Welcome to our little corner of the world. I'm Ticia, and I'll be guiding you on this journey here, so let me tell you a little bit about myself and our life here. I'm a former elementary teacher who decided to stay home with her twins when they were born, daycare would not have made sense on a teacher's salary, besides I'd always wanted to stay home with my kids. When I was teaching I always loved finding hands-on ways to teach a concept, and that continued with my kids when I … keep on reading
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Launch your NaNoWriMo book with this character description
Princess and I are working on NaNoWriMo, and continuing to figure out how to do NaNoWriMo in homeschool. Right now, I'm working on characterization. In particular how to describe characters. This all came about because I was rereading what I'd
October 2019 Homeschooling in Review
I know I say this every month, but October was insane. As is evidenced by my complete lack of writing for most of the month. I'm rather in shock, and my brain is still trying to recover, so here is out October 2019 homeschooling in
NaNoWriMo Homeschool
Princess and I are going to try out NaNoWriMo this year. For those who aren't familiar with the idea, this is National Novel Writing Month. Your goal is to write 50,000 words in one month. It's going to be the change-up for her independent project
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief book club
I watched the Percy Jackson movies when they came out and vowed I was never going to watch them again. They were awful, they butchered a book series I enjoyed, and it was especially frustrating after the Harry Potter books started out as portraying
Help! This boring Bible passage is putting me to sleep!
A few weeks ago on my Facebook page I shared a post titled "The Bible is not boring, why do we treat it that way?". Someone commented on my post wanting to know if I'd actually read the whole Bible because there are several boring passages. She was
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
What makes someone wise? A lesson from Solomon
Who is the smartest person you know (or know of)? Did you think of a scientist? Or maybe someone from the past who changed the world? Who is the wisest person you know (or know of)? Is the person you’re thinking of the same as the person in both instances? For me they’re not. I […]
Can you drink the water from your faucet?
We have gone as a family to the Navajo Nation three times now. We started when Princess was six. Each year I look on it as an excellent time of family discipleship, as the kids grow and stretch themselves. This year was different though, this year I was more aware of the priveleges we have, […]
Homeschool History
How we got a Christmas tree, or who is Saint Boniface
Have you ever wondered where the tradition of the Christmas tree comes from? It’s an interesting bit of church history that seems rather appropriate at Christmas time. This Saint Boniface lesson was one of our homeschool history lessons last year (2014, from when I originally wrote this). {This post contains affiliate links marked with […]
Quick and Easy Native American Report
In college, as a history minor, I was required to take Texas history. The class was only offered on Tuesday/Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30. As a sophomore, I signed up to take the class and made it through precisely one class before dropping it. The professor was particularly enamored with some of the more… Shall […]