Do you ever wonder what all those other homeschool moms are using are using to teach their kids? When I first got starting homeschooling we didn’t have much money and we were really just doing preschool so I just made up as we went along. It never occurred to me that I needed a “program”...

Ah, the dilemma…what to do with all that Halloween candy…besides eat it. As soon as the kids get all of that candy home they will want to dump it all out into a huge pile and sort out what they like and discard what they don’t. The kids even like to make a game of trading. Of course...

I have been looking for some new ways to engage my kiddos. We use a classical homeschool approach to learning and I absolutely love it but I think that tend to get bogged down in worksheets and lesson plans. Part of that is because we made a commitment this year to put homeschooling first. All you homeschool...

*disclaimer- I am not being paid or receiving any product or services from the companies in this post. They are companies/products that I actually use and enjoy. I am not a musician. It seems kind of funny that I can’t play an instrument considering my dad is a fantastic musician. It was very...

This is part 2 of a 2 part series. For part 1 click here. At this point we have done a lot of research and reading on owls. I even found some coloring pages of owls for the kids to color while I read to them. We went into the woods and listened for owl sounds. The kids even did a book report on owls....

This morning instead of starting with our usual Math and English routine, I spiced things up and threw in a science lesson that I have been itching to do. The single most stand-out memory of any school lesson I have is of dissecting an owl pellet. It stands out so vibrant and crisp that I knew I had...

Monday. I was really looking forward to Monday morning when I went to bed. I woke up excited and ready to start our day. I was motivated. I even showered first thing. I was off to a great start. However, by the time breakfast was half over I decided that my son was going to give me a run for my money....