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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The Engineering Curriculum for Middle and High School
I don’t know about you, but as my kids get older it becomes more challenging to find a curriculum that stretches them. If you’re anything like me, your kids are not carbon copies of you, and their interests and talents are not the same as you. That’s
Can you spot this fun movie night? 101 Dalmatians movie night
At some point as a child my Mom revealed to me her absolute favorite Disney movie was 101 Dalmations. I remember more than one time having a 101 Dalmatians movie night together. One day while I was wandering through my favorite place in the whole
Get your kids learning about science while having fun this summer
A few years ago Batman went through and gave his grandparents his Christmas list. It consisted of about 10 different science kits to play around with. Most were duds. They were fun for a little bit, but he quickly forgot about them, there was one kit
Secret Garden movie night
At some point in my middle school career, I set a goal to read all of the classic stories. I blew through the fantasy stories. Struggled through Black Beauty, because despite it’s being a horse story, it wasn’t cheerful. Then I discovered Secret
June 2018 Homeschooling in Review
I’ve been joking for most of this year if I survived this June I can do anything. As of Saturday, I survived June, so I guess I can do anything now. This was a jam-packed month, though most of it has no photographs because it was jam-packed in that
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Birth of Jesus lesson
Last week we got to hear all about how John the Baptist was born, and had a lot of fun with my Sunday School class trying charades. This week in the birth of Jesus lesson we get to see the other side of the coin, how did everyone respond to Mary’s news and the birth […]
Scripture Lullabies to destress your life
For anyone who’s been reading my blog for the last few months, you know it’s been a stressful fall. Well, a few months ago I received a great opportunity. A chance to review some CDs, and I accepted thinking it’d be great for my daughter, but let me tell you how it’s helped my whole […]
Homeschool History
Julius Caesar unit for elementary
Welcome to the month named after Julius Caesar, the man who created the Julian calendar, the one we use to this day. Aside from that short stint in France during the French Revolution, and a few other instances……… I’m starting to prepare for next school year, and when I saw Julius Caesar had a July […]
Who shot first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Do you ever think about what starts a war? Some of the wars in history officially started for ridiculous reasons (War of Jenkins Ear comes to mind). Then there are wars like the American Revolution. There’s not a single cause, and in many ways, they tried for so long not to start a war. The […]