Planning a 4 Day Homeschool Week
Each and every year something in our homeschool changes. We ebb and flow with our needs (both academic and personal) at the time and based on our previous experiences of what is working and what isn’t. I have used SO many different planning methods and planners as our needs have grown and changed. For this […]
Famous Artists Online Unit Study Volume 2
Are you looking for an easy way to add art into your homeschool? Or maybe you are in need of something to revitalize your homeschool this spring? Then you want to check out this Famous Artists Online Unit Study! What is an Online Unit Study? Over at Techie Homeschool Mom you will find a variety […]
Fair Weather Fun ~ Bubbles Edition
Due to the weather getting nicer here in NY I am running a series of posts on fun, inexpensive things for the kids to do outside. This is the third post in the Fair Weather Fun series and I am focusing on BUBBLES today! Fair Weather Bubble Fun 1. Make Your Own Bubble Wand […]
July 3in30 Week One
. Goal One: Change the “tone” in our home. . This one is my important one for this month, and possibly the months to come. We are doing reasonably well with this. When one of us (including me) has a not so nice tone, we “rewind” and try again. Now the kids know what is […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday ~ Our “Stonybrook”
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3 in 30 July Goals
. I am already starting out July by being behind in posting my goals! Never fear though as I have known what they are going to be and have been diligently working on them (well, some of them). My first goal, and the biggest one I have chosen to tackle may take more than one […]
Creating a Square Foot Garden
Here in NY the weather has been a bit of an issue for gardening. We finished out May with rain every day and multitudes of flooding in our yard. June has been better so we were able to get going on our garden expansion. This was a much bigger task than we anticipated. We ended […]
Review: The Schoolhouse Planner 2011-2012 Edition
It’s that time of year again, the time where we are all sighing with relief at another year being complete, and gearing up for the year to come. Typically at this time of year we are putting away last years things and looking for what we will be using for the coming year. If you […]
June 3in30 Week 4
. So somehow this whole month seems to be passing me by! I did not post a 3in30 update last week and the week before I posted mine as week 1 only to find everyone else was posting as week 2! Hopefully at least I will have that right this week! . Goal One: If […]
Book Review: Billy Graham In Quotes
[image width=”140″ height=”191″ frame=”simple” align=”right”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/140_245_Book.443.cover_.jpg[/image] I grew up seeing Billy Graham as a pillar of Christianity and biblical wisdom. I am not sure there is a man on the planet more respected when it comes to Godly Wisdom. This book takes his quotes, breaks them into categories and adds a bible verse for reference. This […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday ~ Wedding
The futures so bright, I gotta wear shades! . . . . . . I now present to you, Mr & Mrs…… . . . . . . . . . . . The “money” shot! Love this one! . . Love this one for the sweet looks from the onlookers in the tree! What […]
A Rhyme for Turning Five
. Just yesterday she was only four, Today Ava is a baby no more. . . Baby #3 was a maybe or a might, Now she is riding her own bike. . . Five means it is time to go to school, Ava thinks her teacher is really cool! . . She loves dinosaurs and […]
Fair Weather Fun ~ Water Edition
Due to the weather getting nicer here in NY I am running a series of posts on fun, inexpensive things for the kids to do outside. This is the second post in the Fair Weather Fun series and I am focusing on water fun today! Fair Weather Fun Water Activities 1. Slip n Slide You […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday ~ House Finches
While we were away in Florida this past April we had some guests take up residence behind the light on the front of our house. I did not want to move the nest so I let the house finches lay their eggs and have their babies. It was a fun chance for the kids to […]