I should mention that I really don’t like to dust. It’s one of the chores that I try to assign to my kids. My bedroom furniture is particularly difficult because it has grooves that are hard to get to. Here’s a picture of the cabinet on the front of the chest after not dusting it …
EDUDPS stands for Educational Diagnostic Prescriptive Services. Jill J. Dixon is the author of the EDUDPS materials. She has both a Bachelor’s Degree in English Education and a Master’s Degree in Special Education, and has over 20 years of teaching experience in the classroom, in addition to homeschooling her four children. EDUDPS has two main …
I wrote this several weeks ago, but didn’t post it because I wanted to read it when I wasn’t in the midst of the hard time. I’ve reread it now and decided it’s worth sharing. I’ve had a revelation. Homeschooling is hard. I’m not sure why that is so startling to me. I’ve been doing …
The Sound of Sleigh Bells By Cindy Woodsmall / Random House, Inc. The Sound of Sleigh Bells is the story of two Elizabeth Hertzlers. Beth is the younger and Lizzy is her unmarried aunt. They work together in their Amish dry goods store. Lizzy is worried about Beth because she has never recovered from the …
The Amazing Bible Timeline combines the history contained in the Bible with world history in a unique spiral design. The genealogical lines of Noah’s sons are color coded to provide a visual display of their place in world history. I have never seen a timeline arranged in this manner. The timeline is large (37" x …
I have a confession. I am an absolute jinx when it comes to science experiments. I think it all started when I set that towel on fire in Physical Science in the 9th grade. Strangely enough I went on to get a degree in Chemical Engineering. That’s a lot of science labs. One of the …
The goals of Guardian Angel Publishing are: To lovingly create fun, affordable and educational eBook computer experiences, great print books for your preschoolers and primary age children. And to embed positive, loving and worthwhile meaning into these books. With almost 100 books available in a wide variety of topics, there’s something for every child. I …
We began studying Latin four years ago when my oldest child was in the second grade. I read everything I could find on the different Latin curricula that were available and finally decided on Latin for Children for him. He completed the 3 books in 4 school years and this year he has started Latin …
This week is cleaning theme week at Works for Me Wednesday. I have already made a few Works for Me Wednesday posts with some of my cleaning tips. Here’s our Chore Chart, and just last week I posted on Dividing Cleaning Tasks. You may think that I like to clean. But I really don’t. I …
My husband and I have always enjoyed spending time together outside. We’ve spent many hours hiking in the mountains. It is a love that we have tried to instill in our children from an early age. That baby backpack has been used for all 4 of our children. I also enjoy bird watching, and my …
