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• Kale Chips

  

  Kale is one of the most power-packed, vitamin rich foods from nature you can eat! But, just HOW do you eat it? Among juicing, putting it in smoothies and... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• A Cause to Be Thankful Book Review

  

  A Cause to be Thankful is a bible study from the "Destined to Live, Despite Me" Series written by suicide survivor, Yolanda Shanks. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 BOOKS

• Spanish For You! Review

  

  Spanish For You is an affordable foreign language curriculum that is taught with a specific theme. Presently, choices are Fiestas or Estaciones. From their... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Mother India: Life Through the Eyes of the Orphan DVD Review!

  

  Mother India is a documentary showing life through the eyes of India's abandoned. Numbering a staggering 31 million, these orphans have been left behind to... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Sounds of Letters DVD Review

  

  The Sounds of Letters is a prequel to The Reading Lesson (review forthcoming!) Recommended for ages 2 and up, this DVD showcases the alphabet using primarily... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Returning to Tapestry of Grace - How to Make It Work for Our Family

  

  Last post I shared WHY we decided to come back to Tapestry of Grace (TOG) after a year hiatus. This post is the "how" I intend to stay ahead of the ball and... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Don't Forget to Pack the Kids: Short Term Missions for Your Whole Family Book...

  

  "Five years ago, few would have picked up a book about taking the family on a short-term mission. Now, more and more of us 30 and 40-somethings with kids are... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• WHY We Are Returning to Tapestry of Grace

  

  Last year was a most interesting year in our pursuit of History and Literature. Leaving our well-loved Tapestry of Grace (TOG) curriculum, my children went thei... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Weekly Wrap Ups: Mexico, Butterflies & Working Out Kinks

  

  Greetings! Another end to another busy week. While we are resting, here's a recap! This week's geography moved us to Mexico. Putting the Mexican flag in our... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Ultimate Homeschool Planners from Apologia

  

  I've heard great things about Apologia Planners. So much so that I thought they must be fashioned out of gold since the Moms I know who use them rarely let... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Verbal Math Lesson Level 1 Review!

  

  Verbal Math Lesson Level 1 ages 4-7 Verbal math = mental math "This course is designed to make math fun for your young child. As in learning to read, where... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• It's ALL About ME March Wrap Up and Results

  

  <sigh> If you've been following my 'adventure' or should I say, 'experiment', you know I didn't post an update last week. That should be somewhat of a clu... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Ecclesiastes from a Homeschooling Mom's Perspective

  

  Here's my take on Ecclesiastes 3 : 1-8 There is a time for everything, and a season for every aspect of life under heaven: a time to pull back and a time to... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Birth Control: How Did We Get Here? Movie Review!

  

  Like guitar strings breaking one by one, the adoption and proliferation of birth control has damaged the once strong chord of the family. Watching the movie... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• We Choose Virtues Review

  

  The Bible Says "Train up a child in the way he should go." We Choose Virtues specializes in "presenting virtue to children so they can choose it and use it"... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Weekly Wrap Up - O Canada!

  

  It has been awhile since our last Weekly Wrap Up. During this updating hiatus, we have lived through my oldest dissecting a worm, a crayfish AND a fish. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Money Management from Family Mint Review!

  

  Money Management from Family Mint! Money Management program from Family Mint is "designed to develop money management habits that will benefit children for the... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• It's ALL About ME March - Update #2

  

  I'd love to say that I jumped right back into my original list of goals about putting my needs just as important as everyone else.... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Game Coder from Homeschool Programming Wrap Up!

  

  Goal! Score! Slam Dunk! My 14 year old 9th grader has successfully completed Game Programming from Homeschool Programming earning another 1/2 credit in... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• EEME - Genius Light Review

  

  I've been interested in exposing my kids to electronics building for quite some time. Most programs have a black and white manual to follow or perhaps a cd-rom... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING