Can you spell America's most misspelled words? I saw this tweet via Google Trends recently, and it got me thinking that maybe America needs to ditch Candy Crush Saga in favor of Scrabble if we're struggling with most of the words on this list. Are "special" and "beautiful" and "surprise" really that difficult? Alabama: pneumonia Alaska: schedule Arizona: tomorrow Arkansas: chihuahua California: beautiful Colorado: tomorrow Continue Reading
How to Supplement a Homeschool Education
What are some ways that you can supplement your child's homeschool education? Even if you already have a curriculum there are a lot of ways to expand learning opportunities and provide extra support in areas where your child needs improvement. Here are some ways that we have supplemented our home learning over the years. Field Trips: When you're homeschooling, almost anywhere you go be turned into a learning experience. In fact, I'll go even further than that. Your children are learning Continue Reading
Plan and Organize with Homeschool Tracker
Everything changes, and that includes the way that families home school. When we first started 7 years ago, I bought a lesson planner for each child and spent about an hour every week jotting down assignments and plans by hand. It quickly became something that I put off. It was another thing to do, and a very tedious thing at that. Fast forward 7 years. My planning and organizing is faster and more streamlined now because of Homeschool Tracker. For about two years, I've been using the Continue Reading
Berenstain Bears Book Review & Giveaway
Are you teaching someone to use the words "please" and "thank you" right now? Here's a cute little book that will help reinforce the importance of good manners. Ideals Books sent me a complimentary review copy of The Berenstain Bears' Please & Thank You Book. It's written by Mike Berenstain, the son of Stan and Jan Berenstain. Thanks to their son, we can keep on enjoying more stories and adventures from the beloved family who lives in a cozy tree house in Bear Country. The Berenstain Continue Reading
Free Printables and Coloring Pages for Advent
Advent is a time of preparation...and anticipation! Enjoy these fun and free printables to help your children along the Advent path to Christmas when baby Jesus comes. Here's a simple Advent wreath to color. Cut out the candles when you're done and paste them onto the wreath. Click to print. This printable features a Christmas tree with ornaments to color, one day at a time. Click the image to print a large version. Found on dibujos.org Here's a beautiful, hand-drawn Continue Reading
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