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Have you ever dreamed of traveling the world with your family? Where would you go? What would you see? “Oh, the places you’ll go!” –Dr. Seuss With today’s satellite technology, you can travel across the world effortlessly (and cheaply!) with your computer or mobile device. One vast educational tool that you can use is…
Compass Classroom makes video homeschool curriculum that’s fun for kids, smart for moms, and easy for everyone! The Compass team is made up of video producers that also happen to be homeschool dads. They decided to merge those two interests and began producing visual curriculum using top-notch veteran teachers who instruct in a fun and engaging…
Lori Bango was a busy mom just like you. When she received a cancer diagnosis, her world and her priorities changed. She and her husband decided they wanted to inspire others with the truth of God’s love and the knowledge that we can all be world-changers! Now, through her website, GNN America (Good News Now),…
What is beauty? As a Christian mom of three daughters, I feel it is my duty to teach my girls about biblical beauty and how to use makeup in a godly way. We noticed that there really isn’t a unit study that does this well. And then I thought that many moms could use some…
Did you know that Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916? In celebration of her 97th birthday our family would like to share a tour of the places that inspired Beverly’s beloved stories. Portland is a mixture of urban living with rugged wild west and progressive thinking and never ceases to surprise me. It…
Our friends at Compass Classroom asked us to help them put together a contest for Dwane’s new mystery video series. The video series Dwane created to teach Visual Latin was extremely successful! Because of that, the producer said Dwane has to teach a bunch of new classes–more than he can possibly teach in one year! So…
I fell in love with using magnetic pom poms in school when my youngest was three. If you search anywhere online, then you are bound to find them being used in some manner as math manipulatives or just fun play tools for young children. As my youngest became older, a whopping seven years old, the…
This Arctic Sensory Bin has been a wonderful addition to our home preschool this winter. It has been just too cold outside, so we’ve brought nature indoors! Children learn through all of their senses — and themed bins can structure their learning in literacy, mathematics, and the sciences! Our wintry snowy sensory play has created…
The vernal equinox is the time when planet earth has tilted such that the sun passes out of the southern hemisphere and becomes dominant again in the northern hemisphere. The light is not always equally distributed around planet earth, and that’s like the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we can feel him tugging hard at us, and…
As we enter the high school years with our teenager, one of my concerns is that she will not be a strong writer. Even before she can begin her college experience, she will have to show her writing skills via essay requirements on applications. In walks the Essay Rockstar Course from Fortuigence to help me feel…
I am so excited to share with you my Owl Moon preschool printables pack today! The Caldecott Award winning book, Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr, is one of my favorite winter books. In the book, a young child goes off into the dark woods with her father to “go…
Did you know that Dr. Seuss‘ birthday is coming up? It’s true. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904. How will you celebrate his special day? Will you eat Green Eggs and Ham? Perhaps you’ll buy a pet turtle and name him Yurtle? Or maybe, just maybe, you’ll study science with Dr. Seuss, Bartholomew…
