Simple Lapbook and Notebook Organization for Effective Homeschooling Getting your homeschool organized is a huge feat. Keeping it organized is yet another never ending task. Yet there are some simple ways you can keep it all under control when you use lapbooks or notebooks. Most homeschooling families have topics that they cover yearly, such [...]
Healthy Home Healthy Planet
Go Green for Less Most families have an opinion about the green house effect, Al Gore, and carbon footprints. What I find interesting is that regardless of what side of the issue one is on, going green makes sense. The earth is a planet. You can only deplete its resources to a certain extent [...]
Fast Track to a Healthy Weight II
Helping Your Family Get Healthy One of the reasons that many women struggle with getting healthy and losing or maintaining a healthy weight is that their families are on a completely different plan. When mom or dad is dieting, and no one else, it creates an environment that is not only detrimental to the [...]
What to do BEFORE You Go to Homeschool Convention Part One
Organize Your Homeschool and Save Money Go to any homeschool convention anywhere and walk into the vendors hall. As you casually promenade through the aisles, observe the faces of the parents as they shop. You will many sets of eyes glistening as they peer from one booth to the next. You may even notice [...]
Simple Ways to Help in Your Community
Community Service and Donating at Local Food Banks from Your Pantry Giving back to your community is an essential and integral part of life. Occasionally, we serve our community as a requirement, such as jury duty. Yet the large majority of community service is simply you donating or volunteering for a local charity. Giving [...]
2011 New Year’s Theme Revealed: Why Is it Always All About Health?
An Exciting Healthy Makeover for All Aspects of Life Sometime in November I began praying for guidance, and quite frankly pointed direction, of what would be most meaningful and helpful to you in the upcoming year. A few ideas began to form in mind and as I thought about what to present. However, it was [...]
Countdown to Christmas: Activities for Kids
Fun Christ Centered Christmas Activities for Kids that Provide Learning This is the time of year when it doesn’t matter whether you homescool or your kids attend a formal school; Mom’s can always use an activity to occupy the kids while she gets her tasks completed as the Countdown to Christmas is ticking loudly. So, [...]
Arts and Crafts for Kids: Simple Bat Models (Inexpensive too!)
Have Fun with This Model Bat Kids Art and Craft Project Bats are a fun topic to study. They are very interesting creatures. Whether your kids enjoy making Halloween art projects, you are looking for a simple arts and crafts project to keep the kids occupied, or you are doing a unit study on bats, [...]
Art for Kids: A Simple Tree Silhouette
Tree Silhouette Drawing for Kids There is something about art that changes how kids think. Autumn offers an abundance of ideas for art. Art for kids is not only fun for them; it is fun for mom that offers nice entries for scrapbooks and notebooks. Last week I showcased our Leaf Line Drawings. It was [...]
Art for Kids: Fun Fall Leaf Drawing
How to Make a Leaf Line Drawing With a budding artist in the family, and an AIMO (Artist in Mind Only) Mom, art takes up a lot of time around here. We incorporate art concepts with lots of our schooling, but art just for art’s sake is something I sometimes overlook. A homeschooling mom I [...]
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