Make sure that your children have a positive experience of education. While it’s not always possible to know everything that is going on (unless you are homeschooling), you need to do your best to make sure that your children are being educated well. You also want a safe and caring environment for them to be […]
How Can You Ensure Your Child Is Getting the Best Education?
When you’re a parent, your child’s education is one of your top concerns. Academics might not be everything in life, but education is about more than learning calculus or reading the classics. It gives your child essential life skills, from reading and writing to social skills. You want to set your child up to be […]
5 Activities That Complement Your Homeschool Lessons and Routine
One challenge in homeschooling can be providing an interactive way of teaching in some areas that perhaps a school with more resources can provide. Yet there are some ways to replicate this with some activities to complement your homeschool curriculum and routine. Here are a few ways to incorporate activities that will trigger your child’s […]
Free Spatial Reasoning Printable Download Mini Activity Book
Enjoy this free kids printable five page mini adventure book from Myra Makes Myra Makes is a creative education company based in Boulder, Colorado. Their mission is to empower kids with a love of learning and inspire them to embark on their own creative adventures. Their approach to education is kid-centered– they believe that by […]
A Day In The Life of a Mom of Seven Kids
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a stay at home mom with seven children all living with you? Now add that you are a blogger, an Etsy Shop owner and auction buyer, organizer and resale person (buying abandoned storage units like on the TV show, Storage Wars) with a hobby […]
Math Facts: A Successful Math Education Begins with the Basics
Many adults today have strong recollections of their childhood math education. If you’ve ever had a conversation with a friend, colleague, or neighbor about what their math experience was like as a child, you may begin to develop a picture of many adults who remember struggling through years of muddy math concepts or who still […]
Keeping Your Child’s Homeschool Curriculum Fresh
One of the most important factors in designing the homeschooling year ahead is deciding on the curriculum you’re going to teach. However, if you focus on what you’re going to teach and not how you teach it, it’s easy for lessons to become stale. Let’s look at how you can make your lessons a lot […]
Creating A Homeschooling Area
When you homeschool your children, it’s so important that you are creating a homeschooling area for them where they can learn best. As a homeschooling mom of 8 that has lived in seven different houses, I have had some practice with this and I will share what I have learned. This post contains affiliate link. […]
Appreciating History: Teaching Your Students Beyond the Usual Way
History is one of those academic subjects that students don’t usually appreciate. This is a contributed post and my referral affiliate links are below. If you click through and take action, I will be compensated. My full disclosure is here. Thank you! Let’s face it – we’ve fallen asleep at least once during history lessons […]
Dreams and Stories: Finding Inspiration for Young Students
When your writing students have hit a wall, frustrated with their blank papers, let them go to the ultimate treasure trove of creativity and imagination: dreams. For sure, they’ll find inspiration for a character or an element of magic. This is a contributed post and my referral affiliate links are below. If you click through […]
His Mercy Endureth Forever – Psalm 136 book review Kathleen DeJong author
In this His Mercy Endureth Forever – Psalm 136 book review on a picture book from Reformed Free Publishing Association, I want to tell you about this beautifully illustrated Christian children’s book. This post contains affiliate links. My website is my job, and helps to support our family. If you decide to buy something you see mentioned here, […]
Product Review of Heirloom Audio – St. Bartholomew’s Eve – Audio Drama
I love adding Christian audio drama to my son’s homeschool listening time and so I was thrilled to receive the 2-CD set of St. Bartholomew’s Eve for a product review from Heirloom Audio for our listening pleasure. This post contains affiliate links. My website is my job, and helps to support our family. If you decide to buy […]
Product Review of Brinkman Adventures Season 6 Underground Rising
We have been enjoying doing a review on the digital version of Season 6: Underground Rising from Brinkman Adventures as part of our homeschooling this month. This post contains affiliate links. My website is my job, and helps to support our family. If you decide to buy something you see mentioned here, I would be so thankful if you […]
Product Review of CashCrunch Careers for Career Possibilities
Three of my children were not sure what career possibilities would be good for them so they helped me do a product review and took the CashCrunch Careers survey from CashCrunch Games. This post contains affiliate links. My website is my job, and helps to support our family. If you decide to buy something you see […]