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The Classical Historian - Modern American History 27 Jun 2013 | 11:48 pm
What is Classical Education? Classical educators believe that a student's learning is divided into three stages. The early years are called the Grammar Stage. At this stage, children are sponges. The...
My Home School Grades - A Review 23 May 2013 | 07:43 am
My Home School Grades is an online grade tracking program. Let me tell you, this product could not have fallen into my lap at a better time. We have been homeschooling for about 8 years. I have never ...
Waterproof Bible 16 May 2013 | 07:31 am
Of all the things in the world to be waterproof, who ever would've thought of a Bible? On the flip side, of all the things in the world to be waterproof, what could be more important than the Bible? W...
Ooka Island - A Review and A Coupon 12 May 2013 | 04:54 pm
Ooka Island Adventure is a learn to read game for kids ages 3 - 7. This was a challenging yet fun product for me to review. It was challenging due to technical difficulties. Our computers are just a ...
Spanish for You! 28 Apr 2013 | 11:01 pm
I love Spanish. Actually, I love languages in general. I studied both Spanish and French. When my boys were little, I would take them to Spanish story time at our local library. I will often say thing...
To Plan...or Be Flexible? 10 Apr 2013 | 06:59 pm
I am a very organized person, in my own messy, chaotic, piles of paper everywhere kind of way. I have every single day planned out from sunrise to sunset with whatever seems to happen. Truth be told, ...
We Choose Virtues 2 Apr 2013 | 01:20 am
I truly believe that the most important thing that homeschool parents can teach their children is to have Godly character. Everything else we teach them is just icing on the cake. When I was asked to ...
Family Mint...Revisited 24 Mar 2013 | 09:27 pm
About three years ago, I did a review of Family Mint's free online resources. You can read all about that here. Today, I am revisiting them with the addition of their Money Management Certification Pr...
Seed Starting 8 Mar 2013 | 12:50 am
When you overhaul your lifestyle and it becomes all about real food and eating organic, the next logical progression is gardening. You might assume, because of the name of my blog, that I am already a...
Yearly Blog Plan 26 Feb 2013 | 06:21 am
I need to have a plan for my blog? That was a thought that never occurred to me until I was asked to review a blog planner. I had several blog planners to choose from, but decided on the "Yearly Blog ...