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 when I … keep on reading
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Andorra Unit Study
I headed into the Andorra Unit Study thinking of Andorians from Star Trek. That was actually the joke I got from my kids and husband every time I said we were going to study Andorra. Just in case you were wondering, no the people of Andorra are not
Introduction to homeschooling
Tonight I'm taking part in a panel of other homeschool moms talking about what it's like to homeschool. Like many other groups, we're putting together an introduction to homeschooling to help all of the many other parents who suddenly find themselves
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Wizard of Oz!
I grew up watching the Wizard of Oz with my Mom. I loved the music, the bright costumes, and the story. Then at some point, I found out it was based on a book, and I set out to read the book. Then I learned it was a SERIES! I haunted used bookstores
Preschool Apple Unit
You know what every kid in the world learns about at some point in their life? Apples! I remember when I was teaching 1st grade we had an apple unit, and I remember the pre-k teacher had a preschool apple unit, and there was almost certainly a unit
Titian art lesson
I don't know why, but for some reason I find the name Titian fun to say. Maybe because it almost seems like you're saying a bad word? But, Titian is an interesting Renaissance artist, and we studied him as part of both a history lesson on the
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Samaritan Woman at the Well Sunday School lesson
Last week in our Sunday School lesson we saw Jesus raise Jairus’ daughter and heal a bleeding woman. This week we will see Jesus just stop and talk to someone. It’s amazing how such a small thing can have a huge impact in someone’s life. My takeaway from the Samaritan Woman at the Well story […]
How to walk like Jesus
A few months ago our family was on a night walk. We were talking about our church’s yearly goal, to disciple another person, and as we walked I asked them if they knew what that meant? I got some very good churchey answers, but I could tell they really had no idea what it meant. […]
Homeschool History
Aesop’s Fables, a fun a quick lesson
This Aesop’s Fables lesson is a quick and easy way to get your kids interacting with the material, and is a fun way to bring in homeschool history lesson (which is how we originally used it). The technique would be great for most subjects you learn, but today we used it for Aesop’s Fables. Oh, cool idea […]
These courageous explorers changed the course of history, the Age of Exploration
Hey, this is Future Ticia of 2019, I originally wrote this post in 2016 a few years after the last time we studied the Age of Exploration and went through our Age of Exploration Unit for Elementary School (or middle school since this was designed for my 5th grade kids). Now my kids are in […]
Homeschool Science
Science Sunday: Is soda bad for you?
Do your kids ask “Why is soda bad for your teeth?” Or the ever popular “Why can’t I have all the soda I want?” Well mine do. Non. Stop. See if you’re an adult than you instantly cry “Yes!” to the first question and list many reasons why. However, if you’re a little kid, […]
Science Sunday: Beach science
Well, I was going to give you a link to the two Reading Rainbow DVDs we watched this week all about the sea life, but Amazon has no clue what I’m talking about, and youtube just gave me a bunch of strange links. But, if your library happens to have these: Seashore Surprises, and Dive […]