Grab a Pencil and Some Paper

  Learning how to write and then being able to use those words correctly are vital skills that allow us to communicate efficiently and succeed in life . . . no matter what path you choose. Preschoolers and kindergarten students can explore foundational skills of handwriting in Beginning Handwriting. Taught by Annette Breedlove, each of
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His Story Is for Everybody

  There is no shortage of Bible lessons and stories on SchoolhouseTeachers.com. There are ebooks and videos, worksheets and activities for all ages. Bible Stories for Kids includes Bible-based video stories for elementary. Through Children’s Heroes of the Bible, Jesus: He Lived Among Us, Adventures of the Apostle Paul, and more, young learners will be
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The Currency of Kindness

  There is a stark difference between the landscape of my inner-city public education and my children’s country-style homeschool education.  With the recent turmoil surrounding law enforcement and racism debates, my thoughts have rarely made it to my mouth.   Every time I go to speak, I then remember that I’m very much white, well-provided for,
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6 Ways to Get Your Kids to Love Reading

  Do you have a young reader in your home? Are you trying to encourage your kids to be one that loves to pick up a book and read? If so, then you want to promote the love of reading in your home. I know we try to cultivate a love for reading in our
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Making Fine Arts a Priority in Your Homeschool

  FINE ART(s): noun – a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.   The Lord describes His handiwork as good. Yet, today we use words such as beautiful, wondrous, magnificent, glorious even. So why would
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Why Digital Homeschool Products Work

  If you are anything like me, and I mean anything, then you are one crazy busy homeschool mama! I spin a lot of plates around here and on occasion, I even let one drop. Seriously. If homeschooling came with instructions, I would be the first in line to grab my own copy! There is
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ROKU Homeschooling Network: An Everyday Gal’s Exposure to Classical Education

Have you ever had a great teacher? Perhaps it was a favorite pastor, college professor, or even that second grade teacher you could never forget? What was it that made them “great” in your eyes? For me, a great teacher was one that believed in me and one that took complicated information and broke them
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ROKU Homeschool: Taming The Gossip Monster!

Welcome to my new blog on all things homeschool and ROKU! ROKU is the amazing little device that transports you to a world of imagination! More concretely, ROKU is an inexpensive little device that plugs into your tv and allows you to watch over 1,500 channels of fun! What our family really likes about ROKU
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