I love getting my kids’ creative juices flowing and fine-tuning their problem-solving abilities. That is why I love STEM challenges. Kids are faced with a problem and must find a solution. (In fact, we do a lot of STEM challenges.…
I did a post last week on Why You Need Technology in Your Homeschool. If you missed it check it out. I wanted to follow up this week, though, with some helpful tools you can use in Reading. There is…
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…
**Updated 5 Our country has 50 states to study. I wish we could travel across the United States and see each one. Unfortunately, we can’t. So I did some research and found fun ways to learn about the 50 states.…
Legos are popular today. It is easy to see why. There are countless numbers of cool sets to build. Plus, you can create your own designs. If you go on the internet, you can find many things to build and…
My kids are avid readers, so I decided to enlist their help. I asked them to share some of their favorite books. With my kids, it ended up being their favorite book series. They love to get wrapped up in…
As a kid, I didn’t grow up using technology like the kids do today. I didn’t use a computer until 7th grade and never used them on a regular basis until college. Now fast forward many, many years later and…
When my kids hit the tween years, they wanted to be more independent and learn new skills. Both wanted to do more “grown-up” things like sewing, woodworking, and cooking. So I started including more of these skills in our homeschool. Now,…
With the holidays fast approaching, we are in full swing when it comes to Christmas art projects. I wanted to make something to decorate our walls but include something we haven’t done before. I decided we’d make some beautiful nighttime…