The Little Man in the Map is a book written by Andrew Martonyi to help children memorize the 50 states. It is published by Schoolside Press and is sold at their website for $19.95. It is also available at Amazon.com. It is a top-quality, hard-back book with glossy full-color pictures and rhyming text. The premise …
Last night after dinner, my sweet husband surprised me with a late birthday present. He got me a new camera! Here it is on amazon.com ! It was one of those things that I wanted, but maybe not really needed. The on/off switch fell off my old camera this summer. I went for a while …
Alphabet Alley is a company devoted to preschool toys with a Bible theme. I received 2 different games to review.The first is the Noah’s Ark Go Fish game. The game is the old classic game of Go Fish except that there are 10 different things from Noah’s Ark to "go fish for". The illustrations include …
I was in tears last night as we sang this song in church. I have been going through some time of sorrow that is continuing. It is very likely that I will lose my grandmother within the next couple of weeks. I thought I would share because I know that there are a lot of …
Last weekend, as I looked at the upcoming week, I began to feel a tightness in my chest and those all too familiar feelings of anxiety begin to creep in. For starters, Tuesday was Veteran’s Day and my husband was off work. So, I had scheduled that morning for family portraits. On Tuesday afternoon we …
This morning I was reminded of one of the reasons that I love homeschooling so much. As I was leaving the Y, I overheard 2 ladies discussing the recent changes in school bus routes due to budget concerns. It reminded me that I don’t have to worry about the bus routes for my children. I …
My daughter has completed her latest TOG craft project. She chose to make a bowl out of paper mache. Overall, it was a good experience and she did a nice job. There are a few changes that I would make if we were to do it again. The first step was to chose a bowl. …
As an alternate for the TOS Homeschool Crew, I was given a Nativity Set by One2Believe to review. One2Believe is a company that specializes in Bible-based toys. Their vision, from their website, is: to help children learn important Bible lessons and to have them come to faith in Jesus. Our goal is to provide fun …
There is a lot of disagreement among homeschoolers concerning the value of studying mythology. Some, especially strict Classical homeschoolers or Latin-centered homeschoolers, place great attention on mythology in the early years. The article Why Pagans? by Cheryl Lowe of Memoria Press is a short defense on the value of studying the Greek and Roman culture. …
It seems that suddenly I have gotten very busy. I have to watch my level of activity to make sure that the things that I’m doing are really worth the time and energy spent doing them. I think that I am doing good things right now and this feeling of extra busyness will soon pass. …
