Homeschooling for His Glory

This is a change from my regular homeschool product review. The crew, from time to time, gets some homemaking products for review, and I was glad to be able to review one that relates to food:   Simplified Pantry. Simplified Pantry offered us 3 great homemaking e-books: Simplified Dinners Simplified Dinners Gluten Free/Dairy Free Paperless Home Organization I love food and so does my family, so I opted for the Simplified Dinner one. I enjoy baking more than cooking but I do not mind cooking at all. I grew up in  a home where my mom would cook 3 times a day, so I am one of those old fashion ladies who believe that cooking is a must for every woman and especially a wife. I do cook at least 2 times a day as well, but am always looking for easy and quick recipes to do, as I love variety. I am a Pinterest addict when it comes to feeding my need for new recipes, but that assumes that you have your internet on when you want to cook and that you have the time to look through all

The Old Schoolhouse has long been a trusted friend of the homeschooler and the homeschool community. Their previously monthly printed, now digital and yearly printed, magazine has been a major help and source of encouragement to so many homeschoolers. More recently they have launch the SchoolhouseTeachers.com website which is such a wealth of ressource ranging every possible school subjects right at your finger tip, or more accurately, right at a click of a mouse. I personally have benefited greatly from this ressource and would encourage you to check it out. Now, they have come up with a  brand new ressource for homeschoolers, or any student and parent for that matter, T he Schoolhouse Library. This new site is filled with over 175 e-books or audio books for encouragement and support from a variety of publishers. These include: 2 Study Guides from YWAM Draw Write Now Sampler E-Book by Barker Creek Heroines of the Past -Victorian unit study from Amy Puetz Map

Thank God for another good, productive week. His grace is ever sufficient and His love unfailing. This week in 5 random facts: 1. We had some basketball time with the boys (more like dad - I am no basketball player): 2. I had a week of books delivery (for me) : I got:  The Envy of Eve ,   The Organized Heart , Christ in the Chaos ,   Intentional Parenting . Lots of reading awaiting me! 3.    Zach has been enjoying his electives class on plasticine. Here are some of the projects he did over the past few weeks: 4. School has been going steadily in Math, Spelling, French, Grammar,  Handwriting and History. Zach is almost through his Grammar Town sentence practice book as well as his handwriting book. We are in week 31 in TOG out of 36. I have not given much thought as to how our school in the summer will look like, I guess I better get to it soon. For sure we will be having crew stuff and be doing Bible Road Trip, the rest I do not know. 5. This week we s

Today, being a missionary Focus Sunday at our church,  we had a guest speaker who requested this song to be sung as a closing hymn. The words (and the sermon) really spoke to my heart. Facing a Task Unfinished… Facing a task unfinished, That drives us to our knees A need that, undiminished, Rebukes our slothful ease We, who rejoice to know Thee, Renew before Thy throne The solemn pledge we owe Thee, To go and make Thee known. Where other lords beside Thee, Hold their unhindered sway, Where forces that defied Thee, Defy Thee still today, With none to heed their crying, For life, and love, and light, Unnumbered souls are dying, And pass into the night. We bear the torch that flaming, Fell from the hands of those Who gave their lives proclaiming, That Jesus died and rose Ours is the same commission, The same glad message ours Fired by the same ambition, To Thee we yield our powers. O Father who sustained them, O Spirit who inspired Sa

I have a son who loves everything History, so when Home School in the Woods came up for review I was very eager to try out their products. Home School in the Woods is a company that provides a wide variety of homeschool products for teaching History. What makes Homeschool in the Woods unique is their hands-on approach to history studies. Their products involve maps, timelines with figures, composer studies and lots of hands-on activities, such as crafts and lapbooks. Because in our own History curriculum we are just about to reach the 20th Century, I opted to review the   Great Empires  activity study, as a way to review or complete what we have studied so far. This particular activity study covers 14 empires including China, Egypt, Muslim, Japan, French, Vikings, Spanish and German to name a few. The format of each study is basically the same: 1-3 pages of text, telling you a brief history of the empire Recipes to try specific to that culture Maps Hand-on activiti

Another week of great weather, even summer like weather. I think everyone hopes that this really means winter is finally over and that we can think of putting away the winter clothes. At least I am. Here are my 5 on Friday for this week: 1. Joho has lost a second tooth last Saturday. 2. The boys were in the party of a wedding last Saturday. This is the first time they wore a suit. It almost looked wrong given how active they usually are. 3. We had to get a new printer this week, as our previous printer of 4 years, just stopped suddenlty. I have to admit I love our new laser wireless Samsung Printer. 4. We have beed studying Africa in our TOG Study the past 2 weeks and the boys have been enjoying working on maps. 5. This week I again found a cool free curriculum: Daily Grammar . I did purchase the e-book version of it and am working through it with Joho. So far so good.