Penny Raine is hosting this week’s Word Filled Wednesday.
Author: Heather L
I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.
SpellQuizzer Giveaway and Review
Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews
When Dan from SpellQuizzer contacted me to find out if I’d like to do a giveaway of SpellQuizzer on my blog, I jumped at the chance. SpellQuizzer is a computer based spelling program that helps kids learn their spelling and vocabulary words. Parents and/or teachers can download one of the pre-made spelling lists, or they can input their own custom spelling lists. I had wanted Munchkin to try out this program as she enjoys computer based games and programs. Generally, she does not like spelling. Part of her problem is that she’s a perfectionist and gets frustrated when she can’t…
Carnival of Homeschooling
Posted in Homeschooling
Jennifer from Home Grown Mommy is hosting this week’s Carnival of Homeschooling. Jennifer starts off with a much needed reminder on why we should be thankful that we are homeschooling. She has nicely divided all of the submitted articles into different categories: Thankfulness Lessons/Lesson Plans/Teaching Ideas The “How” of Homeschooling Why We Homeschool Organizing Miscellaneous With a plethora of different articles, there is sure to be something that will help you with your homeschooling year. I was happy to be included with my Organization, Flexibility, Discipline post.
Back 2 School Blog Bash
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Kelli over at Three Boys and a Dog is having a huge Back 2 School Blog Bash. There are going to be 30 days of giveaways! I can’t believe all of the prizes that she is going to be giving away. The giveaways run from September 1st to September 30th. Check out the Back 2 School Bash post for more details. I hope to see you there! Make sure you check out the SpellQuizzer giveaway that I’m doing in conjunction with the Back 2 School Bash!
A Journey Through Learning Review
Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews
A Journey Through Learning offers beautiful, full color lapbooks and unit studies at affordable prices. Most of the lapbooks include a study guide so you and/or your student don’t have to search for the answers. Munchkin really enjoys doing lapbooks as long as she doesn’t have to do too many at once. In other words, she prefers to do only one lapbook at at time. We have used lapbooks as complete studies by themselves or as review of what has already been learned. With the Journey Through Learning lapbooks, I cut out the components and paper clipped them to the…