? Happy Holidays! ?

The Educents team is excited to share their favorite deals and products with you this holiday season. Each staff member chose their favorite deal for the holidays and included it in this handy guide. Check out the deals, including free apps, art & craft supplies, personalized books, LEGO sets, martial arts online and so much more. They have something for everyone!

VIEW THE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE HERE

As homeschool moms many of us come from single income families. We pinch and squeeze and tighten the budgets like no body’s business. As a single income homeschool family, I know that just about any of us could use an extra $500 to use on homeschool supplies, field trips or even a coop class you didn’t’ figure you would be able to swing.

At this time, if I won this giveaway, I would buy a fabric cube for each of my children, one for my planning tools, one for completed work, and one for family school.

Any homeschool family could use this wonderful pencil sharpener. We actually already own this baby, and LOVE it!!

You could subscribe to a year’s subscription to LessonTrek and be able to plan and record your entire homeschool year in a professional format.

You can add another wonderful history resource to your homeschool, helping you teach history for a strong Christ centered literature based

perspective.

These are just a few of the things I would get for our homeschool to make this year. I would use some of the leftover money for field trips, special rewards for extra hard work on challenging concepts, books my children want, and craft or hobby supplies. What would you purchase with an extra $500 to spend on homeschool supplies?

In order to win this prize, you must have a Paypal account.a Rafflecopter giveaway
Be sure to visit all of the hosts of this giveaway for more homeschool ideas!!

Congratulations to Rachel P. You should have received an email with instructions for getting this mailed to you quickly. Thanks to all who entered!

Come learn about how I provide a thriving home education while pushing through a financial crisis over at Gricefully Homeschooling.

Also, I have had huge internet connection issues in the last week.  We are working on making a decision about our needs, that will both be what we need and not cost a fortune. Thanks for your patience through this. If you have rural internet and have a suggestion, please leave it in the comments.  Thanks

I am sorry, but it is one of those, thing where mom is tending to more than her blog.

This week I am tackling a huge project for A Journey Through Learning and working VBS for our church. Having fun in both places, but 31 Thursdays took a hit. See you next week!!

My Children LOVE audios, and I love to have them on hand.

When I received The World’s Greatest Stories in the mail I was super excited, and rightfully so.

We received the NIV version of Volume 1 The Prophets. There are samples to listen to on that page.

Volume 1 - The Prophets

• The Blazing Furnace
• The Handwriting on the Wall
• Daniel in the Lion’s Den
• Elijah & the Prophets of Baal
• The Prophecy of Jonah

I love having educational and virtuous products on hand for my children. I would use this in the van when I needed my children to settle down for awhile. I also used it at naptime to keep those non nappers busy.

George W. Sarris, does a wonderful job of telling the stories so they literally jump of the page. They come to life and really help the children understand the story.

“George W. Sarris’ one-person dramatizations of the Bible are so real that it makes you feel as though you are there. He brings the Word of God to life with an unusual talent that is truly a gift from God. I have never seen such a unique presentation, and I strongly recommend it.” - William R. Bright, President, Campus Crusade for Christ International

My children really enjoyed the Bible story, and I plan to use it more as my little ones get older.

Don’t forget to check out what the other crew members have to say about The World’s Greatest Stories!

This CD was given to me in return for my honest review.

I am sorry to say, that due to having a virus on my laptop, I am way behind in blog land. Therefore, I will not be getting a NST post up this week. Watch next Tuesday for a post. Thanks, and my computer is better now, but I am behind and need to focus on other things.

Please save your posts for next weeks. Thanks and sorry, I just can’t deal with it right now.

And that it shall be. So, this is the only blog post there will be. No Homeschool Snips & Tips on Wednesday. Spend the time that you would read Peace Creek on the Prairie with your family.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jess! Congratulations. I will be sending you an email shortly. Please get back to me within 48 yrs. Thanks!!

If you missed out on the book, why not sign up for this month’s $50 book drawing? You can also go ahead and get some of your Christmas shopping done here.

Thanks to all who entered the giveaway. Watch for more coming up!!!

I am sure many of you have probably noticed a bit of sporadic changes in my blog. From crashing to a fresher look. I have moved host, changed themes and updating design. I hope you enjoy the changes and they make it much easier to keep up with.

I am aware that there are some issues on my blog today. My techie “A” is working on them. I pray that it is an easy fix for her. Please be patient while we work on this. Thank you for your understanding.

Amy asked me to guest post a couple of month ago, while she is on vacation. I put together a post about some of my favorite homeschool gadgets. Go Check it out, and tell her hi. She has a wonderful blog about her life, from homeschooling, large families, and her grief over the death of her precious baby Emily. I encourage you to spend some time at Raising Arrows and follow her blog too.

This week we have seen lots of butterflies, and caterpillars. They such beautiful and interesting creatures. Our family really enjoys observing them.

In this last picture they are doing what is called puddling—getting minerals from the damp earth.

I told you we saw a lot of butterflies. We also say deer tracks in our driveway.

Our tomatoes are setting on.

The wasp or yellow jackets or whatever they are in our birdhouse—nope not getting close enough to tell which. We can watch them from inside our home, because the back of the birdhouse is plexi-glass.

Isaiah picked me some stink weed. Very pretty flower, but will make your eyes water.

Wheat harvest is under way. There are a couple of boys and my hubby in the combine. Father in law is in the truck.

Philip found some sort of large black beetle.

Lots of fun out and about on the prairie. What have you seen in your neck of the woods? Grab the button, write a post, and link it below.

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As I get ready to head off to our area Homeschool Convention, I have decided to take a short blog break. I may post a little bit of our convention while there, but as I prepare to leave, and have a special friend coming to stay, I am going offline for a few days. I will be back next week with lots of great fun. Have a great week!!

At first look, I wasn’t going to, then I looked at the other links, and many are homeschool related. I love talking about out homeschool here, it is a season in our life. I also love reading and gaining ideas from other homeschool blogs. Jump over to Our Homeschool Home to find more blogs to read.

Sorry, but with everything God has had other plans for my day. He blessed us with a piece of nature that I want to share.