As I posted before, in the last three weeks we've begun to learn knot-tying at home on Wednesdays, and the kids have had a blast learning. Here are the knots we've learned so far this year. (Joely's even learned all of them except 8-10.) overhand knot (single, double, triple, etc.) slip knot basic noose bowline […]
Free U.S. and World Maps and Puzzles
In searching for maps to use with our homeschool curriculum, I just came across another great site for geography. It offers printable and interactive maps of the world for free.
How We Save (Tons of) Money on Eyeglasses
After having to pay over $300 for a pair of glasses for my husband we wanted a place to purchase affordable glases for everyone in our family (a family of 5). Several weeks ago Jerah began to complain that words were blurry far away, so we had her eyes examined last month. Sure enough, the […]
My Favorite Homeschool Curriculums
Have you ever had someone ask you what one thing you would want to have with you if you were stranded on a desert island? If I had to decide what makeup I'd take with me, it would be my Mary Kay foundation for sure. If I had to choose a book, I'd choose the […]
Chicken pot pie the easy way!
I teach piano lessons every afternoon until 5 or after, so it's difficult to have time to make dinner, especially on evenings when we have church or band practice. As a result, most evenings we just YO-YO [a term meaning "You're On Your Own" that we learned from our friend Michelle], but on occasion I […]
Latin Verb Conjugations Chart
Being a very visual person, I felt a Latin Verb Conjugations Chart would help my children learn their verbs easier. I made up a color-coded chart for our Latina Christian I curriculum that covers the verb conjugations we're studying this year. You can download a PDF for your own use.
Make your own Ancient History coloring sheets
I found these fantastic (and free) ancient history fonts that are great for making your own coloring sheets. These would be great to use with Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World: Ancient Times (the wonderful history curriculum we use). It's easy to make the coloring sheets. All you have to do is: Download and […]
The Stages of Reading
Frank Armbruster wrote an article in Practical Homeschool in which he listed his idea of the "Stages in Reading." Frank Armbruster's Stages in Reading 0 — Non-reading 1 — Realization that some marks on a printed page stand for words (phonemic awareness) 2 — Learning the code to translate the marks to sounds (emerging reading) […]
Books from my childhood
I know my mom read me a lot of books when I was a child, but only a few really stand out in my memory; and these few I have made sure I read to my own children. Of course, I'm always curious about what others like, too, so leave a comment to let me […]
How to Tie a Knot
We wanted to learn Knot Tying. I was never a Boy Scout (of course), so I never learned how to do much more than tie my shoe, but I've always wanted to learn how to tie knots. So, being the head teacher at our home school academy, I figured I'd add Knot Tying to our […]