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Get your children up to speed with current news events using News-O-Matic. Read the reviews (below) from two different families, and then enter the contest for a chance to win one of three 1-year subscriptions to News-O-Matic! Jennifer says: The world is going on around us, and I want my children to have a way…
Welcome to the Hip Homeschool Hop! Our Favorites from last week: Did you see these posts HHM Team Members loved this week? Check them out: Trish from Live and Learn Farm loved Great Peace Academy’s post on Multiplying with Lego Bricks. Trish said “Being a Montessori mom, I love to see abstract concepts of…
Let’s all make an effort to be sure our elderly family and friends know how much they are loved this holiday season! Christmas and other holidays can be difficult for the elderly, especially if they’ve lost friends, children or a spouse. Add to that illness, hearing loss, or being shut-in, and you have a recipe…
Many homeschoolers (whether moms or kids) love getting new homeschool supplies! If you’d like some great homeschool stocking stuffer ideas, take a look at this printable! Do you have any good homeschool stocking stuffer ideas to add to the list? If so, please share them with us in the comments!
Service projects are a way to help others during the holiday season and beyond! They also teach our children to love and serve others instead of thinking of themselves. I have always wanted to be a better example to my children as a servant to others, but in the recent years, I have allowed so…
Are you looking for something constructive for your kiddos to do with their time this winter when it’s too cold to go outside? Take a look at these great books! You might find some helpful winter read alouds that will fit your family! As the holiday hubbub kicks into high gear, the weather turns cold…
Service projects are a way to help others during the holiday season and beyond! They also teach our children to love and serve others instead of thinking of themselves. I have always wanted to be a better example to my children as a servant to others, but in the recent years, I have allowed so…
Is there anyone that doesn’t love macaroni & cheese? This simple baked mac and cheese is a great option for your family supper and something that my family enjoys on a regular basis. To begin, cook one pound of macaroni to al dente. You can use the traditional elbow macaroni or any variation that you…
I’m always on the hunt for educational, hands-on toys that will not end up in a garage sale 6 months after Christmas. Edmund Scientfic’s KunckleStrutz Geometric Funstruction Kit is one of those toys that will stand the test of time. I have 4 boys, ages 1 through age 7. The KnuckleStrutz are for ages 6…
Welcome to the Hip Homeschool Hop! Our Favorites from last week: Did you catch these? Our team members enjoyed these posts last week: Both Heather from A Nurse’s Wildflowers and Trish of Live and Learn Farm loved Practips’ No Cost Pallet Playhouse. Heather said “I love ideas for repurposing old pallets. This looks like…
I love Christmas time! LOVE IT! The lights, decorations, smells, happy faces, shows, and music make it so special. However, traditions can get a bit out of hand in my house. Every year I plan on Simplifying Christmas, focusing on what really matters and every year I end up turning into a crazed, stressed out, lunatic…
Holiday Service Project: Needs for Essential Baby Care Items are Great at the Holidays Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, family shelters usually receive donations of clothes, food and other items, but one thing that is often overlooked is the desperate need for baby care items. In 2006 Daniel Levine, then a student at Shrewsbury high School,…
