Easy Survival Tips for Living with a 12-Year Old Boy Inside: The secret to surviving life with your hormonal 12-year old son, 3 must reads if your raising boys and {Free printable: Raising Godly Men} My son almost died today. That’s right, I almost killed him. … Read More »
New to Homeschooling? Here are Mistakes to Avoid! Inside: 9 Secrets of Successful Homeschooling from me to you. I was a new homeschooler once. I had a 5th grader, a kindergartener with major medical issues, a toddler and I was pregnant. Ah, those were the days. Besides trying to manage two of different grades of school I was also trying to keep the baby safe and get dinner on the table all at the same time. Throw in the fact that I had a very difficult pregnancy and voila! I was a mess. A pregnant hot mess. I was so concerned about the academic part of homeschooling that I almost buried my poor 5th-grader in schoolwork. I stressed, I worried, and I panicked a bit. … Read More »
Mitosis: Cell Cycle Flip Book I remember the first time I wore my contact lenses to bed. Everything was fine and dandy until I woke up the next day. I was dumbfounded. I could see every leaf on the tree outside my bedroom window! I had been wearing glasses since forth grade and never could see clearly without my glasses. … Read More »
Despite What You May Think, Writing Doesn’t Have to be Boring Inside: 3 Writer’s Skills that Students should learn long before heading to college. Stealing is bad. Teaching kids to be thieves is worse. “But I would never do that!” the person next to you, says. … Read More »
5 Free Recipes to Empower Your Kids In the Kitchen Inside: Teaching kids to cook the easy way, {5 free recipes- Printable}, and Cooking Camp for Kids Mama, Picture this. Onions being diced by an 11-year-old. Broccoli being steamed by a 13-year-old. A mouth-watering, oh my goodness I cannot believe he just made that, sauce being whipped up by an 18-year-old. All to the soundtrack to your favorite movie playing in the background. Recently, I had minor surgery on my foot that has required me to be off my feet for about three months. Three painfully slow months of no standing, no driving, no walking. And you guessed it, no cooking. Did you know you need to stand to cook? My husband wisely decided that each of our five boys would take over one meal each week to help feed our wonderful family. Yes, he’s a brilliant man! … Read More »
3 Insanely Simply Secrets to Teaching Kids to Write Inside: Simple Secrets to teaching kids to write plus 44 Writing Ideas and a tool to help take the guesswork out of grading writing. There I was, trapped in the back of the car, seatbelted and wind-whipped. I was terrified because the teenage jerk behind the wheel thought it was hilarious to speed down the road at over 100 miles an hour. Out of control, scared and trapped, I tried everything but couldn’t get him to slow down. … Read More »
Should I Homeschool: Am I a Good Enough Teacher to Homeschool My Kids? I wrestle with feelings of insecurity when it comes to homeschooling our boys. Sometimes I wonder if I am the best teacher for my children… Am I alone? Last week I picked up the novel my son was reading to help him with comprehension. He is reading Call it Courage. As I read the first chapter I realized that this book was not about a boy’s struggle with war. (That’s right! I never even noticed the cover) Good Lord, help my children! … Read More »
5 Hands-on Hobbies for Your Sons That Will Make Your Heart Race “Don’t go too high!” “Slow Down!” “I don’t care that he has a helmet on, you may not push your baby brother down the hill in the wagon.” Boys. …Read More »
Teaching Math Doesn’t Need to be Boring Inside: everything you need to teach your kids their math facts! When our oldest son was in 5th grade my husband tricked me into homeschooling. “Just give it a year“. That was ages ago, and I’m still teaching my younger kids around the kitchen table. I remember our first real day of homeschool. I arrogantly sat across the kitchen counter from my son and ran a quick “teacher like” math fact drill. photo by aaron burden He didn’t know his math facts! … Read More »
Astonishing! What Does a Spoon Have to do with Science? Inside: How simple household items can be the breakthrough you need to teach science. My son was staring at his spoon. It was strange. “Mom, I’ve always wondered why my reflection is upside down in my spoon. What’s even more confusing is that when I turn it around, my reflection is right-side-up.” I laughed aloud. Not at him. … Read More »