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RSSExciting news, everyone…we're having a party, and you're all invited! It's a progressive dinner, blog-style. Here's how it works: Please join us at our bloggy homes the week of December 15th as we celebrate the season. Stop by for some great holiday recipes. Mr. Linky will be all set up so you can share your [...]
December 5, 2008
Tigger or Tiger? You decide.
December 5, 2008 By 3 Comments
I teach piano lessons Monday through Friday, usually between 3:30 and 6PM each day. Sometimes students are dropped off by themselves and then picked up at the end of their lessons. But at other times the parents, and sometimes siblings as well, hang out in the living room while I'm teaching the lesson in the [...]
December 3, 2008
Teaching Children About Grocery Shopping and Sales Fliers
December 3, 2008 By 5 Comments
We received a Kroger ad flier in the mail today, and when my son was looking it over, he was very impressed that an enormous steak in one of the ads was “…only $4.99! That’s a great price!” He was disappointed when I told him that the ad said it was $4.99 per pound, not [...]
December 2, 2008
Teaching Children How to Fill Out Forms
December 2, 2008 By 9 Comments
Our children will fill out hundreds of forms throughout their lives. It only follows that practicing this necessary (although tedious) skill can ease the process in the future and hopefully prevent needless do-overs. I mean, how many times have you started to fill out a form, only to realize that you've been filling it out [...]
December 1, 2008
Goodbye, Flat Pancakes!
December 1, 2008 By 3 Comments
I've rarely made pancakes from scratch that weren't flat and practically tasteless. So I was understandably skeptical when I tried Jenny's recipe for Good Old-Fashioned Pancakes, which she promised would produce nice, fluffy pancakes. But Jenny was right. The pancakes did turn out light and fluffy — and delicious! Now I just have to figure [...]
December 1, 2008
Restructuring Our Homeschool Calendar
December 1, 2008 By 6 Comments
Inspired by my blogging friend, Sonshine, we have completely revamped our schedule for the school year. For the last three full years, we've adopted a public-school-like schedule, beginning in late August, breaking for three to five days at Thanksgiving, two weeks at Christmas, one week in the spring, and then for summer break during June, [...]
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