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  I have been homeschooling for several years now “officially”. Every one has a different definition of just when you can claim beginning h...

  I was visiting my mom out at her farm and we went out outside to the porch where she had a stash of boots to throw on before braving the m...

Live in a warm area? Perhaps you are into nature journaling or do math outside? CHECK THIS OUT! A converting bench!   "Enjoy this best...

  Where would I be without the glorious Post-It? What words could adequately pay honor to such a humble, yet worthy hero? A fresh pad repres...

  Bible reading is very important. Okay, yes you knew that already. But did you stop to figure out how much homeschoolers depend on their c...

  If you hate, loathe, and despise mice and all their diseased germy vermin-ocity... then you should enjoy this! I doubt this is an actual e...

I think it is -not- of great importance to have a school name, although it has helped in different small ways. BUT--  having a mission state...

    I love to camp and really want my children to have memories of camping. My goal is to go at least three times a year. However, the hass...

    What is lapbooking or notebooking? Is it more work?   Actually, homeschooling comes alive as students make interactive projects -- explo...

    Will your children believe in Jesus when they graduate from high school?   Homeschooled: 94% Public Schooled: 15%   94% of homeschooler...

    Are you tempted to join government homeschooling (a charter school or public school independent study program) or do you know someone w...

  I have a High Efficiency front loader for my laundry washer. It is sooooo wonderful- I love it! I feel quite spoiled to have such a fancy-...

    Excellent Worksheets and Teacher Helps Hundreds of free pages (to download or read from the Internet) to help you bring up your child in...

"From our examples, our children must understand that the character traits of endurance, perseverance, and determination leading to gre...

  Early last week our outdoor water spigot wore out and my DH set about repairing it. In Oregon, your pipes will freeze in the winter and th...

    "It is really just a mindset. It’s the idea that you are a family, not a school. You’re a mom, not a teacher. You don’t have a clas...

The Patriarch More noble than the valiant deeds of shining knights of yore, More powerful than earthly plights that make the rich man poor, ...

  Hark! It's homeschool faire season again. I love it. Being encouraged, getting equipped, renewing vision, seeing new curricula product...

  "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as ...

Been fishin twice now since we got the new stuff. They need lots of practice casting, folks, but we have had a good time. It was so beautifu...

  I grew up fishing- excuse me... Fishin' .      My grandfather took my sister and I regularly. He was the man's man. An avid bird ...

  This morning was spent packing for a trip we are taking to a small family reunion for several days. This is the first time I have let my c...

  As a gift from our mother, my sister and I went to get pedicures yesterday. Isn't your mom supposed to get a Mother's Day treat ...

There just aren't words...     Yes, it is a toy lizard. She found it and it was promptly removed. LOL!  

Annual CubScout Pinewood Derby Planning and making the cars is a lot of work and fun. We let the girls who want to participate make a car an...

  Dreaming of being in Greece today.         

  Today I was looking at my littlest just sleeping away sweetly in my arms, when I came to the sad conclusion – yet again- that this was not...

I never understood why people had such a beef with Monday. Cartoon-like images swirl my memory of some old wrinkly lady in curlers and robe,...

Last Sunday on the way back from church, all five of us sort of drifted off into silence and inward thoughts. After a few minutes my son ask...

When I was about 8, my sister and I went to a friend's farm for a day of chicken butchering. We had no idea what to expect. We were neve...

Yesterday we went out to my parents' farm. It was a beautiful sunshiney day. The swallows and hummingbirds had just arrived from the sou...