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...

*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 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...

The best way to teach a young child to love to read is to read to them often, starting very young. I read to my kids even if I think they are not paying attention. Toddlers will mimic everything you do (good and bad) and it is no different with reading. There are tons of “teach your baby to read”...

When I started homeschooling , NumberOne was only about 2. I didn’t actually know that I was homeschooling, in fact I had never heard of it. One is a super-smart kid and totally in to everything so I was just trying to keep her occupied and out of trouble. By the time she was preschool age she...