What A Four Year Old Can Learn

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Last year I realized that it was a bit of a misnomer to call this list "goals," as I wasn't really focused on trying to get her to accomplish them.  It was more just keeping…

Book Club: A Southern Linner

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This was our cookbook month for our adult/teen book club.  The plan is to read a cookbook or read about a cook and everyone cooks and brings a recipe from it.  This month's book is:…

Kids’ Book Club: Up the Rhine to Switzerland!

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Book for this month’s kids' book club: The Overall Boys in Switzerland (This link is for the kindle or hardback version.  DO NOT buy the paper book!  I did and immediately returned it.  It was…

Book Club: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

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Book for this month’s adult/teen book club: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Even though this book club is for older teens and adults, sometimes, when we read kid's classics, we'll ask the rest of our families…

Teen and Adult Book Club

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I took a homeschooling test, which said one of the areas of homeschooling that I leaned toward was Thomas Jefferson Education. I'd never heard of it, but looked into it.  I liked a lot of…

Kids’ Book Club: First Stop! China with Little Pear

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  Books for this month's kids' book club: Little Pear Little Pear and His Friend I found some translations, as well!! Petit Tang (French Edition!)                                Petit Tang et Ses Amis (French edition!) Der Kleine Shang…

Squashing Boredom: Scavenger Hunt Style!

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Photo Credit: Rachel Samanyi We were stuck in a rut. The “I’m bored bug” was crawling out far too often. I could suggest an activity, but rarely did it spark a creative fire in my…

Kids’ Book Club — Destination: Wonderland!

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  This month's kids' book club book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland This book is about a 7th grade reading level.  I'd say it is appropriate for some 4 and 5 year old's, but generally speaking…

Kids’ Classics Book Club

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I started a classics book club for myself and my kids. For those who are like me and would like to start one up, but don't have enough friends who are interested. LOL!  I joined…

Butterfly Life Cycle Party

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At the end of our study of butterflies, we had a party with a few family friends.  Initially I was going to have them do tons of butterfly activities, but as I started really delving…