As you well know if you read my blog regularly, I am pretty passionate about Scripture Memory. It's just important! That's all I'm saying. When I shared a recent five-day series on Scripture Memory, I did quite a bit of reading and found some pretty amazing posts on the blogs of my friends. I would like to share those posts with you! There are so many different ideas about how to do Scripture Continue Reading >>
Book Review: A Child’s Geography: Explore the Classical World by Terri Johnson
We have started using a new history and geography curriculum this year. Anna (age 10) and I are enjoying A Child's Geography Explore the Classical World ($34.95, softcover, $24.95, ebook) by Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest. The book covers early classical history of the middle ages starting with Crete and the Minoans and working all the way through Rome and the Roman Empire. This particular Continue Reading >>
20 Ways to Build a Legacy of Prayer in Your Home
Consider this thought. Do your children ever see you pray besides at the dinner table? Do you have a rich prayer life, and do you share that prayer life with your kids? One day I realized that my kids had no idea how much or how often I prayed. My goal is to leave my children with a strong legacy of prayer and memories of me praying real, heartfelt prayers together with them. If Continue Reading >>
Book Review: N is for Noah by Ken and Mally Ham
A few weeks ago, my children and I were privileged to be walking through the bookstore at the Creation Museum at the end of a wonderful day. It was amusing to hear all six of my children commenting to Grandma, "We have that book!" Over and over and over. I'm a bit of a Young-Earth Creation Fan. You might notice I even have a category devoted to Creation on my blog menu, and a dedicated Creation Continue Reading >>
Too Hot To Cook! Top Ten Recipes to Beat the Summer Heat
Nobody likes to heat up the kitchen during the August and September heat waves here in southern California where we don't have air conditioning. It's perfect weather for cooking outside, filling the crockpot, or just not cooking at all. Today we are sharing our favorite recipes for those days when it is just too hot to cook. Recipes to Beat the Summer Heat Yucatecan Chicken on the Grill with Continue Reading >>
Product Review: Philippians in 28 Weeks by Stacy Farrell
I've been talking about Scripture Memory quite a bit lately with the Five Days of Scripture Memory theme last week, but I have so much to say I couldn't even finish in five posts. One of the things I have been wanting to share is my review of Philippians in 28 Weeks ($28.95). This curriculum was written by my good friend Stacy Farrell of Home School Adventure Co. Philippians in 28 Weeks is Continue Reading >>
