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• Weekly Wrap Ups - Alaska!

  

  Alaska Salt Map showing major land forms and marking for major cities. This week in our homeschool, we finished our Alaska mini-unit study. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Carnival of Homeschooling - Time for a Homeschool Checkup

  

  This weeks Carnival of Homeschooling hosted by Dee from The Time4Learning Blog! Checking the Pulse of Your Activities Just when you think September is the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Language Lessons - From Listening to Conversation Review

  

  As an inexpensive tool for parents to help their children work at home, Language Lessons - From Listening to Conversation by Super Star Speech was written "to... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 FAMILY, LANGUAGES, SCHOOLING

• Answers Book for Teens (Vol 2) Review!

  

  Answers Book for Teens (Volume 2) written by Ken Ham, Bodie Hodge, and Dr. Tommy Mitchell contains 15 more, frequently asked questions geared towards 13-17... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Weekly Wrap Up - Owl Pellets & Bird Snobs!

  

  This week in our co-op, we dissected Owl Pellets. For those that do not know, owls cannot digest the bones and hair from the critters they eat. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fitness Friday - ShapelyGirl Fitness Week #4 RESULTS!

  

  I can hardly believe it's been a month since I started working out 3 times a week with Let's Get Moving! 2, Cardio Toning with Weights DVD from Shapelygirl... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Carrie and Bandit Book Review from Sonrise Stables!

  

  My daughter and I really enjoyed the first book, Rosie and Scamper , in the Sonrise Stable series. We both jumped for joy when we received an offer to read and... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 BOOKS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Carnival of Homeschooling - 10/23/12

  

  This edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is hosted by Forever For Always No Matter What. I'm at The Homeschool Village today, writing about some ideas... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 SCHOOLING

• The Cure for A Horrible, Monstrous, Disastrous Day!

  

  It was a horrible, monstrous, disastrous day! It was one of those mornings that you read about in blogs with some horrible, monstrous, disastrous title to grab... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Weekly Wrap Ups - Shapes, Shading and Transplanting

  

  Among many activities that our Homeschool Circus has been up to the past two weeks, these are the highlights. First up, in our Non-Co-op Co-op is our Meet the... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fitness Friday - ShapelyGirl Fitness Week #2

  

  My husband has a saying that we repeat a lot in our household. "All good plans are subject to change." My plans were definitely rearranged this week due to... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Death of 'Fun Mom'

  You all have seen her - Fun Mom. The Mom who packs her family's week full of fun and adventure. Who changes plans for a last minute filed trip without... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 FAMILY

• Book Review: Love is the Color of a Rainbow

  

  Love is the Color of a Rainbow is uniquely written from the perspective of seeing the world through a child's eyes - a blind child's eyes! Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 BOOKS, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fitness Friday - ShapelyGirl Fitness Week #1

  

  It's the end of my first week incorporating Let's Get Moving 2 - Cardio Toning with Weights into my workout schedule. I have to admit that it was a... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• 353rd Carnival of Homeschooling

  

  The 353rd Carnival of Homeschooling, hosted by Mrs. Mama Hen.com is up! Check out some great homeschooling blogs! ~Lisa Here in Alaska, the dark night skies hav... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Simplicity Leading Yourself and Others Book Review!

  

  In Simplicity - Leading Yourself and Others, Performance Consultant, Speaker and Author, Greg Sutton does a beautiful job sharing his insight and experience by... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 BOOKS

• Teen Coder - Windows Programming Wrap UP!

  

  Earning an A- and 1/2 electives credit, my 9th grader finished TeenCoder: Windows Programming from Homeschool Programming a little over a week ago. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Fitness Friday: Introducing ShapelyGirl Fitness

  

  Homeschooling and health....what do they have to do with one another? Well, if you are talking about the health of the head of the 'homeschooling unit', it is... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Weekly Wrap Up: Broken Umbrellas, a Radio Interview and New Digs for Frogs'!

  

  This week was an incredible week for the kids and me. It was a week where the Lord was really s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g us not only in learning and teaching, but in... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Pitfalls of Homeschooling the Compliant Child

  Homeschooling an obedient, compliant child seems like a stress-free dream come true for most parents. These kids generally have pleasing dispositions, are easy... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 FAMILY, SCHOOLING