As home-schoolers, although we still pay taxes that support public schooling, we have the additional expense of purchasing our curriculum. There are more teaching/learning methods and curriculum choices now days than there are flavors of ice cream but it wasn’t always that way. Pioneers on the home school prairie had to “make their own”. Homemade [...]
Archives for March 2011
Healthy Humor
The Bible says that: “A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance,” Proverbs 15:13 NKJV “…he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.” Proverbs 15:15 NKJV and that: “A merry heart does good, like medicine,” Proverbs 17:22 NKJV Good humor and laughter are healing to the spirit, soul and body so we’ll be [...]
Fear, Worry, Anxiety
“Ain’t Skeered” Have you seen the bumper stickers that say “Ain’t Skeered”? Perhaps not, maybe they don’t have those in countries other than the U.S. or maybe not even in any other part of the U.S. than the southeast! Well, if you haven’t seen them, or you don’t know what they mean, fear not! We [...]
Educational Goals
Back to school at our house is, well, still at home – since we home school. Although we have a different schedule during the summer months our learning never stops. We school year ’round, ’round the clock ’round here! We think you could really call it life learning. Whether we are of school age or [...]
Laundry Soap & Fabric Softener
We’re a little sensitive around here – well our skin is – to harsh detergents that is. We’re always looking for healthy alternatives to everything. One natural alternative we’ve found recently has saved our hides, our planet and our pocketbook! This LAUNDRY SOAP recipe is good for sensitive skin, non-toxic for the environment, inexpensive, quick [...]
Disaster Preparedness
As we pondered our preparedness for disastrous, out of the ordinary or just plain inconvenient situations we started thinking that there is more to being prepared than what items you have stocked up. What you know can make the difference between life and death. If you need to know what to do and how to [...]
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy We love having company and sharing time with other families, because we love people. It wasn’t always that way in the Anderson home. Years ago we hardly ever had company and didn’t spend much quality time with anyone. We didn’t think we had the time but the reality is that we didn’t really have [...]
Family Reading
Summer is a great time to begin reading a new book. You can read a book while on an adventurous vacation or read of a great adventure in your own home. Whether lounging on the beach or hanging in a hammock or curled up with a lantern during a summer storm power outage you can [...]
Book Review
If you need a good book to read by candle light in a storm this one will blow you away! Brett and I (Bradley) wanted to let all of our buddies know about this awesome book entitled Ryann Watters and the Kings Sword. It’s cool that the setting is in a real town not far [...]
Storm Tracking
A great summer activity for kids of any age is to track hurricanes. My brothers and I (Brennan) have charted storms in the past and have found it to be informative, easy, and fun. In addition, graphing storms teaches meteorology as well as longitude and latitude. To get started, all you need is a tracking [...]
