Experiments, crafts, and messes….oh my

My kids, like most I’m sure, love to do crafts. They tend to make big messes also. We recently made our first Flat Stanleys. All you got to do is give the kids free range of your craft room and this is what will happen…

We are doing the Flat Stanley lapbook from [...]

FREE – Mock Election & sale

–Be sure to pick up this great deal on 5 Election Ebooks —-
Homeschoolers are invited to vote in their very own Presidential Election at CurrClick.com! Educate your kids about the election process and make a statement about the powerful voice that is the homeschool community!

POLLS OPEN on October 1st and will remain open until November [...]

SALE – on Reading Supplements

Don’t miss out on this great “Back to School” sale.
This price is for a limited time only!

All of our unit studies are only $8 each right now!
Regularly $12.99! Stock up for the year.

Our unit studies are based on classical literature. They are unique in several ways. [...]

FREE – B is for Beatitudes

This week the best homeschool estore on the web is giving away another great freebie…. (how’s that for a sentence).
Click below to download
“B is for Beatitude”

B is for Beatitudes” focuses on the Beatitudes as taught by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Other skills covered include; responding to the mini-book, writing numbers, writing B, [...]

Day in the Woods (PIC HEAVY)

Well, the yesterday started out with DH asking if we wanted to go to Dollywood. I had to remind him that they were closed on Thursdays (he thought it was Wednesday). So he asked where we wanted to go…and for some dumb reason…I said Laurel falls. I’m just not the hiking kind [...]

New Classroom Photos

Well, here are the updated classroom photos that I talked about a while back. We still have part of a wall to build and some sheet rock work to finish in this room…not to mention it will have to be repainted!
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This is the wall with the tall bookshelves on it. The shelves currently house games, [...]

Recent Lapbook Pictures

Thought I’d post some pictures of the kids most recent lapbooking experiences. I don’t have any pics of them working, but only after.
These are both done by DD. DS2 did the Johnny Appleseed lapbook also.
JOHNNY APPLESEED (currently only $1 over at CurrClick)

Plants —FREE from Homeschool Helper Online.com

County Fair — 2008

The fair was here Labor Day week. We didn’t get to go last year due to being busy with life, but the littles and I went this year!!!! YEAH!!!! I love just going to look at the exhibits. We were going to enter, but didn’t make it down there with some stuff.
We [...]

FREE – Thomas Edison Lapbook

This is the new Hands of a Child quarterly freebie…so you have some time to go and download it. (JUST CLICK ON THE ‘quarterly freebie’ in the side bar )
From the Hands of Child site:
Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most famous inventors in history. Your student can complete a lapbook on this famous [...]

URGENT–Protect Our Children ACT # 1738

I just got a message from my cousin about this…I’m so out of the news loop these days since we don’t have tv anymore (and loving every minute of it)….
If you could take a moment out of your day to head over and email or call your senator and let them know that you would [...]