I did the neatest Christmas craft project with my 6 year old this week. We made a snowflake out of pipe cleaners and Borax. Here is a direct link to the printable instructions for making a Borax snowflake. Materials: pipe cleaner string boiling water wide mouth jar Borax pencil blue food coloring (optional) …
Creation versus Evolution Evolution is taught as basic fact in schools. It is what all “scientists” believe. Only uneducated, brain-washed Christians believe that God created the universe and everything in it. Right? It seems that there is a lot of division in the US and the world today. Creation versus evolution is just one of the issues dividing us. But…
This post was written 8 years ago, but I find that it still rings true. GASP!!! Could there be such a thing as too much planning? Who hasn’t heard the quote – He who fails to plan, plans to fail. I love to plan. I plan to plan. Planning is one of my favorite activities.…
You may think that Roman numerals are unimportant, but for something so “outdated” they are still used in many areas including Clocks Movie copyright dates Superbowl numbering Outlines Numbering pages in prefaces of books Roman Numeral Resources You can teach Roman numerals alongside your history, math, or Latin program. Here are some free resources I…
Disclosure: I received Thin Stix by Kwik Stix to review. I was not compensated for this review. All opinions expressed are my own. The Reality of Art Projects “Mommy, can we paint?” In my head – “Ugh. Not paint. I will have to find newspaper for the table. And where did I put those shirts we were using for smocks?…
This week’s topic for the Virtual Curriculum Fair is Exploring Our World. I’ve been looking back through old posts about some of the ways we’ve studied history and geography. One of the things that I love about the Virtual Curriculum Fair is that it encourages me to look back over old posts. There is a lot…
This week’s topic for the Virtual Curriculum Fair is math. I love math. However, my love of math doesn’t equal a love of teaching math. I have written quite a bit about math during my years participating in the Virtual Curriculum Fair. In fact, I’ve written so much, that I don’t have anything further to add to this topic today.…
I would like to begin this week’s submission to the Virtual Curriculum Fair with a disclaimer. I am not an expert on special education, and I have no training in teaching children with reading delays. What I have is experience with my own 14 year old son who is on the autism spectrum. However, we have not found any…
It’s January 1st. The first day of a brand new year always brings a level of excitement. For a perfectionist like me, it’s like a clean slate, an unmarked page, or a fresh untracked snow. I’ve been studying about goal setting over the last few weeks and I have learned a few things. Goals need to be concrete and measurable. You…
There are a few subjects that strike fear in the hearts of homeschoolers. Advanced math and high school science are a couple that are usually on the list. But there’s another equally scary subject and that’s… FOREIGN LANGUAGE! Why is foreign language so scary? The simple fact is that most of us in the US are…