Remember the Field Trip Journals?  We’re still using them this year and I couldn’t be happier with them.  They are proving to make great writing assignments, and I’m finding the kids absolutely love looking through them for the memories.  I love to watch the kids sort through brochures, ticket stubs and pictures trying to decide what to include and how [...]

What’s an eight-year-old boy to do when he’s been told he has chores to finish before he watches tv AND his mom asks him to watch the toddler for a few minutes?  Well, tie the toddler to a leash and make him do your chores, what else?

(The sad thing is – Eli LOVED this and [...]

Our nursery at church is lacking in toddler toys, so I put out a plea a few months ago for our church members to look around for free or cheap toys that would be good for adding to the nursery.
Luckily - or so I thought – one of the ladies at our church is the Family [...]

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine sent out some freebie units not too long ago from Highlights of Homeschooling and one of them worked perfectly for our Pilgrims unit study.  It’s called “The Mayflower Unit Study“.   (Thank, Nancy, for helping find the authors.  And, WOW, the units are very affordable!)

This isn’t the typical unit that we do around [...]

Happy first full day of fall!  Today’s Fine Arts Tuesday took us on a nature walk to look for signs of the new season.  I had planned to do a slide show of all the seeds, dried flowers, nuts and tinges of color we found, but *apparently* I still don’t know how to take up-close pictures [...]