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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Fun Puppet Craft
As a kid I loved puppets. I'm not quite sure why, but I was fascinated by the Muppets, and learning all the ins and outs of puppetry. Thus Princess deciding to earn the Puppetry badge for American Heritage Girls Explorer level gave me an excuse to
Utah unit study
I have to admit, going into our Utah unit study I was thinking our Utah study will consist of a "Great Salt Lake project," and... That's where I drew a blank. Thankfully, my library pulled it out for me. I found some fun library books and discovered
Homeschooling Preschool
Last night, when I started writing this post, we had a new mom visiting our homeschool co-op. She's got a four-year-old daughter and wants to start homeschooling her. Homeschooling preschool is fun, and with the benefit of hindsight is fairly easy to
Paddington Book Club
I loved Paddington as a kid. For whatever reason, he was the talking bear book I gravitated to. For whatever reason I was not a fan of Winnie the Pooh, do you like both or just one of the characters? Paddington books much like Pippi Longstocking and
Axis of Villains game
The fun part of visiting friends is playing the games they own, I love visiting Tara and trying some of their games. Especially when we tried Axis of Villains, and if you've got a superhero fan, then you should pick up Axis of Villains. Find out why
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Psalms Prayer Walk
A few weeks ago Jeff came home from work very tired, and discouraged. It’d been a hard day, and he wanted to take some time for a Prayer walk with the kids. There’s nothing complicated about it, but it can be a good way to introduce your kids to praying as part of your family […]
Bible: David and Jonathan craft
One of my favorite stories of friendship in the Bible is the story of David and Jonathan. Jonathan’s father, King Saul, started off treating David as a son, but as he became more jealous he chose to try and kill him. In the story, Jonathan promises to find out his father’s plans and then let […]
Homeschool History
War of 1812 craft
Now how many of you went “what War of 1812?” Honestly, now? This is a slightly lesser known bit of homeschool history lesson, but I quite enjoyed the lesson with my kids. And then how many of you thought of this song? Or maybe I’m the only one who actually knows this song. But, it came […]
Be a Time Traveler: How to teach an Ancient Greece Unit
One day during my high school career I went up to my favorite English teacher and asked her a rather esoteric question about Greek mythology. She looked at me and said, “Actually Ticia, if I wanted to know more about Greek mythology I would go to you. You’ve probably read more than me.” Which actually […]