Category Archives: summer fun

Homeschool Mother’s Journal May 13

In my life this week… This week I have kept busy with blog stuff, from designing a homeschool blog for a friend, to keeping up with my own blogs.  We also took a day off and went grocery shopping.  I hit Office Max during a sale on ink and managed to get plenty for this…

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Currclick is Having a HUGE Sale

Between now and May 20th, people who visit this non-public section of CurrClick, will get 50% savings on 100′s of top homeschool resources from some of our best selling publishers. Not only that, but several of our most popular teachers are offering 10% OFF all their summer and fall classes. In addition, visitors to our…

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Yuckier is Buckets of Fun!

As part of the TOS Crew, I got to review a few samples of Yuck from Buckets O’ Fun.  For this review, I am going to go in depth on our experience with chunky yuck, as it gave me the best pictures.   Also, it was easiest to use with all my children.  We enjoyed…

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Being Content in Your Home and Season.


Nature Study Tuesday August 3~The one where it was toooooo HOT.

Yep, it has literally been tooo hot out side to really enjoy nature.  Seriously, it is almost 7 pm right now and still 109 outside.   One item we have enjoyed is a horse that was brought onto the farm. Yeah, isn’t he purty?  We think so too, and since we are helping care for him…

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Weekly Wrap-Up Regaining Health, Preserving Veggies, and Preparing for Camp

  Well, there hasn’t been hardly any school going on here.  A lot of “unschooling”, but books haven’t been touched or should I say the ones we write in.    Our oldest since July 5th has read over 1161 pages from fifth grade through adult fiction and non-fiction books.  When he isn’t doing chores, outside…

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I Got a New Camera, and I Can’t Wait to Order My FREE Photo Book and FREE Calendar!! You can get them free too!!!

My new camera takes such GREAT shots.  They are all so crisp and clear.  So, to celebrate, I am going to be taking pictures to fill this great offer from Vistaprint. Yep, that is right,  you can get a FREE Photo Book!! Free 4×6 Photo Flip Book. The handy 4” x 6” size is easy…

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Nature Study Tuesday July 20—Insects, chickens, giant sunflowers, and sandhill plums

It has not been a week of nature here.  I have limited my outside time, since, my allergic reaction.  However, I did get a new to me camera yesterday.  My other camera was getting to where it would not focus half the time.  I am passing it to our oldest, and now have a new…

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Nature Study Tuesday July 13–Taking a Blog Break due to a back injury.

This week was a week of bugs, salamanders, and turtles.      Tiger Salamanders.  These are our State’s (Kansas) Amphibian.  Each of these is a different Salamander. Don’t know what this is, but it has a spiny wheel on it’s back. A Spiny soft-shell turtle. I thought I would alert you all, that I am…

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