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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Bosnia and Herzegovina unit
Growing up in the 1990s means certain things were in the news all the time, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were in the news all the time. They were establishing their independence from the Soviet Union and were fighting over who would be in control and
Let’s pray through the Days of Creation!
I'm not necessarily good at prayer. I struggle to focus because my mind whirls to different places. That's why I like prayer stations. It gives me something to do as I pray, which helps my focus. I guess I'm confessing my attention span is on the
Matilda book club
When quarantine hit last year, Andrew Lloyd Webber created a YouTube channel that showed his musicals, bear with me, this will get to the Matilda book club in a minute, and Princess and I eagerly watched the videos each weekend. She endured both the
Belgium Unit
I think, and I could be wrong, my parents visited Belgium once when I was a kid. If I'm recalling this story correctly, they went to go visit one of my Dad's friends, and my grandparents stayed with my brother and me. The only story I remember from
March 2021 in review
I'm finishing this up right before I've got it scheduled to go out. The start of the month seemed so calm, and we had spring break in the middle of this, and then these last two weeks or so and I'm suddenly wondering how the end of the month
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Ultimate Guide to Family Discipleship
As you’ve no doubt figured out with all of my Sunday School posts, I’m a big fan of family discipleship. Over the years I’ve developed relationships with several other bloggers who write about family discipleship and today I’m going to share with you my favorite resources to help you disciple your kids. My absolute favorite resource: […]
Ezra and Nehemiah Bible lesson
My head is spinning from how much life changes, but we’ll get to that in our wrap-up portion of the week. This week our Sunday School lesson has been Ezra and Nehemiah. I always pair those two in my mind, even though they are two separate books, but they take place at mostly the same time. […]
Homeschool History
A great resource for your Ancient Greece unit study
Several months ago I shared about our hands-on history Ancient Greece unit study we did a few years ago. At the time I thought I had a pretty definitive list of cool history lessons for ancient Greece, well I was wrong. I felt like a quick review was in order a few months ago and […]
The start of World War 2
The start of World War 2 is a complicated business in history. Not as bad as the start of World War 1, but it still takes some explanation. Preparing to learn about the start of World War 2 First I went to this maps website, and then I copied and printed out the 1939-1942 map […]
Homeschool Science
Austin Aquarium Field Trip
A few months ago (yes my posts are that far behind what we’re actually doing) we went to the Austin Aquarium with my sister-in-law and my nephew. It was a really fun field trip, and a great experience for the kids. For my kids the biggest bonus of the Austin Aquarium is the touch tank […]
How to make a model of blood
I’ve been looking forward to making a model of blood for a long time, because I thought I had 5 different models of blood pinned on my anatomy board. I don’t. So, I re-started from scratch and modified what is in our anatomy textbook (affiliate link). Alternatively titled: How to make a model of blood […]