If you are a home educator with internet access, then there’s a good possibility that you’ve been exposed at least a hundred times to ads about upcoming homeschool conventions. ‘Tis the season! Homeschool conventions provide a wonderful opportunity for home educators to get a hands on look at curriculum, receive inspiration, and fellowship with other…
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Fun Game to Teach Children Their Phone Number
*This post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure page here. One of the things we’ve been working on this week is having our five year old daughter learn my cell phone number. I feel so much better now that she knows it and will be able to contact me on my phone. While we…
Snow Cream Recipe - A Winter Tradition
As I sit here typing, we currently have a winter storm warning calling for 6-10 inches of snow. Again. Oh Spring, Spring. Wherefore art thou Spring? Truthfully, I am a snow lover. It makes me giddy. Positively, ridiculously giddy. But I love spring also and she’s been teasing us with brief appearances. I’m so…
Worm Painting
We had the excitement of seeing our first worm of the season yesterday. I was so excited when I saw it and the kids squeals of delight made this mama heart happy. I find great pleasure in seeing them enjoy and explore nature. I’ve been planning a second part to our worm unit study for…
Mom - You Are A World Changer
You are a world changer, mom. That’s right, you. You sitting there in your yoga pants next to your coffee cup that you’ve already reheated twice. You walking into the office and rocking that stain on your shoulder proving you were used as a tissue this morning. You taking that late night call from…
New House, New Baby, New Year - Oh My!
Wow, the last couple months have been a whirlwind for our family! We moved into our new home four days before Christmas. Spent a couple days out of town celebrating the holidays with my side of the family. I unpacked like I had the flames of “h”-“e”-double hockey sticks itself biting at my feet for…
Life Right Now…Where Desires and Reality Collide
I’m sitting in somewhat disbelief that November is halfway over. Where has it gone? I’m not even sure if I could tell you what we’ve done this month. I’m going to have to dig down and resuscitate my inner Pollyanna to be thankful that I still have half of November left. 😉 Things have been…
Affirming Your Child’s Worth
I sat at the computer and felt the familiar tap of a child in need on my arm. I don’t remember what that need was now, or if it really even was a need other than to have mama’s attention for a story, but I clearly remember what happened after our conversation two years…
Dear UPS Driver, I Am So Sorry…
Dear UPS Driver, I’m sure delivering a package to our home today delivered its own surprise to you. I am so sorry my two year old was standing unclothed at the door when you made the stop. I can only imagine the thoughts that were running through your head at this shock. I promise…
How to Set Up YouTube Safety Mode on Your Mobile
This is a follow-up post on how to enable YouTube safety mode on your computer. A couple weeks ago, I shared about my discovery of YouTube’s safety mode. If you haven’t read it, please go ahead and check it out. We’ll wait for you… Well, I discovered from that post that I wasn’t the last…
