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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Huckleberry Finn book club
I cam into our Huckleberry Finn book club with baggage. I read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a junior in high school as part of our American literature class. I hated that year of English Lit. Most of the books I might like now, but reading
Pablo Picasso art lesson
Sooo..... I may have lost this Picasso art lesson for years and then found it while looking through unwritten posts. As proof, my boys were shorter than me when we did geography lesson or maybe it was an art lesson. I'm not sure if this was part of
Nebraska book list
Sometimes you head to the library to look for books for your geography lessons, and you find this amazing list. Sometimes you head to the library and you find some okay books. Then there are times like what happened with the Nebraska book list, and
Writeshop Writing curriculum Review
Last year I went to the homeschool convention to do two things: 1. attend as many high school workshops as possible and 2. Pick a new homeschool writing curriculum for high school. I walked up and down every aisle, and by the end of the first day, I
You are chosen Bible verses
Right now I'm working with Junior High kids at church. Specifically 8th-grade girls. Talking to them is an eye-opener. They talk about the girl in their class who is pregnant, and the kid they knew who is cutting because they can't deal with the
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter
The story of Jesus raising a girl from the dead is a great Sunday School lesson, it shows so much of Jesus’ compassion for the hurting. Last week’s Bible lesson: Jesus heals a paralytic (notice the trend?) What I learn from Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter Actually my big takeaway from this lesson comes from a […]
Joshua continues the fight in Israel
This is next week’s Sunday School lesson and I somehow have never posted it, maybe because it’s hard to write a lot about Joshua continues the fight because there’s not any super “bloggable” activities. It’s more of a discuss what’s going on sort of lesson. This, of course, is happening right after Joshua and the […]
Homeschool History
What do I need to teach Mystery of History?
I’ve been using Mystery of History now for a couple of years, and I’m in the Yahoo group, and follow them on facebook, and on G+. You might say I’m a groupie. One of the most common questions I see is “What do I need to teach Mystery of History?” To be honest? Just the […]
How Boston started the American Revolution
So far this year I’ve been feeling uninspired by our homeschool history lesson. I couldn’t figure it out, and then a light bulb went on. Most of what we’ve done has been paper and pencil stuff, and that’s not my kids. They need to move and do stuff. So I give you “How Boston Started […]
Homeschool Science
Engaging Science Experiments for kids
You guys know I’m a big fan of hands on homeschool science and I’m always on the lookout for great products. Recently I found out one of my favorite publishers has amazing science experiments books for kids (should it be science experiment books? There’s multiple science experiments in each book, back on topic). {I received […]
Why does tomato juice get rid of skunk smell?
This past week my dog decided to play with a skunk. I brought him in Wednesday night and he smelled bad, but I convinced myself he was fine, and I was just crazy. The next morning it was clear I was not crazy. He smelled horrible. I knew you’re supposed to use tomato juice to wash […]