Welcome to Thrifty Thursday; a weekly installment of my latest thrift store finds and how we use them in our homeschool day. We go thrifting as a family every week after we do our grocery shopping. When I saw this…
Read moreThis post first appeared on www.theycallmeblessed.org. I really struggled in school, I’m a dyslexic artist and musician who is terrible with math. Now, I wasn’t great in school but was really good at faking it. I would pretend to read…
Read moreIt’s Friday Feature time!!! Many of my readers have either just started homeschooling or are still thinking about it. With that in mind I decided to start a weekly feature interviewing new and veteran moms, asking them to share with…
Read moreAfter trying to explain why we homeschool to a number of people, including family, you come up with a sort-of standard answer because some will get it and some won’t. I’ve said before that homeschooling is a choice and not for…
Read moreIt’s 2016!! The New Year always makes me look inward. To ring in the New Year try this art / science project with your little one. It’s a great activity for New Years Day! We traced our body shapes and…
Read moreHello Friends! I’m so stinking excited to share this month’s Science Saturday video with you. Maybe it’s because we had friends over, maybe it’s because some of these are more “girly” and being a boy mom I don’t get my…
Read moreRecently I shared how much we loved Life Of Fred Beginner Readers. They come in sets of six and my son read through all six books in a day and he wanted more. I’m happy to buy them as I think they…
Read moreWe are constantly looking for early reader books for our son. It seems like we can never have enough because he reads 4-5 books a day. This is why I was so excited to try Life Of Fred first readers. They…
Read moreFamily Game Night is super important to us. Growing up with board games around the table is one of my most favorite memories. Long before we had kids my husband and I made game night together a priority. Back then it…
Read moreFear. Apprehension. Noooooo! Runaway, runaway! Those feelings took over my senses when I first heard Amanda issue the 7 Day Technology Detox. My first thought was, “Absolutely not! In no way, not even under conditions of torture.” (And, of course,…
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