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
Elijah lesson, or following God in tough times
This week in Sunday School (and at home) we finished our Elijah lesson (and yes the picture below does look like mug shots, but it amuses me and makes drawing easier). On my facebook page I wrote I was worried about setting the fire alarm off during the Elijah lesson. For good reason, when we practiced […]
Teach your child how to study the Bible
My youth pastor in high school was a big Star Trek fan. He also did an amazing job taking a bunch of crazy teens and discipling them. One day as we sat in a giant auditorium in the middle of nowhere Texas, he had us all pull out our Bibles and a sheet of paper. […]
Homeschool History
Have a fun afternoon with a Felicity tea party
Sometimes it is hard to let things go. I have a children’s tea set that was my great-grandmother’s. It’s old, crack, and missing several handles, but Princess has been dreaming of using it for years. YEARS I tell you. I mistakenly told her she could have a tea party with it when she turned five. […]
Charlemagne history lesson
History is an odd thing, there’s some people we know there names and they were pivotal to history, but we don’t know why. That was Charlemagne for me. I know he was a king somewhere after the fall of Rome and before the Protestant Reformation, but that’s a span of 1000 years to place him […]
Homeschool Science
Science Sunday: Happy Easter!
We had a recoup week this week, and spent most of it doing laundry and catching up from the Terrible Laundry Disease. It’s amazing how quickly your house can go from spic and span (which it was the night Superman got sick, we’d spent all week cleaning) and then to disaster. A week later, […]
Volcano Activities
We’ve spent what feels like the last two months completing volcano activities. I’m sure it was really only a few weeks spread out as I got the materials, but it’s felt like forever. First we read the chapter about in CKE Earth and Space (affiliate link) about volcanoes and all the cool stuff that goes on […]