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 … keep on reading
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November 2018 Homeschooling month in Review
November was a busy month because of Princess turning 12, Thanksgiving, and we wanted to get as much done as we could to homeschool as little as possible in December (which hasn't been successful). (This post has affiliate links) Week 1
Time out for some Christmas freebies I found
The best lessons in middle school (aside from days you saw the TV cart) were the days your teacher gave you a themed packet related to the current holiday. It happened all the time in elementary school, not so much in middle school, and I certainly
Mary Poppins movie night
Probably my very first movie of watching a movie is Mary Poppins. It came on TV, and Mary Poppins is my Mom's absolute favorite movie. I remember we unfolded our sofa bed, and my brother and I cuddled up with my Mom as we watched Mary Poppins. Fast
Christmas story minute to win it game
This year I'm no longer teaching 3/4 grade in Sunday School. Instead, I'm teaching/mentoring 7th-grade girls. Now every Sunday School lesson starts with a game. Sometimes they're minute to win it type games, sometimes they're trivia games, and in a
The BFG movie night snacks
Several years ago I was talking with my best friends about books we loved watching with our kids, and they raved about how much they loved The BFG by Roald Dahl. I hadn't read it as a kid, and vaguely remembered it was something about a giant, and I
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Paul’s Third Missionary Trip lesson
I kinda just taught this lesson to my Sunday School class last Sunday, so I’m super behind on posting this, and techinically this lesson isn’t Paul’s Third Missionary trip, but Paul heading home from his Third Missionary Trip. But that doesn’t have the same ring to it. So, last week Paul caused a riot in […]
Creation story bean bags game
A few days ago I shared this picture with my facebook fans of our Creation story bean bags. One person asked if those were creation story bean bags for Sunday School, and if I made them. I told her I’d share how and the printable soon. Well, soon has come. Mainly because if I waited […]
Homeschool History
Steps to the American Revolution
Have you ever thought about the American Revolution and how the colonists got to that point? It’s not like they woke up one morning and said, “I fell like overthrowing the most powerful government right now.” No, there were gradual steps to the American Revolution. {This post has affiliate links marked by an *} These […]
Xerxes lesson for elementary kids
Our Xerxes lesson is actually one we completed almost 5 months ago, but I haven’t been able to sit down and explain just what we did. Who is Xerxes? Xerxes is important for a couple of reasons, first because he managed some rather impressive and important engineering feats, and managed a rather large empire, and […]