Archives for Healthy Reading, Homeschooling

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 [...]

Recycling

Did you know that there is money in the garbage? Well, right now it looks like aluminum cans. We (Bradley and Brett) have found that recycling is a great way to make money. If you are ever in need of some money, just collect aluminum cans. You may have some in your garbage. You can [...]

Thanksgiving

At this time of year we always hear admonitions to “be thankful”. That’s easy to say but have you ever thought about how we become thankful, practically speaking? It doesn’t make for good Hallmark card fodder but being truly thankful can often only come by having been through trials and tribulations. Think about it. How [...]

Birth of a Foal

Beautiful horse footage of a precious moment in time! Our oldest son (Brennan) worked at GoldenGael Farms and was present for the birth a horse’s foal.  He volunteered to edit their video footage.  This is vintage editing work from years before he started his business Mission Media Video (www.MissionMediaVideo.com).   After you watch the birth video [...]