Day 115
This is not a new photo but it is a new button! The photo is of adorable element gnomes I had made last year. I used the below tutorial to guide me in making a blog button. Creating a Blog Button You...
View ArticleAug 29th — Home Sweet Homeschool
It is exciting to be starting another homeschooling year, this time with a 6th grader, an official kinder, and a pre-k, along with the baby of course! As exciting as it is though, it is also a bit...
View ArticleAug 30th — Make Butter
The Prairie Primer had us making butter today! While they did it on the old days with a church and some people have the patience to do with with a jar and a marble we went with using a mixer! 1. 2 cups...
View ArticleSept 4th – Corn Doll for Little House in the Big Woods
Meet Cornaline, the corn doll friend of my oldest daughters. Why would my daughter in this day and age have a corn doll one wonders? The Prairie Primer listed it as an activity and so it not being one...
View ArticleSept 9th — Wool Roving Fun
Night time in the Summer! Part of Mr. Handsomes curriculum with Oak Meadow is art. As Oak Meadow is waldorf based, it really values art and natural items. His project instructions where to express his...
View ArticleHomemade Light Box Fun
Homeschooling is not all books and the kitchen table for most of us. For my family we love being creative and hands on working! Helping our pre-k daughter and Kinder son with writing is a lot of fun!...
View ArticleEasy Homeschooling! Teach to the Season!
Photo By LittleCrunchy Homeschooling does not have to be school at home. It can be more organic and natural and it can flow with the spirit of the child, the home, the season. This might not sound like...
View ArticleMothers Review on CHIMPANZEE
A Must See for all ages! Not because of amazing stunts, new technology, or the latest and great trends. It is a hit because it speaks to the heart telling a true story of a very special Chimp and what...
View ArticleThe Best Curriculum Search
It is that time of year again when homeschooling parents start looking at curriculum for the coming year. Though sometimes doesn’t it feel like that time of year is all year long? I find myself a bit...
View ArticleThe Best Curriculum Search — 1st Grade
What curriculum are we going to use next year? This is a question on the minds of many homeschoolers and I am among that group. I already explained where I am in the search so far for my soon to be 7th...
View ArticleAnnoying the Secular Blogger
I lay here typing this with a smile on my face enjoying my home at just the right temp, a house full of children playing, and everything seems right with the world at the very moment. Except one...
View ArticleHomeschooling – Where to Start
Do you want to homeschool? Do you want to start your next homeschooling year off right? Don’t know where to start? Take a moment to think on a few things first! Like many other crunchy parents...
View ArticleHomeschooling Science – 1st Grade Sea Turtles
Why Sea Turtles? This past vacation down in Mississippi on Biloxi beach in August I was stung by a Jelly Fish. We had seen the clear jelly fish with a red pattern on them and trailing tentacles in the...
View ArticleThe Naked Truth – Transgender Male Penis in Female Locker Room
In short, a man who identifies as a female was seen naked by a 17 year old female in a female locker room sauna on college campus. Next, all hell breaks loose and hate starts to fly. You can read more...
View ArticleReflection on Newtown deaths from a Secular Homeschooling Mother
The sun rose today It rose on a day with broken hearts and little broken bodies. It rose even though we know that things are not ok. It rose as it has for over 4 billion years. A reminder that we must...
View ArticleThe real Evil found on Halloween
Part 1 This post might not be what you expect it to be. This isn’t about ancient religions and the roots that Halloween has in common with them. It isn’t about the devil, and it really isn’t about...
View ArticleNot cool Halloween Tricks – proselytizing and racism
(Back to Part 1 The real Evil found on Halloween) Halloween Tricks While kids might find toothbrushes and floss and fruit to be tricks on Halloween certainly they are better and kinder than the...
View ArticleHomeschooling: We can’t allow predators to hide behind us.
Monsters Among Us It is with a truly heavy heart that I post about this very sad topic, there are predators hiding in the homeschooling community, and there are those covering up the crimes and shaming...
View ArticleKeeping Summer Fun With Jumping Words
As many parents know, there is often learning loss that happens over the summer months when kids are out of school. This can happen to homeschoolers like my own or any student. One of the ways we can...
View Article3 Little Minecrafters up all night in bed….
Yes we homeschool and yes our kids play minecraft! It seems like some silly stereo type but this one actually fits us! Of course there are many homeschooling stereo types that don’t fit. We don’t...
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