17 Reasons to be Thankful for Homeschooling

Life has been crazy at the Strauss house.  After our trip to Boston, I was down for the count for the week after with illness.  My how life piles up when mom isn’t functioning!  I actually was thankful for the opportunity to rest and the opportunity to get a little help from my kids with…

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NIV Bible for Teen Girls – Giveaway!

NIV Bible for Teen Girls

One of my dad’s absolute favorite things to do was give away Bibles.  He would go away on a business trip and come back with the address of the guy he sat next to on the plane that he was going to mail a Bible.  Even in his Sixth Grade Sunday School class, the big…

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National Picture Book Month Celebration

National Picture Book Month

Did you know that November is National Picture Book Month?  I don’t think you can ever be too old to enjoy a good picture book, so I’m happy to let you know that I’ll be an ambassador this month to share some great picture books with you. This post may contain affiliate links.  See my…

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Board Slam Battleship

In Classical Conversations, we have an awesome game called Board Slam that we play to help with our number fluency.  This game is such a great way to play with numbers.  It’s become such a hit with the kids that Classical Conversations has turned it into a national competition called National Number Knockout. In our community,…

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14 Sneak Peeks into Our Homeschool Life

homeschool life

So often I find that people see a slice of a person’s life and then produce assumptions based on their limited understanding.  While you can never fully know what’s going on, sometimes it’s fun to get a behind the scenes sneak peek into someone else’s homeschool life. Here’s 14 random bits of information about our…

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