No matter where your child attends school – home, public, or private – field trips are an incredible way to broaden his understanding of a subject and give him an opportunity to add real world knowledge to what he reads in books. Whether you’re helping in your child’s classroom or organizing a field trip for…
Teens get a bad rap. They’re portrayed as moody, defiant, rebellious, and aloof. While this can sometimes describe most teens, they are, on the whole, pretty amazing people. Even so, parents often find it difficult to connect with their kids when the teen years hit. Following are six simple steps that you can take to…
It seems that everyone is clipping coupons and bargain shopping these days. While that is a great way to save, it can be time consuming and getting started can appear overwhelming. There is one simple and relatively quick way to start saving money at the grocery store: menu planning. Sitting down once a week with…
Last week, my youngest daughter and I made a fantastic Modge Podge project. It was simple, fun, and turned out so cute that my son wanted to make one, too. This canister project is so simple that it makes a great summertime, mom-I’m-bored or rainy day activity. And, a definite plus, most of the materials…
With the school year nearly over for most people, it’s time to start thinking about keeping kids productively occupied during the summer. While many homeschooling families school year ’round, our family enjoys a summer break (although our break will be much shorter this year as we transition to year ’round schooling ourselves). No matter where…
You know how you have a recipe that you can make to take to a party or get-together and you know that you’ll get to enjoy the left-overs at home the next day? This isn’t one of those. This simple-to-make, chocolate cake is so delicious, it will have your friends and family picking the stray…
This idea isn’t especially unique, but it’s always fun and always turns out cute no matter the skill level of the baker. I was a kid when my mom first made this great Easter Bunny cake from a recipe from a magazine — Ladies Home Journal or Family Circle, if I had to hazard a…
Sometimes when a friend or loved one is diagnosed with a serious or chronic illness, we’re at a loss as to what we can do that will truly be helpful and meaningful. Recently, there was a great discussion on my local homeschool group’s email loop about ways to help a friend in times of crisis….
A household management binder is a wonderful way to get yourself – and your household – organized. There are countless options on the market for planners and organizational binders, but I’ve found that the ones that work best for me are the ones that I create myself. I’ve used some version of my mom binder…
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Have you ever kept one past January 31? There’s something about the clean slate feeling of a new year that makes it hard to resist resolving to make some changes in your live. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that they tend to be too general and/or too…
