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RSSScience has always fascinated me, and the science of food is no exception. That's why two of my favorite cookbooks are Alton Brown's I'm Just Here for the Food (about cooking) and I'm Just Here for More Food (about baking). His books aren't just cookbooks though; they're chock full of great information about the 'how' and [...]
November 28, 2009
Now that the craziness is over…
November 28, 2009 By 8 Comments
If you read this blog in a feed reader or via email, you might have wondered why my last post was the default "Hello, World" WordPress posts. It's simply because I changed to a new hosting company this week, and even though I deleted the "Hello, World" post as soon as I could after I installed [...]
November 22, 2009
The WorldWide Telescope Project
November 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
Have you ever heard of Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope project? I have to admit, I'm always pretty leery of anything produced by Microsoft (I'm a diehard Mac lover myself), but when I took a look at what the WorldWide Telescope project was, I was very impressed. It's a homeschooler's dream, especially if you have kids that [...]
November 20, 2009
Choosing a Phonics Curriculum: Not all methods are created equal
November 20, 2009 By 11 Comments
Several years ago when I started looking for a phonics curriculum to help me teach my kids how to read, I thought all the phonics programs were basically the same. But boy, was I wrong! There are several different schools of thought when it comes to teaching phonics. Here are two major methods that are [...]
November 18, 2009
How to Raise a Reader
November 18, 2009 By 13 Comments
I love to read. My husband loves to read. My two daughters love to read. But my son has been staunchly opposed to reading since he first learned how in Kindergarten. He'll read if he is required to for school, but he has never really sat down to read a real book just for the [...]
November 12, 2009
A Memorization Technique Anyone Can Use
November 12, 2009 By 5 Comments
The ability to memorize is an essential skill that all children should master. Some children have a natural ability to memorize things easily, but everyone can still benefit from a strategy for memorization. We have a quick and easy method that my kids like to use when they have to memorize something, whether it be [...]
November 4, 2009
Free Spelling Practice Software
November 4, 2009 By 4 Comments
My kids use the computer for several school subjects, including Spanish, online math drills, spelling, and science. Unfortunately, since I'm so often working on the computer, there's not a lot of time available for the kids to do all their work. So to help alleviate this problem, we dug our 8-year-old Mac out of the [...]
November 4, 2009
World's Best Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
November 4, 2009 By 6 Comments
Not only are these the best-tasting chocolate chocolate chip cookies you'll ever taste, they're the easiest to make too. Since these cookies are baked using a store-bought cake mix, it might be a stretch to say these cookies are actually made from scratch, but they're most definitely not store-bought. Either way, this cake mix cookie [...]
October 28, 2009
How to Help Kids Understand What It Means to Have a Job
October 28, 2009 By 5 Comments
My kids know what their dad does for a living — he's the music minister at our church — but they don't fully comprehend what it means to have a job, nor do they understand a lot of the terminology that goes with it. I would imagine that this is true for many families. Since [...]
October 21, 2009
Making Sense of Grammar: Verb forms vs. verb tenses…What's the difference?
October 21, 2009 By 5 Comments
I'm a grammar junkie. I enjoy leafing through English handbooks and diagramming sentences. Yes, I know. Pathetic. But even as a total English language geek, there are some grammar concepts that I have had a tough time keeping straight in my head. And the difference between verb forms and verb tenses is one of those [...]
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