Today we celebrated finishing reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Our project was sewing a teashirt bag on the sewing machine and painting their favorite animal. I didn't enjoy the book when I read it the first time. Probably, because I rushed through it with a deadline for a school assignment. However, it... Continue Reading →
It took me a while to decide on what direction we were going to take this year. I've finally settled on how 2nd grade is going to look. Links are included for the resources we are using. Some resources from last year could be usefull too. You can see those here: 1st Grade Curriculum Resources... Continue Reading →
I had a couple of awesome homeschool moments yesterday. We just finished a unit on Ancient Greece and started Rome in history. We also have been reading a lot of kid versions of Shakespeare. The kids love it. My 2nd grader was able to retell his dad the story of Julius Cesar. Then I found... Continue Reading →
I want to start out by saying that I am not affiliated with any products in this post. I saw an add for this book series and I thought it looked interesting. I have a 1 year old, 3 year old and a 6 year old. I thought that they all might be too young... Continue Reading →
My kids spent the morning making soda plaster heart beads. It was a lot of mess and fun. My only advice on this is when you roll it out leave it a little thick. We made a bunch of shapes that didn't survive the heat and went brittle. Oh and make the bead hole before... Continue Reading →
3 to 4 year olds are so cute right? And their minds are like little sponges ready to learn more and more. If you haven't read my post 4 Things To Focus On With Your 1 Year Old that's the place to start. With my 3 year old I keep up with everything in that... Continue Reading →
(This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy ) Tirzah by Lucille Travis I don't know what I was expecting when the kids and I started reading this book but it was not what I was expecting. I mean who doesn't love the story of Moses right. This book gave a completely new perspective... Continue Reading →
The kids and I have been reading the Book of Mormon every day at breakfast since last August. We should be done with it by the end of October. The church just released the first of the Book of Mormon Videos. We just watched it and it was awesome! The kids were really into it.... Continue Reading →
Full disclosure up front this is going to be a rant. I'm going to put it all out there. I honest to goodness feel like I was lead softly in the direction of homeschooling by Hevenly Father. My only real experience with homeschoolers before married life was with a family from church that was frankly... Continue Reading →
(This post contains affiliate links.See my Disclosure Policy) Its important to pick curriculum and resources and stick with it. Dont get distracted by all the the ideas you come across online on pinterest because nothing will get done. At some point you have to commit and then do it. No curriculum is perfect. That's the... Continue Reading →
Thre is a lot to learn for a one year old. Everything is new and fun and wonderful. There are the four areas that I concentrate on when playing with my kids when they are one: identification, counting, music and life skills. 1. Identification Identification is just giving names to different things 1 year olds... Continue Reading →
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