For many children (and adults), waking up to snowflakes falling is a wondrous event. There is something special in seeing the sunlight reflecting off individual flakes as they fall to the ground to create piles of rolling snow to be
Tag: Littles
How to Homeschool When You Have Littles Running Around
Here, read pages 12-15 then answer this question… No! Don’t climb on that! And you do pages 16-20 with this question. No! Don’t dump all the toys… Sister’s schoolwork is not for cutting practice… …or coloring practice! Can we have
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T is for Tree, a Beautiful Alphabet Book (Review)
My goal as a homeschool mom is not just to teach my kids their ABCs and 123s. It’s to help them become well-rounded, competent adults who love the Lord. My duty to lead them to Christ is THE highest priority
5 Backyard Fun Ideas for Summer
This week, we are moving from the midwest back down to Florida. My hometown actually! I have mixed feelings about it, but let’s not dwell on that. I am choosing to focus on the positives, and a HUGE one is
Keeping Your Sanity When All Your Kids Are Little
You start out with one baby. He takes up a lot of your time, day and night. But eventually you find your groove and all is well. You might add another baby a year or two later. And now you
Bring the Bible to Life with the Planet 316 Story Bible
There are tons of children’s bibles out there! But none have the awesome addition of “augmented reality,” and we were elated to have the chance to review this newfangled way of teaching kids bible stories. The brilliant minds at Planet
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Ideas for Homeschoolers for Rainy Days (and Snowy Days and Hot Days and…)
Here in Wisconsin, we experience a variety of weather. Four real seasons, rainy days, snow and sleet, and cloudy and foggy days. We get a couple months of extreme cold and a good month of extreme heat. We might have
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Crafting Fun With Zirrly Super Beads (Review)
I have two girls who looooooove crafts and art. They will paint, draw, cut, glue, assemble…and make messes to their hearts’ content. I, however, am not a fan of the mess nor the time it takes sometimes for me to
Kids Will Be Kids – Magic Stix to the Rescue! (Review)
We have two problems in our house when it comes to markers. The first is that the kids are constantly leaving the caps off the markers, so they dry out. The second problem was the reason I finally banned markers
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Kids Aren’t Expensive – It’s Your Lifestyle
I always hear how expensive kids supposedly are. We have four now, and each baby does add to the overall cost of living for the household, but the assertion that more kids shouldn’t be had due to their cost is