Ohhhhhhh, I just love going to homeschool conventions. I’ve been to at least 30 of them in my life-time and I haven’t tired of them yet! There is something about the energy in the air when you gather thousands of homeschool families together. There are workshops to attend, old friends to see, new friends to […]
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Truth in the Tinsel: A Review
Using holidays to point my children to Jesus is very important to me. That’s why we’ve made such a big deal about Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Ascension Day and even Valentine’s and St. Patricks’s Day in the past. They’ve all served to provide an exciting opportunity to be purposeful in drawing their attention to the Lord. There […]
Play Silks: A Giveaway!
Well, as we just wrapped up our series on the importance of and how to foster open-ended play with our children, I’m delighted to bring you all an opportunity to bring some play silks into your home!!!! I talked extensively about them and shared examples of how we use them in our home in my […]
Play Silks: Inspiring Creativity
[Open-Ended Play Series, Part 6] I love play silks!!! They are right up there with blocks and, to date, have not resulted in bruises or bloodshed… So maybe that alone, would place them above blocks. And actually now that we’ve owned ours for several years and are getting a bit further into our homeschool journey, I’m […]
Colorful Support – A Review and Giveaway
After reading of my affection for the people of Guatemala, Heidi approached me about this adorable coloring book and an opportunity to support a ministry in Guatemala City. Casita Benjamin is a daycare ministry to the poor living near the city dump. Many of them are single mothers who must find some kind of work […]
A Buck Well Spent
It is sometimes the simplest things in life that occupy and delight us! Last year when we were studying Native Americans and frontiersmen, I found these tiny figurines at the dollar store. Xander was fairly obsessed with them last year. And these have inspired hours of quiet play (punctuated by muted gunshots and intense fighting […]