping the concept yourself? What about PE. Yea, you go to the park, but you want to have your child do more? Or maybe you just want to be involved with a group of homeschoolers in a Continue reading HomeSchool Campus of OC Most of my regular readers on my blog know me well enough to know I am not much into a traditional unit study unless I do not have to do much research. I received this small but mighty 16-page unit study of the California Native Indians as an e-book by HLN Family.com called Continue reading California Native Americans Unit Study August 9th, 2010 | Category: History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Unit Studies | Leave a comment Roller Coasters, Download N Go™ Series By Amanda Bennett is actually very easy to use and laid out agreeably for any homeschool teacher. It really could not be simpler to use! She has given you plenty of resources, like books, which she give you the ISBN numbers for those books (nice), as well as links for Continue reading Roller Coasters, Download N Go™ Series Copywork is one of those essential parts of homeschooling. We know that it not only helps with the child’s handwriting, but also with their vocabulary, their grammar as well as spelling and much more. Copying the Hymns: All Things Bright and Beautiful Continue reading Copying the Hymns: All Things Bright and Beautiful July 27th, 2010 | Category: Biblical, Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Writing | Leave a comment Now this is my kind of unit study. I like it when people write a course and put in everything you need. Another words you open the pdf and print it out and just go to town. This is Continue reading Let’s Learn About Sea Mammals July 16th, 2010 | Category: Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies | Leave a comment 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, homeschooling or working Continue reading Work…Homeschool??? Ewwwwwwe, ants! I dislike ants an awful lot. They come into your home and take over and but at least they are not too hard to get rid of. Well Brandenburg Studies has put together a FANTASTIC unit study for us called The Little But Mighty Ant. Even though we may not like Continue reading The Little But Mighty Ant June 29th, 2010 | Category: Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Science, Unit Studies | Leave a comment They say that if you want your children’s handwriting to be beautiful, then you have to have them practice it daily. The problem is what do you make them write. Scripture? Boring sayings by people we do not really know? One of the ways is to have them write simple information about the month of Continue reading Happy Scribes July Copybook 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 Surprising Changes in DMV Policy June 24th, 2010 | Category: Articles, In the News, Local Mom Review, Parenting, Politics, Reviews | Leave a comment Planner, Planners everywhere…for Free! One of the best known sites with a huge variety is DonnaYoung.org . You can find just about every form imaginable for homeschoolers and the site is extremely easy to navigate through. There you will find some handwriting sheets, nature study forms, planning sheets, journal sheets, household forms, calendars, timeline forms, schedules for science and Continue reading Planners, Planners and Even More Planners June 17th, 2010 | Category: Articles, FREE, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News | Leave a comment 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 him up. We 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 played Continue reading NERTZ! A Fun Family Game June 12th, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting | Leave a comment
The Adventure Begins . . . Giveaway! The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine and Amanda Bennett Unit Studies have teamed up to celebrate the successful launch of Download N Go™ with a Sweet Treat Prize Package in The Adventure Begins Continue reading Old Schoolhouse CONTEST Visit HSLDA at the 27th Annual Christian Home Educators of California Convention Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The 27th Annual Christian Home Educators of California Convention is coming to your area July 16–18. This event will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101. HSLDA will host a drawing for a $100 Continue reading Visit HSLDA I am sure there are several of my readers that already know about the free movies from Regal Entertainment Group during the summer months, but then again, there are some who don't. So I am here to educate you about the few things in this world that are truly FREE! Regal Entertainment Group Free Continue reading Free Movies from Regal Movies June 9th, 2010 | Category: Articles, FREE, Homeschooling: All Things, Local Mom Review | Leave a comment OMGoodness, I have found it! One thing I have always disliked about doing a study on artists is the fact that I have to research all the paintings they have painted or if I find a site that has 20 or more of the painting they have completed all in one place, then the pictures Continue reading Vincent Van Gogh Flash Cards June 5th, 2010 | Category: History/Geography, Homeschooling: All Things, Reviews, Unit Studies | Leave a comment That is the question. Do you give grades in your home school? There are pros and cons. Not giving grades supports a more natural approach to learning. Is your child engaged, involved and learning? If you choose to assess Continue reading To Grade or Not to Grade 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 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 California Surprising Changes in DMV Policy June 1st, 2010 | Category: Articles, Homeschooling: All Things, In the News, Parenting, Politics | Leave a comment I love to ask my kids questions. You can learn a lot that way! Yes, I ask the traditional, "How was your day?" when an older child comes home from work, or from community college, or from a visit. But I Continue reading This Interview Brought to You by… |
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