Building A Homeschool Community

Are you looking for more ways to connect with other homeschoolers?

The Homeschool Blog List

The Homeschool Blog List

One of the first things you can do is take a look at The Homeschool Blog List. Start visiting the blogs on the list. Leave comments on the posts that you find inspiring. Check out the Facebook pages, visit the Pinterest boards, and converse on Twitter. Find like minded mamas and papas who can encourage you on your journey.

Homeschool Group Sites

Next you can go where the homeschoolers are going. There are several group sites  written by homeschoolers for homeschoolers that are sure to be an encouragement to you as you start or continue on your homeschooling journey. Don't forget to check out them on social media too.

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Where is your homeschool community? 

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14 Valentine’s Day Gifts

Valentine's Day GiftsI have searched the web and found these links to fun gifts that you can make and give to the little people you love this Valentine's Day.

  1. Purr-fect Kitty Valentines
  2. Butterfly Card
  3. Homemade Valentine Ideas
  4. Valentine's Day Handmade Gifts
  5. Adding Crochet Edge To Paper Valentines
  6. Lovebird
  7. Animal Lovers
  8. Heart Shaped Goggles
  9. Captive Heart
  10. DIY Valentine's Day Cards
  11. Valentine's Day Banner
  12. Paper Hearts Crafts Activities
  13. Valentine's Day Paper Crown
  14. Heart Crayons

And if you are still looking for more ideas...

101 Valentine's Day Ideas

What are you making for (or with) your kids this Valentine's Day? 

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When Math Isn’t Working

Homeschooling With Special Needs

When math isn't working, what do you do? Well, I go looking for something different.

Elisha is 11 and he has Autism and ADHD. He has a brilliant mind, but one of the main things he struggles with is putting pen to paper. Well, that and self-motivation for things that don't interest him.

We thought we would eliminate that by getting Teaching Textbooks for him. We put it on a used laptop that we purchased specifically for that purpse.

We discovered that the laptop was in the process of dying so we tried to do a save and transfer of data for Teaching Textbooks. When we put the data on the next used laptop, it was not there. The save and transfer function had not worked. UGH!

Thankfully we purchased the workbooks as well. We plug away at the workbooks for a while. Then we hit a complete brick wall. He doesn't want to do math any more. He fights it every day.

Now, it is on to plan B. I went searching the internet for grade 6 level math. One that I wouldn't have to pay for because I have exhausted the current year's budget AND we will be ordering next year's materials soon.

So I went searching and this is what I found. Well, I found many things, but this is what we decided on to get us through the rest of the year.

What does math look like at your house? 

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Fighting Sickness – What do you do?

We all came down with coughs this week (and it is so not fun). Zion has had a cough off and on for quite a while now, then it passed to Hosanna. Now the rest of the family has the cough to varying degrees.

Daddy has been booted to Hosanna's princess bed while I sleep with the twins in our bed - to tend to the coughing and requests for water and milk (we are trying to wean....).

We have upped our vitamins - chewable C, gummy D, and gummy multis.

We are eating more fruits and veggies (which isn't hard with these kids).

Then today I sent the big kids on a mission to disinfect. Elisha did the bathroom, Malachi did all the light switches, and Moses did all the doorknobs.

It is time for a big deep clean, but I am trying to wait until we all feel a wee bit better (aka - being able to breathe without coughing).

The television has been on more than I would like and we have watched some educational videos (like the science experiment DVD's and Mathtacular from Sonlight), but you do what you have to do (and you do your best not to feel guilty, right?).

Between you and me, I think the house is making us sick, but at this point we don't have any other living options so we need to do the best we can to get through this.

If you think about it, could you say a little pray for us all to get feeling better. Thank you.

What do you do when you have a bad cough?

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14 Valentine’s Day Coloring Pages

Valentine's Day Coloring Pages

I love coloring. It brings me back to my childhood. I thought it would be fun to provide some Valentine's Day Coloring Pages for my kids (and yours) to color. Have fun!

  1. Valentine's Day Coloring Pages
  2. Valentine's Day Coloring Page
  3. Heart Notepaper
  4. Valentine's Day Baking Coloring Page
  5. Valentine's Day Coloring Pages
  6. Valentine's Day Coloring Pages
  7. Valentine's Day 
  8. Valentine's Day Coloring Page
  9. Teddy With Little Heart
  10. Puppy Hugging
  11. Valentine Kids
  12. Valentine Coloring 
  13. Eeyore Coloring Page
  14. Hearts Coloring Pages

What are your favorite sites to get coloring pages? 

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