I know I used the phrase "beautiful moments" in my title, but I would like to start out by sharing a not-so-beautiful story about my motherhood. The story of Mother's Day 2012. Mother's Day 2012 was all about me. That was my perspective anyway. I wanted to go somewhere "nice" for lunch. We left the first restaurant we tried when we were told it was a two hour wait. We spent about an hour Continue Reading >>
How We Use NotebookingPages.com Every Single Day: Part 1
I've mentioned notebooking with my daughter several times now, and I wanted to share a little bit more of our story. Anna found a sudden passion for notebooking this year. She has blossomed into an avid lover of all things history, all things birds, and all things literature. I don't know the exact moment it happened, but suddenly she wanted to create books or lapbooks about everything she Continue Reading >>
How To Make a Fantastic Notebooking Journal for $5 or less.
I've been pondering this for a while. How do I make a notebooking journal for my son to use that is sturdy, expandable, and at the same time attractive enough to get him excited. We are using a science curriculum that has lots of great printables but no place to put them. I want him to start keeping good records of our work. He loves the cutting and taping of his projects into lapbooks. Continue Reading >>
50 Ways to Love Your Child Every Day Using Love Languages
Introduction: My Take on The Five Love Languages Have you read the book The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman? We have read the book several times and find his ideas about communicating love to be very accurate. His thesis is that each person best receives love in just one of the five different ways called the five love languages. We have seen evidence of these languages in our Continue Reading >>
Product Review and Giveaway: Big Book of Earth and Sky by Master Books
I hesitate to call this a book, and yet it is a book. Book is even in the title. Big Book of Earth and Sky, a 15 foot chart showing the inner core to outer atmosphere. It is really more of a gigantic folding heavy-duty poster with an amazing hardcover case. Whatever you want to call it, this thing is seriously cool. The pictures and illustrations included in this book are beautiful! The Continue Reading >>
Product Review: Math Rider Math Software
We have been in serious need of some math facts practice here. That's why I was so excited to receive Math Rider as a review product. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are hard and boring enough when you are young so I've been on the lookout for ways to make this chore more pleasant since my oldest was at this stage. When I first installed the Math Rider program and we started Continue Reading >>
