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Pathway to Liberty History Curriculum {Review}
For five weeks, we tried Pathway to Liberty's U.S. History Year 3/Level 3, part of Pathway to Liberty's History Curriculum, from Pathway to Liberty Homeschool Curriculum. Even though we enjoy learning American history and Christian history, this curriculum was not a good fit for our family. There were some good components, but some essential things were missing. If you're interested to know what they were, check out the review for more details.
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MEMORY MAKING MOM: Book Review & Giveaway
How many of you enjoy giving your kids “memories for roots and love for wings?” If so, then you’ll want to take a look at this book review of Memory Making Mom: Building Traditions That Breathe Life into Your Home, by Jessica Smartt. Plus, there's a giveaway this week. And, if you’ve just belted out a snort of laughter, because you’ve got the family love rooted, but it’s the memory making that seems to be what’s fluttering away—then hang on! Seriously. Who has time to build beautiful traditions and make precious memories? If you read my post on journaling about our children, then you know, life can get a little…
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Preserve Pancake Kisses by Journaling
If you no longer have a baby nuzzling your neck, or a toddler clutching your knee, you’ll truly appreciate this post. Even so, this is a special post for young moms encouraging them to preserve the sticky pancake kisses by journaling. I understand how it is with little ones. Some days you think you have no time to take a shower, much less find time to write in a journal! But, when you can, jot quick notes here and there, because even a sticky pancake kiss will slip from your memory one day. However, if you have taken the time, years down the road, the sweet aroma of your child's…
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Start Conversations Using Stop Motion Animation Kit
Are you looking for opportunities to help your kids communicate more effectively or in different ways? Recently, we did a product review and discovered a great way to start conversations by using the Stop Motion Animation Kit from Stopmotion Explosion. What is stop motion? Wikipedia defines it as "a film making technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion when the series of frames is played back as a fast sequence." Think--The LEGO® movie. Perhaps you've seen one of the LEGO® movies. Like many kids, my son relished years of creating worlds with LEGO® bricks.…
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YWAM Book Review- C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller
Since I love adding Christian biographies to our home library, I was excited to write a YWAM book review of Christian Heroes- "C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller", one of the books in the Christian Heroes: Then & Now series. We also received a Study Guide to use with this book. You’ve probably heard of C.S. Lewis, the notorious writer of "Chronicles of Narnia", "Mere Christianity", "The Screwtape Letters" and more. Perhaps you’ve not heard of YWAM. Allow me to introduce you to them first, then I’ll tell you about the C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller book. Plus, I have a special giveaway included...
