***This post will be sticky at the top during the week of the series. Scroll down for new content!*** We are blessed to finally be in the position to have freedom to move about the country. We are self employed and have enough employees to work remotely. We homeschool and don’t get car sick :). […] Read more…
Sylvan-Dell Science Books – Fall 2013 Favorites {Book Review}
Disclaimer: These books were provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for your support! We were sent 5 books from Sylvan Dell’s Fall 2013 elementary science releases. I’m really loving how kids can learn from engaging books without me having to make a whole unit study […] Read more…
Apologia Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of the items mentioned in exchange for an honest review. I LOVED chemistry in high school. In fact, I’m still a little peeved that the admissions counselor talked me out of the regular chemistry class in college :). Add that to the fact that my K/1 cannot get enough […] Read more…
If You Were Me… Geography Books {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of these items in exchange for an honest review. While I have an awesome geography curriculum, we never seem to get to it. I’ve been searching for geography resources that will expose my kids to geography in small amounts so that its easy to fit it in. When they were […] Read more…
God’s World News {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
I really enjoy having supplemental learning materials where it doesn’t feel like the kids are “doing school.” One of the things the girls really enjoy is reading magazines, so when the opportunity to review God’s World News – Early Edition (Gr. 1-2) came up, I was pretty excited. God’s World News God’s World News […] Read more…
Columbus Mini-Unit
There are so many options out there, that I wanted to just share a quick post about the Top 5 Resources for Columbus Day that we used for our K/1 and Tot. Tot/PreK Christopher Columbus Printables Coloring Sheets From 123 Homeschool 4 Me Columbus Mini Pack from 3 Dinosaurs K/1 Christopher Columbus Resources Columbus […] Read more…
Field Trips Around the World – Traverse City, MI
I was very interested to see the call for homeschoolers to share their ideas for field trips. We just had our first field trip & I know she is looking forward to many more. Our area is particularly rich in opportunity and I thought it would be great to organize them all in one place. […] Read more…
Zootles Vs. Ranger Rick Jr.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate/referral links. Thanks for your support! We love kids magazines and my girls especially love the science magazines. When our Ranger Rick Jr. subscription ran out, I couldn’t find a good deal, so we bought Zootles instead. Here are our thoughts on which we like better. Zootles About […] Read more…
C is for Consistency…Sorta ;) {Weekly Wrap Up}
This week has been an exercise in consistency. For me. As much as I work at it, you’d think I’d be closer by now! We managed to do school most days this week, but I didn’t get my “C” extras out and just did the activities leftover from my 5 year old from LOTW. She […] Read more…
Pirate School Resources: Tots – First Grade
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate/referral links. Thanks for your support! Our family LOVES pirates. The first time my husband & I heard about International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19) on the radio, we were smitten! When we had kids, my daughter became obsessed with pirates thanks to Peter Pan. We decided to make […] Read more…