When I took out this vocabulary card from our Lone Star Learning set and asked Anna to do a photo shoot for me she said, "Oh, we get to learn another word!" She likes these cards. We have been privileged to review the Greek and Latin Roots ($39.99) set of Get the Picture Vocabulary Cards. The premise is pretty simple. Each card features a Greek or Latin root with a visual representation of the Continue Reading >>
Curriculum Review: Song School Spanish by Classical Academic Press
Song School Spanish Song School Spanish by Classical Academic Press is a music-based Spanish curriculum for early elementary students. I am using it with my seven-year-old Caleb. We have been working at the recommended pace in the Song School Spanish Teacher's Guide ($24.95) of one lesson per week, which is separated into three 10-20 minute sessions. Music: We have been listening to the Continue Reading >>
Curriculum Review: Apologia Exploring Creation With Human Anatomy and Physiology science Curriculum by Jeannie Fulbright
"Mom, this is the yummiest science experiment I've ever done!" my son said excitedly as we finished creating an edible cell. Yes, you heard me right. We created a model of a cell using Jell-O and candy. After all the cooking and stirring and splicing and insertion of ribosomes and lysosomes and a mitochondrion and let us not forget the jawbreaker nucleus -- he got to eat his science experiment. Continue Reading >>
10 Tips to Teach Your Kids to Help You Clean
Anybody who knows me will tell you I am not the world's greatest housekeeper. Far from it in fact! When I found the Pinterest trick for cleaning your stovetop pieces, I had to soak mine twice. No one will ever accuse me of being a great housekeeper. However, I do know a thing or two about getting my children to help. One of the reasons my home is never perfect is because my children help with Continue Reading >>
Easy Chicken Salad With Leftovers
I can't believe I've never blogged about our chicken salad before! I posted a recipe for Sweet Garlic Chicken a few days ago and mentioned using the leftovers for chicken salad. But when I went to link-up to my post about chicken salad (which I was just sure existed) -- there wasn't one. Well, I did use those leftovers for chicken salad. And my daughter took pictures. We make extra chicken Continue Reading >>
The Family Meal: Sweet Garlic Chicken and Potatoes
I found a recipe online for Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken which sounded yummy. I made a few alterations, added the same mixture to my potatoes, and baked both at the same time. I started this recipe by altering the preparation of garlic because I prefer to Peel Garlic The Easy Way! Once the garlic was peeled and warm, it needed minced and mixed with olive oil and brown sugar. I thought my Vitamix Continue Reading >>
