One of our favorite things to do each Fall is going apple picking. We team up with friends and head to a local orchard to fill our box with apples. One year I ended up with almost $90 in apples the kids picked so much! Now, we don't always come home with apples en masse, but we almost always have enough to make an Apple pie or Apple crisp and a few batches of apple sauce. Making apple sauce in the Continue Reading >>
BJU Press Science Review: Homeschool Science on Demand
This post has been sponsored by BJU Press. We decided to try something new and switch to a completely different homeschool science curriculum for fourth grade. We chose BJU Press Science 4. This one comes with online video lessons, a student text, a student workbook, pre-printed student handouts and tests, and the teacher's guide. Each day my boys watched a teacher named Mrs. Overly Continue Reading >>
25 Free Things You Can Use in your Homeschool Right Now
Everything is getting more and more expensive. I just picked up a $3 bag of candy corn at my local grocery store and literally said out loud "What is this?" when I felt the weight of it in my hand. Everything is in smaller packaging but costs more. If you, like me, are starting to notice significant inflation and finding yourself cutting corners and working while homeschooling just to make ends Continue Reading >>
Homeschool Pros and Cons
Where I live, everyone is scrambling to figure out what school is going to look like this year. The pandemic has changed everything. And all of us are struggling to figure out how we are going to do life in this current reality. The school choices my friends and family are facing as public schools around us move to all virtual or require unhealthy masking are not easy. Teachers and administrators Continue Reading >>
21 Benefits of Homeschooling from a Veteran Homeschool Mom
Making a decision about what your child is going to do this year for school is getting a lot more complicated than any of us ever expected. As schools move to virtual learning and parents see the struggles of entire school systems unprepared for virtual learning, more and more parents are turning to homeschooling. It makes sense. If you are going to be at home, in charge of making sure your child Continue Reading >>
Over 100 Activities, Games, Crafts, Printables, and Food for Shark Week and Shark Unit Studies!
Shark Week is upon us, and I don't know about you, but I'm scrambling to come up with ways to make it fun, meaningful, and educational for my kids. My husband is (hopefully) hanging our outdoor movie screen up this weekend, and I'm thinking we are going to stream Discovery Channel on the big screen and have some shark fun for days! Kids can learn so much from watching the various documentaries Continue Reading >>
