I am blessed to have a mother-in-law who is very much a child at heart. She spends a lot of time with my children, and one of the things that they enjoy doing together is telling stories. She is a fantastic storyteller and often tells funny stories about her childhood growing up in Manhattan in…
Fun Geography Game
Last night my family made up a fun geography game. All you need is a map of the United States and at least 3 people to play. You can assign one person to be the judge and use the map to check the others’ answers. Or, if you are playing with someone who is fairly…
O Give Us Homes
by Jean Sibelius O give us homes built firm upon the Savior; Where Christ is head and counselor and guide; Where every child is taught His love and favor And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified; How sweet to know that tho his footsteps waver His faithful Lord is walking by his side! O…
All About Homophones – Coupon
I just found out about a special on All About Homophones for 1 week only. To celebrate the new book, we’re giving you $10 off! Just enter the coupon code "FUN" in the customer code box during checkout. The coupon code is good for one week, now through Monday, February 2, 2009. Make spelling a…
All About Homophones
All About Homophones is a book produced by All About Learning Press and it’s about…Homophones. In case you’re wondering what homophone means, it is derived from the Greek and literally means same sound. So homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Some examples are two/too, won/one, would/wood,…
Book Club Meeting
Once again this year we have been participating in a home school book club. We call it a book club, but it probably would be better named a book report club. Each month there is a different topic. I posted about this year’s schedule at this post. Each child reads a book that fits the…
What Think Ye Of Christ?
by John Newton “What think ye of Christ?” is the test To try both your state and your scheme; You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of Him. As Jesus appears in your view- As He is beloved or not- So God is disposed to you, And mercy or wrath is…
Cougar vs Deer Population Experiment
Disclosure: This post contains an affiliate link. If you purchase from the link, I will receive a small commission. We are using Apologia’s Elementary Zoology Book 3 for science this year. It is the study of land animals. We just finished chapter 4 and completed an interesting demonstration of the relationship between populations of predator and…
KinderBach
KinderBach is a piano program designed for young students ages 2-7. The program consists of on-line video lessons taught by Karri Gregor, the company’s creator. She developed the program for teaching her own children after finding no piano teacher willing to teach students younger than 7. Karri is energetic and teaches at a level that…
Year in Review
I went back through my blog for the past year and posted the first sentence from the first entry of each month. It gives a pretty good overview of my year. January It’s New Years Day and I have just a second to pop in. February This morning I took my semi-annual load of stuff…