This would make a perfect gift for the homeschooling family or families in your life! Or for yourself! Give your homeschooled kids the gift of an education that is FUN – Ignite the Fire is back! Here's a couple of te...

Often times I run across those who are absolutely and unequivocally, anti-homeschooling. They have some highly misperceived conceptions about homeschooling in general and then try to stereotype all homeschoolers based on...

Today was rainy and I decided it was a good time to do a family craft and start an Advent tradition. I got out my scraps, scissors, glue, ribbon and cut 24 flannel squares which all the kids and I decorated. Soren would rather just eat: ...

As far as I can tell, life here survived my week long absence in Mexico in tact and fully accounted for.  Books, clothes, and toys had made it home.  The dog didn't eat any non-food objects that I'm aware of.&n...

This seems to be the latest theme for me. Work. Today, I worked hard at home. I got up early and got right to work, even though I didn't even want to keep my eyes open. Honestly, if my husband had made sure both doors in...

I'm going to try posting a link here to my posts over on my other blog.  At least sometimes.  We'll see how it goes.  So here's a link to my latest post, and there are other updates on the site as well.&nb...

Surely, every parent dreams of giving their child the best sort of education, don't they?. For lots of parents this simply means looking at the various schools within their home catchment area. For others, it can mean lo...

We're all a little under the weather around here.  The kids have colds but seem to be doing well today!  Me and Hubby are feeling run down and have headcold symptoms, yuck.  I feel tired but even sick kids have too much energy for sick moms, agreed?...

We're several weeks into our homeschool year (I've lost track of exactly what week we're on--I don't really keep track of attendance at all so I don't keep count of days and weeks) and, since I'm up early with a scratchy...

We started a new poem yesterday in our poetry class.  The poem is all about the things man has made but how the things God made are even better.  One example would be the beautiful bridges we have but God's "bridge" (the rainbow) is prettier by far....