The thought of homeschooling can be very intimidating to some. As parents, we often feel like we need to have all the answers. If we don’t, we can’t homeschool. Well, it isn’t true! All the way back in 1999 (I…
Spring is a wonderful time to watch all the flowers and trees begin to bloom. By summer, flowers are in their full glory. I have yet to see a flower (they can’t quite poke through the snow) so I decided…
A couple of years ago, I was looking to for a change in our homeschool. While I was searching, I stumbled across a reading program called Reading Eggs. I was intrigued. I decided to try their two-week FREE trial and…
Science can be so much fun. Often there are lots of opportunities for hands-on learning and fun experiments. That is when everything goes as planned. It is inevitable things will go wrong at some point. Science experiments don’t always work…
Family Game Night is so much fun…until it isn’t. Kids start arguing or get highly competitive. You begin to feel like a referee. It is no longer fun. Sound familiar? It is something we have faced around here. We love…
Chores. According to a parent survey done by Braun, “28 percent said they regularly assign chores to their kids, even though 82 percent said they grew up doing chores themselves.” If you speak with other parents, you will find out…
One of my goals this year for my homeschool is to have fun. It is so easy to get in a rut and go through the motions each day. I get bored. The kids get bored. It doesn’t have to…
St. Patrick’s Day is coming. The kids and I decided to have some fun baking. We intended to make a St. Patrick’s Day Peek-a-Boo cake as seen on the site Mom Loves Baking. We were going to make it into…
In the world we live in, you can go to a store and buy whatever you need. You need clothes, food, cleaning products. Go to the store. I like to teach my kids skills that are often called “old fashioned”…
St. Patrick’s Day will be here before you know it. You don’t need to be Irish to have fun and celebrate. Kids will have so much fun with this! There are so many great St. Patrick’s Day Crafts Activities for…