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Filed Under: Family

Traveling the Northwest with my Girls

If you've wondered where I've been lately, I've been in a van driving across country with my two girls, my parents, and my sister. Here are a few highlights from our trip. Leaving for the trip from my parents' home in Missouri. Beautiful Yosemite Valley in California. I was the wedding photographer at my niece's […]

Filed Under: Homeschooling · Strategies & Tips ·  ·

Online Typing Lessons

My oldest two children used Mavis Beacon's typing course to learn to type a couple of years ago. It was a great program, and both kids can now type very well. But we just discovered that the Mavis Beacon cd won't work on my youngest daughter's computer. So I did some research to find some […]

Filed Under: Social Studies

When was the last time you read the Declaration of Independence?

Today being the day we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the birthday of our nation, it is good that we not only remember those men who were the driving force behind the founding of our nation, but that we also remember their words. If you haven't read the Declaration of Independence lately, […]

Filed Under: Homeschooling · Strategies & Tips

Why We Chose Homeschooling over Public School

Many people ask me why we homeschool our children instead of sending them to public school. I answered that question recently in a guest post over at Life as MOM. You might also like to read about that fateful day when the Mayan Indians first caused us to consider homeschooling.

Filed Under: Curriculum

World History Books by Genevieve Foster

Welcome to my Build Your Own Homeschool Library series where I'm sharing with my readers some of my favorite books from my homeschool shelf. Please note that all the posts in this series contain my own opinions, and I have not been compensated by any publishing company for any of the content. Overview Written for both […]

Filed Under: Link Roundups

A Little Random Link Love

Okay, maybe this isn't entirely random, but I happened upon a few links this week that I really wanted to share. Did you know book owners have smarter kids? There's a study out now that proves it! The study "…looked at samples from 27 nations, and according to its abstract, found that growing up in a household […]