Home School Resources
If I Only Read Historical Fiction, I wouldn’t be able to read….
Historical fiction make up some of my family’s favorite read alouds. However, there can be too much of a good thing. My first year homeschooling, I used a curriculum that centered everything around the history studied that year. It was a great opportunity to integrate ideas between subjects, but it restricted our read alouds to historical fiction.…
Read MoreTruth Sets Captives Free – Giving Away “Captive” by Ashley Smith
I remember reading through Rick Warren’s A Purpose Driven Life with my church over ten years ago. I read it at a time when things were pretty easy in my life. I was newly married, we had just had our first baby, and I was attending my childhood church with my parents. Life was good. Within…
Read MoreAdoramaPix Photobooks
This post is sponsored by AdroamaPix. All opinions are my own. When I found out about the AdoramaPix photobooks, I knew it would make a great gift for my mother’s birthday. As I looked more into the quality of these books, I also knew that I couldn’t just use pictures off of my iPhone.…
Read MoreSQUILT Music Appreciation Curriculum Giveaway
Disclosure: I received a copy of SQUILT free to review. All my opinions are my own. Even though I played piano and clarinet as a kid, and sang in the choir all through high school, training my kids to appreciate and understand great musical pieces is a bit daunting. Because of the complexity of the…
Read MoreReady, Set, Race! 5 minutes of Rapid Recall
So often our homeschooling day becomes filled with tasks that need to get checked off of a list, that essentials like drawing maps, copying charts, or memorizing vocabulary are overlooked and forgotten. To make things worse, the only way to memorize maps, charts, or vocab is through daily repetition. When we started Challenge A, we…
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