Disclosure: I received a free 16X20 canvas from Canvas Press in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated for this review. All opinions expressed are my own. Recently I was given the opportunity to review Canvas Press. I jumped at the chance because I love canvas prints, but rarely purchase them because …
This is week 3 of the Virtual Homeschool Fair and the topic this week is Homeschool Curriculum – How do we cover it all? Which leads me to the age-old question. How can we avoid gaps in education? The short answer is — You can’t. Does that mean we don’t try to provide our students …
Welcome to Week 2 of the Virtual Homeschool Fair. This week’s topic is Our Method of Homeschooling. When I consider the many years of homeschooling we have already done, and the many years we still have to go, I like to relate our adventure to a really long road trip. Just like a road trip, …
Welcome to Week 1 of the Virtual Homeschool Fair, hosted by Susan @ Homeschooling Hearts and Minds. This week’s topic is Why We Homeschool. As I began to think about this topic, I remembered that I have written about this before. You can read the reasons that my husband and I chose to homeschool. …
Winter Blahs? Are you looking for something new in your homeschool? Are you dreading starting back to school after a long Christmas break? (We’re attempting it today. Not going so well…) How about trying something different while you get back in the swing of things? The Presidents of the United States Video Based Unit Study …
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2017 is almost over. I’ll be honest. It wasn’t one of my best years. There were a lot of unexpected expenses. This year we had to replace the washing machine, the refrigerator, and the dishwasher. We also purchased a new MacBook to replace my old machine that was unable to type the letter l. I …
Screen Addiction? My kids are growing up in a different world than I did. Think about life before the internet. And now think about life before smart phones. Our daily activities were different when we were kids, weren’t they? When I was a small child, the only screen we had was television. And that was …
I did the neatest Christmas craft project with my 6 year old this week. We made a snowflake out of pipe cleaners and Borax. Here is a direct link to the printable instructions for making a Borax snowflake. Materials: pipe cleaner string boiling water wide mouth jar Borax pencil blue food coloring (optional) …
Creation versus Evolution Evolution is taught as basic fact in schools. It is what all “scientists” believe. Only uneducated, brain-washed Christians believe that God created the universe and everything in it. Right? It seems that there is a lot of division in the US and the world today. Creation versus evolution is just one of the issues dividing us. But …
This post was written 8 years ago, but I find that it still rings true. GASP!!! Could there be such a thing as too much planning? Who hasn’t heard the quote – He who fails to plan, plans to fail. I love to plan. I plan to plan. Planning is one of my favorite activities. …
