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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How to create your own nation
Have you ever thought about how difficult it is to create a new nation? It’s an important skill for fiction writing to create realistic worlds, and it’s a useful geography lesson to think through because how a country is set up dictates some of the
The Oldest Barn in America, a lesson in Order of Events
As I went about trying to find good books about New Hampshire for our geography lessons, I found a nice bit of Colonial American history and an amazing family story. This lesson also made for a great opportunity to work on order of events in a story
Colonial America lessons
Do you want to know one of my favorite historical eras? Colonial America and the Revolutionary War fascinate me. I'm intrigued by people who are so desperate to change their lives they would sail across an ocean, abandon all that they know and start
Pack your bags, it’s time for simulated public school
I stepped up what I expected of the kids because they’re getting ready for high school. This has led to certain children in my life complaining I am a terrible tyrant and I expect way too much of them. I laughed in my head at the strange thoughts of
The benefits of online college credits for your high schooler
I remember from the moment I hit high school age, everything I was told by my teachers was, “This goes on your permanent record, and affects entry into college.” It was scary. Now I have friends whose kids are going off to college, and my kids are
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Parable of the wise and foolish Builders Sunday School lesson
I love this Sunday School lesson because there are so many ways you can teach it. I mean one of our science lessons is a variation on how I’ve taught the parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders (earthquake activities, for those who are curious). Applying the Parable of the Wise and foolish Builders Funny […]
How the Old Testament points to Jesus
This Sunday we are reaching the new school year in our Sunday School class. Last week we celebrated and promoted all of the 4th graders up into the youth group (5/6 grade class), and this coming week we will be reviewing what happened so far for our class and the new incoming 3rd graders. As […]
Homeschool History
Indiana: The Floating House
You hear a lot about people going West in a Covered Wagon. You don’t really hear as much about them going West other ways. This book was a great example of another way. This family floated West on a house boat. {that’s an affiliate link} “A house boat?” you say. Yes, and there are dangers […]
20 Ancient Greece books to inspire a love of history
There is something magical about finding the book that keeps your child’s attention. For Superman the very first book that kept his attention was an A to Z mystery book. With each new homeschool history unit I try to find at least a small bit of that same magic. I found a small bit of […]
Homeschool Science
I finally found the perfect middle school science curriculum
In high school I had the most amazing physics teacher. He was funny, he gave us great challenges to solve, and he made physics fun. It’s because of him that I have such great memories of physics and how much I enjoyed those science lessons. I’ve been looking forward to teaching my kids physics, but […]
Is Pluto a planet writing assignment
When I think of homeschool science, I tend to think of blowing stuff up, hands on investigation, I don’t think of writing. But, writing can be a great way to explore ideas, and for my words-oriented daughter, it can be a great way to get her excited about our homeschool science (besides best practices are […]