Learning about Life, Learning about Him, Teaching about Life, Teaching about Him
When I was working on my teaching credential, I spent some time in a kindergarten classroom. It was Thanksgiving time, so the teacher had multiple stations for the kids to complete projects. One station had what I found to be the easiest pumpkin pie pudding DIY for kids. I loved the simplicity of it, as well as the taste. I hastily scribbled down the recipe for future use.
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Every year I try to get more organized when it comes to Christmas shopping. With 10 in our family, it can become quite an undertaking. In addition, I have taken over the grand kid gift buying for my parents. This year, to help myself out, I created a printable Christmas wish list.
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I have to admit that I do not currently have a problem getting my kids to eat their vegetables. In fact I once heard a few of them arguing over who was going to be able to eat the last of the roasted broccoli. That is music to a mom’s ears. For one of my kids, however, this wasn’t always the case. Spending the first two years in a Chinese orphanage, we guessed that she didn’t eat too much in the way of produce. She was suspicious of anything green that appeared on her plate. She would make sure she pushed it out with her tongue if it made it into her mouth. For her, we had to be stealthy and get creative. In my opinion, these are the five best veggies to sneak into your kids’ food:
Read moreWhen I started making these illustrated Mom Quotes, I wanted to give them some fun pithy alliterative name. I came up with “Monthly Mom Merriment.” It seemed clever at the time, but then I realized that the title was a little clunky. I decided to streamline the name to “Monthly Mom Quote.” A little more vanilla, but more descriptive. Then again there are those who prefer vanilla, which I don’t quite understand, because well, it’s not chocolate.
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I’m relatively new to the copywork scene even though I have been homeschooling for 15 years. After learning more about the merits of it, I decided to incorporate it more into our school work this year. You can click here to read more about the benefits of copywork, but the reasons that caught my eye were:
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Many moons ago I ran a Lego club for our homeschool group. We would gather at my church once a month. Each family would bring its own set of Legos and a blanket (to help prevent Legos from co-mingling with those of other families). I would give the kids a specific Lego challenge, or what I called a “theme.” The kids had a certain amount of time to create either on their own, or in teams according to the challenge. After I called time, the kids would gather in a group and share their creations with each other.
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