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 make a quick Harry Potter costume
We just got back from Universal Studios Orlando and the fun of seeing the villages of the Harry Potter books in real life. It was amazing! When we went, I asked my kids if they wanted to wear their homemade Harry Potter costumes I made them for the
Invent a better plow and you’ll build a farming empire
Growing up you always knew what a John Deere tractor was. They were green and yellow, and were the sight I associated with farmers. As we work our way through United States geography, I'm sometimes surprised by where people are from. Since John Deere
A High School Health Curriculum You Can Love
In high school, I took 4 years of science. My first year I took generic science, and I pretty much remember a debate about evolution, and my teacher showing us some kind of low grade explosive. Then I took chemistry, physics, astronomy, and
August Homeschool Happenings 2018
It’s hard to believe we are two-thirds of the way through 2018. I’m a bit in shock at that. We started our 8th grade homeschool year slowly with lots of breaks to enjoy hanging out with our public school friends and take advantage of the last few
Would you escape into a book if you could?
Inkheart movie night What if you could read yourself into a book? What book lover doesn’t love that idea? I’ve read several books based on this concept, but the first book I read using that concept was Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. When I heard they
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
10 Commandments craft and printable
Happy Chocolate Sale Day! Okay, so that started yesterday, and is actually the reason for this post. I wanted to alert you to a cool item for teaching your kids or Sunday School the 10 Commandments that I made, and if you read all the way to the bottom a 10 Commandments printable to use. […]
Paul’s Third Missionary Trip lesson
I kinda just taught this lesson to my Sunday School class last Sunday, so I’m super behind on posting this, and techinically this lesson isn’t Paul’s Third Missionary trip, but Paul heading home from his Third Missionary Trip. But that doesn’t have the same ring to it. So, last week Paul caused a riot in […]
Homeschool History
How the Civil War hurt more than just the soldiers
Once upon a time I promised to make a blanket for a friend. I very quickly discovered it was more of an undertaking than I realized, and looked for ways to get out of the work. I kept my promise, but only barely. I was reminded of this story as I read The Promise Quilt […]
War of 1812 craft
Now how many of you went “what War of 1812?” Honestly, now? This is a slightly lesser known bit of homeschool history lesson, but I quite enjoyed the lesson with my kids. And then how many of you thought of this song? Or maybe I’m the only one who actually knows this song. But, it came […]
Homeschool Science
Teach your kids how animals are classified
Sometimes a great homeschool science lesson just requires a few pictures and a willingness to sit back and let the kids go at it. This animal classification lesson is one of those types of lessons. The kids took it and ran. {This post contains affiliate links marked with a *. For more information read […]
Design a moon rover
For our last big project of the week we designed moon rovers. The kids loved this bit of sneaky homeschool science as I got to pull in a bit of physics with our astronomy work for the day. Design a moon rover supplies I pulled out our LEGO bins and figures and let them have […]