• Homeschooling 101: The Basics
  • Strategies & Tips for Parents
  • Printables & Downloads
  • Resources for Homeschooling
  • Our Curriculum: What We've Used
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Advertise

Five J's Homeschool

Free Homeschooling Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners

  • Homeschooling 101The Basics
  • Printables& Downloads
    • Free Gradebook+ Download
    • All Printables & Downloads
  • Strategies & TipsFor Parents
  • ResourcesFor Homeschooling
  • Our CurriculumWhat We've Used
  • See Recent Posts
  • Language Arts
  • Math
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Life Skills
You are here: Home / Archives for 2008

Archives for 2008

Filed Under: Home Management · Recipes

Jaden's Oven Baked Chicken Strips

An example of teaching life skills to  homeschool kids is learning to cook by doing . Oven baked chicken strips were Jaden's choice for this exercise. Jaden's Saturday meal was moved to Monday this week because of our schedule over the weekend. He chose to make oven baked chicken strips after I showed him this […]

Filed Under: Family

Video Envy — My Eldest Daughter's Turn

Apparently Jerah was a little envious of her baby sister getting to do a video for my blog, so she decided to make one of her own. Jerah's, however, is a little more HGTVish than Joely's, which was more PBSish. I've got to say I was pretty surprised and impressed with the organization of Jerah's […]

Filed Under: Home Management · Menu Plan Mondays

Menu Plan Monday—Healthier Snacking

I've never been much of a fruit and veggie eater as I've mentioned before, but this week I'm going to try to introduce some healthier choices into our snack time. Here's what's on the menu for this week: Breakfasts: Pancakes, Baked Oatmeal, French Toast, Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins, Cinnamon Rolls Lunches: Leftovers (from Sunday […]

Filed Under: Home Management

Hail Jenny, Giver of Scrumptious Biscuit Recipes!

I successfully baked another winner-of-a-recipe this morning. This time the recipe was from Jenny over at Runningamuck which she called "Big Daddy Biscuits." I put this biscuit recipe on my list of 13 Blogger-tested Recipes, but I hadn't made them as of that post. But now that I've made them, I think I'm in love! […]

Filed Under: Home Management · Recipes

Hail Kate, Giver of Delicious Cinnamon Roll Recipes!

I made cinnamon rolls this morning using a recipe Kate at A Simple Walk emailed me, and they turned out soooooo good! If you missed the cinnamon roll recipe in my post earlier this week, I've posted it here again for your palate's pleasure. Thank you, Kate! I'd like to say that these cinnamon rolls […]

Filed Under: Social Studies · Strategies & Tips · Free Curriculum · Games · Geography · Social Studies

How to Teach Basic Geography Without a Curriculum

It's easy to teach geography without buying a formal curriculum. We've done it for years by making our own homemade geography lessons with an atlas, maps, flashcards, games and online interactive sites. I've always loved geography, but I wasn't very good at it until we started homeschooling. In fact, I've learned more in the last […]

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • …
  • 30
  • Next Page »
Free Printable Homeschool Planner

RSS Student News Daily

  • Trump accuses Colombia’s president of ties to drug trade, cuts off U.S. aid
  • Who are the US Army’s elite ‘Night Stalkers’? Special ops forces deployed near Venezuela
  • US, Israel working on ‘safe zone’ for Gazans fearing Hamas retribution
  • News quiz for week ending 10/17/25
  • Protests
  • Hamas executes fellow Palestinians hours after peace treaty signing
  • Last living hostages all released after 738 days in Hamas hell
  • Trump, world leaders sign declaration after 20 living hostages back in Israel
  • Columbus in his own words: Columbus Day 2025
  • News quiz for week ending 10/10/25
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Terms of Use

© 2007–2025 Five J's Homeschool. All rights reserved. Design by Five J's Design.