World Adventures

Like I've said before, the decison to homeschool your children is a very personal one. Everyone needs to do their own research, look in...

Here's a very simple art project idea. I remember when my oldest daughter was in school and she used to make all sorts of art projects w...

Wow, this time of year gets really busy and I kind of dropped out this past week. I've been planning out our last few weeks of school. I...

My daughter is not a toddler anymore, but I definitely carried her down the slide on my lap many times. Luckily nothing ever happened. But a...

Wow! There is truly something out there on the Internet for everyone! I just saw this article and had to share. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-...

Hey, all! I just wanted to share this video I found on Mom's Homeroom , talking about all of the options parents have when it comes to ...

Every year I am amazed at how little attention Earth Day receives in the United States. We are one of the world's worst offenders when...

I really wanted to share a storage tip. And who doesn't need storage ideas, right? I was going through some old magazines, just to cle...

 So, as a homeschool teacher I think it's important to have certain routines in our classroom. One of the things my daughter loves to...

Since we've just finished our Science lesson on shadows, I decided to follow that up with an art project. We set up a work area in our...

So I've been waiting to do our Shadow Experiment for quite a while now. We were waiting for a sunny day and they've been few and f...

I recently taught my first grader synonyms and antonyms. I've mentioned many times before that one of my objectives in homeschool is to...

For our next art project, my daughter and I chose George Seurat. We liked the idea of exploring a new style of art and pointillism sounded l...

As a homeschool mom with very little support in my town or immediate area, I've had to come up with a lot of my lessons completely on my...

Cherry Blossoms will be in full bloom in April. Nothing says spring like blooming flowers and few flowers bloom as beautifully as cherry bl...

Now that I've been at this homeschooling game for about 6 months, I can look back and assess where I am, what I've learned, where I ...

Here's a cute idea for the kids to make to put all of their goodies in. It's so simple, didn't take that long to do, but was a l...

So as an English teacher by trade, I think it's very important to teach kids grammar and spelling. As the mother of a junior in high sc...

Using my last post as a segue, I wanted to share one of the fun things we do in homeschool to learn spelling. Today we worked on the vowel...

I consider myself very "green" conscious. I recycle, I use the right light bulbs, I don't use plastic bags at the supermarket,...