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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Sherlock Holmes book club
I first read Sherlock Holmes in 7th grade. I believe it was one of the later Sherlock Holmes books, and I remember there being an extended flashback from the point of view of the murderer, or I think that's what it was. I really should try and track
The Perfect HIgh School Graduation Present
In a moment, we'll return you to the perfect high school graduation present, but first a story. In a scary moment, I've realized my high school years happened over 2 decades ago. I bring this up because at a youth group retreat our youth pastor
Teaching Medieval History for High School
I have always been intrigued by teaching history through literature. I love reading historical fiction, and any primary sources I can get my hands on, which can include what was then realistic fiction. You can learn so much about a time period from
How to conduct an interview
A few years ago we worked through the Cover Story writing curriculum for our writing lessons. One of the bigger projects was to conduct an interview, and I worked with the kids quite a bit on how to conduct an interview. ^^^^
Prepping for college with Making the Grade
I was actually going to write about a game we have called Ex Libris, but have zero pictures, and then I started working on our Modern history lessons landing page, but that is a monster of a post, and my brain is fried from a week of working with the
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Teaching your kids about giving
As a Christian there are some pretty clear things God tells us to do, and what starts in Sunday School needs to continue at home as family discipleship. One of those is to care for those who are less fortunate than us, and being in the United States that makes us pretty much better off […]
Jesus feeds the 5000 and Jesus walks on water
So funny story, last week I’ve been without a printer because we were out of ink, and I glance at my lesson plans from Illuminations (affiliate link) and it said Jesus feeds the 5000 in Sunday School, and I looked at my blogging calendar and it said today I was supposed to post Jesus feeding […]
Homeschool History
At what cost progress? Lessons from Vasco de Gama
There are some explorer names I remember better than others. As I mentioned yesterday I have a hard time remembering Bartolomue Dias. Vasco de Gama, on the other hand I remember. I have fun saying his name, it just rolls off the tongue. I wonder if that helped him when traveling. It certainly made this […]
What did sailor’s eat?
If you’ve ever been on a cruise, you know that you gain 10 pounds from all of the delicious food you eat. That was not the case for sailors during the Age of Exploration. Instead their food was the source of all sorts of horrible food stories. It also serves the source for a great […]
Homeschool Science
Teaching Your Kids how a baby grows with Wonderfully Made
Do you ever find a book and wish it had been published a few years ago? I feel that way when I found Wonderfully Made* by Danika Cooley. It’s a book to teach your kids about pregnancy, and for them to see how the baby grows inside a mother’s womb. {This post contains affiliate links […]
Teaching kids how to identify leaves
A few years ago I joked in a blogging group, “It’s December and the leaves finally fell off the trees here in Texas, should I make a fall leaves post?” We all laughed, or I should say I got lots of laugh emoticons on the post, but it’s true. By the time we get falling […]