This is not the typical homeschool geared post, but I feel like it is something I need to sound off about. I know I am not the only one who is affected but I think it will be therapeutic for me to write about it. All during my childhood and throughout college I played soccer. […]
Yes, it is the time of year to expect Christmas posts! I am always looking for a fun way to count down to Christmas. We’ve tried drawers fill with treats, a chalkboard santa, and we have a wooden santa with number blocks. However, using books is my favorite advent activity to date. I came across […]
Now that I am homeschooling a 2nd grader, I have found myself diving into the world of spelling. Being a former English teacher, one would think that would be easy. Not so much. I have an extreme dislike of memorization as a learning technique. Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for memorization in […]
Each year, I have a huge list of holiday crafts that I plan to do with the boys. Each year, we only get to a handful of those crafts. Mom has lofty goals sometimes. But in that comes a blessing. I find that the crafts that we do get to are ones that we all […]
Can you believe it is almost that time of year? Before you get lost in the sea of crazy shoppers and “unbeatable” deals, remember to take time to celebrate the season. This is my favorite time of year. It’s not because of the presents or the sales, but because of the joy of lights, and […]
Has anyone ever gone through an entire day and wondered how you interacted with your children? If you have, it doesn’t make you a bad mom. We all have those days when the “to-do” list seems insurmountable. But it’s not only the “to-do” list that gets us. It’s the overwhelming amount of technological gadgetry that […]
When A-Man was a preschooler, we used the Letter of the Week curriculum. If you are unfamiliar with this free preschool resource, you should really check it out. Each letter has a series of songs, fingerplays, and poems. At the time, I decided that the fingerplays needed a little bit of a makeover. So instead […]
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