One of my goals this year is for the kids to understand state geography a little better than before. To that end, we requested Draw the USA: an Easy Step by Step Approach by Kristen J Draeger from Timberdoodle. They gave us the hook up in exchange for this review. What is Draw the USA?…
My nine-year-old painted a gorgeous Monet reproduction this morning. Can you tell how she was beaming with pride? Beautiful! Check out this excellent Paint-by-Number kit we received from Timberdoodle Co to review. The set includes everything you need and has easy to follow instructions my kid had no problem whatsoever figuring out on her own….
I’ve got globes coming out of my ears. Well not really. Could you imagine? Sometimes I can get a big head, but not 12-inch-globes-out-of-her-ear-holes big. Why do we have more than one globe? I have spent a lot of time scouting the web for the perfect globes — or at least decent quality ones that…
Second week of homeschooling is in the books. I’m not sure how that happened so fast. We’ve been focusing on our Great Lessons work (we are doing one per week the first five weeks, you can read more about them here). I figure our first five weeks back are kinda a jumpstart and transition period after…
I’ve got a little, cautionary story for you. A couple of years back, my daughter’s occupational therapist witnessed my pen grip and about keeled over. Apparently I’ve been writing incorrectly for a very long time. “Doesn’t that hurt your hand?” she asked. “Well no,” I replied. “Doesn’t your hand get tired?” “Not that I’ve ever…
Wow another week blew by so quickly! Somehow I am already in my 34th week of pregnancy and not feeling like working so much, yet we homeschool on. Tonight we are attending a special needs fundraising gala-type-thing, and I’m wearing comfy flats, my maternity dress from Easter #sorrynotsorry and telling baby to scootch over and…
Epic to me aways! Because I finally finished! I literally cried when I stepped back and saw it was done. Of course I’m 7 months pregnant so everything sets me off crying, but that’s beside the point! I hope this unedited, super-unprofessional video series is informative, helpful and amusing! Real life 100% yall. I know…
Pin It Maps are seriously cool. We ordered the Land and Water forms set for my beginner readers, ages 6 and 8; my goodness, the pin map has quickly become a favorite activity. There is some assembly involved — but there’s no need to be intimidated. I roped in my sweet hubby to help me tape the…
