One of the best things about homeschooling is the freedom! With Teaching Textbook homeschool math app, your student can do math anywhere and at any time. I recently saw a meme on Facebook with a mother looking at her child saying, “I love you so much I’m going to relearn Algebra for you.” I loved my sons dearly, but I never said that. As a matter of fact, I distinctly remember telling my husband that I already made it through high school math and had no plans on doing it again. That’s why we ended up using Teaching Textbooks many years ago—back when the lessons were on CDs. Well, Teaching Text ..read more

With Apologia Biology, a college-preparatory homeschool science, your teens earn a lab science credit while becoming better students. HIGH SCHOOL SCIECE This is the subject that strikes fear in so many homeschool mama hearts when it comes to teaching high school. I promise, there’s nothing to fear with the right curriculum for your teen. I received this product for free & was compensated for my time. All opinions are my own, and a positive review was not required Apologia Biology is an award winning, creation-based curriculum designed with the first year high school student in mind. But ..read more

Apologia Physical Science not only gives your middle school students a solid science education, it also helps them to transition into high school learning. When you look back on your middle school years, what do your remember about them? I think so many of us just felt awkward. We weren’t little kids anymore; we wanted to be treated more like adults. And yet, there were times we didn’t want to grow up at all. Your middle schoolers are probably feeling the same way—wanting more independence, and yet still needing YOU in so many ways. How can we help our middle schoolers transition from their el ..read more

It’s no surprise I’m a big fan of any curriculum that includes great living books! That’s why I’m excited to share Sonlight’s new American history curriculum for kindergarten, Exploring American History, with you. I have no doubt my oldest son would have loved it! Why? Let me tell you a little bit about him… The following is a sponsored post. I received the Instructor’s Guide and the 2-volume history spine for free, and I was compensated for my time. My opinions are honest, and I was not required to post a positive review. Falling in Love with American History For my oldes ..read more

It’s so clear through the many Bible verses about children how much Jesus loved and valued little ones. How can we not follow His example? This is a sponsored post. I was compensated for my time. All opinions are honest, and I wasn’t required to post a positive review of this website or resources. You can read my full disclosure here.  Jesus Loves the Little Children Jesus loves the little children. We know this is true, but in the busyness of taking care of our kids never ending needs we often forget what a precious and incredible responsibility we’ve been given as parent ..read more

Ready for family night, we decided to show our boys a movie we had loved as kids. Let’s just say, as parents the movie was very different than we remembered . So I totally get that today it’s really hard to find family entertainment that doesn’t have you searching for the fast forward button or wanting to install an automatic bleep-the-inappropriate-words device. But there’s some good news, family movie night is still possible! This is a sponsored post. I was compensated for my time and the movie rental. All opinions are honest, and I wasn’t required to post a positive review ..read more

Discover how your students can use notebooking with living books to learn in a variety of subjects. Notebooking + Living Books = The Perfect Learning Combination! [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Notebooking + Living Books = The Perfect Learning Combination Why notebooking? When students use notebooking along with real books, they… Draw and write about what they are learning. And the more things they do with the informations, the better they will learn it! Review what they are learning in a natural way. When they share their notebo ..read more

Find out about the life of Milton Hershey with this great biography from the Heroes of History series! (And a few extra learning activities about chocolate and more, too. Now that is sweet!) [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] During a vacation to Pennsylvania one year, we visited Hershey, PA, and honestly, my expectations were pretty low. I thought it would be fun, but I didn’t know anything about Milton Hershey. We went on a tour that included driving around town as the guide shared about the life of Milton Hershey. What started as a fun ..read more

Learn how your high school student can complete a year of science labs for either Biology and Anatomy or Chemistry in just 2 days with College Prep Science! Recently a friend of mine texted to ask how we handled science labs for high school. She has a 9th grader this year and is feeling the pressure of figuring out what she needs to do for a high school credit. I shared how we dissected multiple animals on my friends dining room table and bought a Chemistry kit that my husband did with our sons. (And how my husband also found out he should have gone outside to light the magnesium strip on fire ..read more

As homeschoolers, we often search for the best Bible study for kids that we can find. We long to disciple our children, because homeschooling is about the whole child—heart, mind, and soul. So of course we want excellent resources to do that! Dear Mom, you can find some great Bible study resources and character curriculum out there, but the best will come when you can teach them from an overflow of your heart. [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Why do we want our kids to study the Bible? Why do we search for the best Bible study for kids that ..read more