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Filed Under: Family

Joely's Album of Face Painting

Our favorite face painter brought her daughter to piano lessons again yesterday, so Joely was able to get another paint job. Here's the latest. Fairy Mask And in case you missed the designs from previous weeks, here they are. Tigger/Tiger The Penguin Puppy Princess The Snake The Fish

Filed Under: Home Management · Recipes

No-Knead, No-Fuss Whole Wheat Bread

I'm in when it is a no-kneed, no-fuss whole wheat bread as I love to feed my carb addiction. I baked again! Now I still haven't cooked dinner in quite a while, but I did bake me a loaf of bread. I used another of Zesty Cook's recipes. This one was for a whole wheat […]

Filed Under: Language Arts ·

SpellQuizzer Spelling Practice Software Review

I received a free copy of SpellQuizzer software to review, and I'm so excited to share my thoughts about it with you! SpellQuizzer is a spelling program that helps children learn their spelling words quickly and easily. To use SpellQuizzer, you create individual spelling lists, making a recording of each spelling word over your computer's […]

Filed Under: Social Studies ·

Do You Let Your Children Watch the News?

My children look forward to watching the news every evening. They enjoy hearing about what's going on in the world, even if they don't understand all the details. Occasionally there's even a news story that prompts a deep discussion, such as embryonic stem cell research or the war in Iraq. Watching the news together as […]

Filed Under: Social Studies ·

The Telephone in the Early 1900's

The party lines on the early 1900's phones were a community experience. My grandmother was born in 1907. In the 1980's she wrote down dozens of her memories from her childhood for her children and grandchildren. This is one such story she wrote about her experience with the telephone in the early 1900's. Years before […]

Filed Under: Homeschooling ·

13 Creative Ways to Homeschool with 3×5 Cards

My 3×5 cards for homeschooling are used almost everyday for many subjects and for all sorts of miscellaneous uses. Like many homeschooling moms who have homeschooled for several years, I feel like I've finally begun to develop my own teaching style. As a result, there are a just few things I could not possibly live […]