It's not news that for many, life has changed drastically. For many of us, we have altered our day to day routines in an attempt to stay healthy and safe. If...

You know that book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie? I think I will write my own version of that. If You Send a Husband to the Grocery. The synopsis is, if you ...

Back in January, we had a snow theme. It's a pretty basic theme but it's still a great one. Sadly, we didn't have any real snow this year to make a snowman, ...

If you haven't heard, there's a new Dr. Seuss cartoon these days. Netflix's Green Eggs & Ham has my kids running around pretending to be Sam and Guy. It seem...

My saintly grandmother was the mother of nine. NINE! She is amazing and patient and kind. She also hates Dr. Seuss. This has always cracked me up. Apparently...

As homeschoolers, we set our schedule, which is a shocking revelation I'm sure. We take a week off for Christmas, but an additional week to recover. Well, re...

This week we had a pajama school day. I know, I know- you're asking, isn't everyday pajama day in homeschooling? Well, it's closer to a 50/50 ratio, but I di...

When I was growing up, we had a tradition at Christmas time. Every year, after Thanksgiving, we would play Angels and Mortals. The concept is similar to Secr...

It's hard to approach Christmas without singing, "You're a mean one..." in a deep voice. Since I was a small child, the Grinch has been synonymous with Chri...

To teach kids compassion is a continuous job but one that is very rewarding. One activity I enjoy doing every year is a sacrifice manger. The concept is so...

In the immortal words of Frosty the Snowman, ”Happy Birthday!” To kick off our lessons about Christmas, I started with teaching our children about Jesus’ b...

I love sensory bins and so do my children. If you are unfamiliar with them, the concept behind sensory bins is to engage more than one of the child's senses w...

As parents, we are adept at sneaking things in for the good of our children. We choose cartoons that educate, snacks that have servings of fruits and vegetab...

It's a simple truth that kids love animals and have a natural fascination with them. Any toy aisle or zoo can confirm this. The question is, how can we as pa...