If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feedSo, I’m very easily influenced. I know this and try to protect my naive self, but sometimes influences sneak in thru unlikely sources, say facebook. Say a video on facebook that I thought was only there to make me laugh, but it also [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Books category.
Book stores used to ROCK, and now they don’t.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I went to the book store yesterday. And I even bought a book. But just wasn’t the fun time I had hoped for. I forgot how worldly the… um… world is. I’m sure that lots of the books in the children’s section would be fun to read. That is, if you don’t [...]
We are Readers
Confession: I love to watch movies. I watch movies way too much for my own good and the good of my family. We have a huge collection of DVDs and we watch “re-runs” of our favorites. A LOT. Desire: It is my hearts desire, and that of my husband, that we both set a better [...]
Online Unit Studies, aka Free Homeschooling!
First, I looked around online and there are approximately 473 millionbilliontrillion literature based unit studies/lapbook/notebook plans already out there, and some of it is even free for the printing! Overwhelming? Just a tad. I had to sleep on it. I came up with a S.T.E.L.L.A.R. plan. Shop right here on my book shelves, choose several [...]
Chore book over-haul
Don’t get all excited, I’m not going to reveal a method that will make your kids super chore-boys! Reading about the Swann family is what inspired my chore method of permanently assigning chores. And reading Cheaper by the Dozen inspired our chore list book. Nope. All I’m showing you today is how I assemble the [...]
The Read-Aloud Way of Life
I haven’t been reading nearly enough to my kids. I read to them every day, but just not enough. Not enough time reading and not enough variety. I think the slump started when I decided to read Chronicles of Narnia to the younger kids. I had read it to the olders years ago. I’m sorry to [...]
Practically Perfect
I just got through reading Mary Poppins to my littles. Wow is the book ever different from the Disney movie. The book is fascinating and a fun read. So many more adventures than they show in the movie. And Mary Poppins’ personality is not at all like Julie Andrews portrayed her. The photos are some [...]
Frugal lessons
Miserly Moms is one of the GO TO books for learning to cut back and live on less. It’s been a favorite is mine for many years. Not too long ago I ordered it’s companion book Miserly Meals and have found fresh inspiration. Other books I’ve found to be fundamental in learning to be frugally creative, [...]
The Way Home – Giveaway Results
I woke up this morning thinking, “Well, didn’t have very many comments on my giveaway.” I was trying to remember how many there were, maybe 3 or 4, right? No Sir! How’s THIRTEEN? Who knew! Thirteen comments on one post! Most Triumphant! Anyway, I used my old friend, the Random Number Generator. I always have [...]
What we’re using
What we’re using for home education at the current time. This will be incomplete, I can just feel it. Fair warning. So, if after reading this you think to yourself, “Wonder if they’re studying ______?” Then yes we probably are and I just forgot to mention it. Or maybe we aren’t. You know, here in [...]
