Homeschooling
Dead in Christ?
Are you a dead man walking? My girls and I are studying leaves in Botany this week. It’s more fascinating than you’d think! For instance, in the fall, when leaves exchange their bright greens for autumn hues of red, orange, and yellow…those colors are actually the true color those leaves were all along. The chlorophyll…
Giving Back
Butchering chickens, wildcrafting, soap making, pressure canning, making herbal tinctures and supertonics–I’m fascinated by these basic survival skills, but primarily, I’m a homeschooling mom who loves to write. Meaning, I’m busy already and have plenty to learn! But to learn, one needs a teacher. Books and online resources can be excellent initiators to a subject,…
Lightening Strike to Heaven
The other morning I instructed my children (6 yr. and 8 yr.) to finish their copy work while I exercised on the elliptical. They asked if they could color when they were through. Sure, anything to help keep them busy while I got in my work out. Little did I know while I sweated…
Only 24 Hours in My Day
Idyllic perfectly describes our summer. Plenty of time to hang out together, garden, entertain, plan camping trips with friends. I have to admit, one of the biggest perks of summer, to me, is just plain “time” out. Time to keep the house clean, for instance. Then another school year begins. The alarm clock moves back…
First Week of School
The night before Chris asked me if I was going to wake him up with a photo flash! I said, “no.” That was how I woke them up last year! But this year, well, no pictures on the first day of school. They’re in 6th and 8th grade, and quite grown up. In fact, Chris…
Noodleboro: A Great New Way to Learn and Have FUN!
I’m always on the look out for great, educational games. I used to be a Discovery Toys consultant, just so I could get the toys and I use them often for fun and homeschooling. Then I found Simply Fun, another great game company, more fun then education. But I’d never heard of Noodleboro until I…
Dear God, What’s Going on Here!
Are you sure you’ve got your timing write? Not off by a year or two, are you? I thought you wanted me to homeschool this year, well come to think of it, did I even ask you? Probably not, I just thought, no, felt in my heart, it was the right thing to do. I…
Homeschooler ALERT!
Wednesday, July 30 – Sunday, August 3rd I know I should have gotten this up a lot sooner, but I’ve been on the road with shoddy internet connection that brought me back to the dial up days! UGH! But it’s not too late to sign up. It starts tomorrow, and what a deal! There are…
Homeschooler ALERT! I’m Teaching a Teleseminar…
Wednesday, July 30 – Sunday, August 3rd I know I should have gotten this up a lot sooner, but I’ve been on the road with shoddy internet connection that brought me back to the dial up days! UGH!But it’s not too late to sign up. It starts tomorrow, and what a deal!There are some awesome…
Kids, homeschool and writing, Oh my!
There are days I question my sanity. And days when my husband does the very same. 😉 When I married, I had no plans to homeschool three children, be a published author, be president of a writers’ group, teach high school seniors, speak, do interviews, blog, participate in a homeschool group, a home group, and…