Ever needed a recorder fingering chart because you lost the one that came with your recorder? My six-year-old daughter has been asking to learn to play the recorder this week, so we pulled out my husband's old recorder, dusted it off, and let her practice on it. But when I checked online to find a […]
Archives for June 2009
Switching to an Almost-Year-Round Homeschool Calendar
Below I give you 7 priorities for our new year round homeschool calendar. As most homeschoolers do, when we first began homeschooling we adopted a typical public-school calendar, including a two-week Christmas break, a one-week spring break, and a three-month summer break. We kept this public-school calendar for our first three years. But homeschooling during […]
Menu Plan Monday: Week of June 22
Two thirds of a menu plan is better than none. I'm going to make a concerted effort this week to make breakfasts and dinners. Lunches will be Yo-Yo since that's what my kids seem to prefer anyway and since everyone always seems to be hungry for lunch at different times. Here's my plan for this […]
The Dinner Challenge: Summary and Recipe Link-up
I didn't really meet the Dinner Challenge very well this week. I ended up making only four of the seven planned meals. But all is not lost since I plan to make the missed meals this upcoming week. Here's a review of this week's dinners. Monday: Day one was a bust. The crockpot barbecue chicken […]
The Dinner Challenge: Day Three and Four
On Day Three I didn't cook any dinner for our dinner challenge since we had so much leftover Beef and Tomato Bake from Day Two's dinner. And then today's dinner was rather…shall we say…interesting? You see I was out of rice for the Chicken Fried Rice recipe, so I had Jeff pick some up at […]
The Dinner Challenge: Day Two
Dinner challeng day two can't make up for last nights flop but it got an all thumbs up from my people. Last night was a strikeout, but tonight was a home run! { Sorry, I don't know why I'm using baseball analogies — I don't even like baseball! } Tonight's dinner was Beef and Tomato […]
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