Welcome to our little corner of the world. I'm Ticia, and I'll be guiding you on this journey here, so let me tell you a little bit about myself and our life here. I'm a former elementary teacher who decided to stay home with her twins when they were born, daycare would not have made sense on a teacher's salary, besides I'd always wanted to stay home with my kids. When I was teaching I always loved finding hands-on ways to teach a concept, and that continued with my kids when I … keep on reading
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Burundi Unit
You want to know how I learned about Burundi? I have a friend who BC (Before Covid) would fly over there once a year or so and help run a school for women to learn how to sew. Then they would have the skills and the equipment to open up a shop and
Man in the Iron Mask book club
Back when Leonardo DiCaprio was the guy every girl I knew had a crush on, he was in Man in the Iron Mask. Now, I assumed because it was Leonardo DiCaprio that this was not a particularly good movie, and it was only created to make girls go watch the
Czechia Unit
I thoroughly enjoyed frustrating my daughter mispronouncing Czechia, or what was once known as the Czech Republic. That and we may have spent way more time than anyone else might have making jokes about defenestration. Yes, sometimes our geography
Word in Motion homeschool Bible curriculum
Way back when I was in middle school my church had this weekend retreat where we could all learn the BIG STORY of the Bible. We spent the weekend learning the major events and motions to go with each event to help us learn what happened when. Fast
Vatican City unit
Sometimes there are some weird facts you learn about. As we studied history for the last couple of years, the kids have been wildly amused as the Papal States have been a minor player off and on for much of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, so I knew
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
What is the body of Christ? Am I a part of it?
It’s been a few months since I’ve done a homeschool Bible lesson. I’ll admit that’s because as the kids get older they’ve headed more and more towards independent reading and study. But, in Sunday School I’m supposed to be teaching the Gospel Project lessons, so I’m prepping new stuff now. This led to the question, […]
The Perfect HIgh School Graduation Present
In a moment, we’ll return you to the perfect high school graduation present, but first a story. In a scary moment, I’ve realized my high school years happened over 2 decades ago. I bring this up because at a youth group retreat our youth pastor played a scene from Dead Poet’s Society, where Mr. Keating […]
Homeschool History
Creation story writing prompt
The first two weeks of Mystery of History 1 (affiliate link) feel more like Sunday School than they do homeschool history. They’re almost all lessons we’ve covered recently as we studied Genesis. When it came time to come up with something different I was at a bit of a loss, then I came up with a […]
World War 2 unit for elementary
One of my favorite authors sent out an email reminding us this week is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. I was lucky enough to be in France during the 50th anniversary of D-Day, and in honor of that I’d like to share with you all of our World War 2 unit for elementary. World War […]
Homeschool Science
Teach your kids how animals are classified
Sometimes a great homeschool science lesson just requires a few pictures and a willingness to sit back and let the kids go at it. This animal classification lesson is one of those types of lessons. The kids took it and ran. {This post contains affiliate links marked with a *. For more information read […]
Ultimate Guide to homeschool Chemistry for Middle School
This coming year the kids and I are learning all about chemistry in our homeschool science. I’m super excited about this, and much more inspired to get started with homeschool chemistry than I ever was about biology this year (hey, we’ve spent 3 years already teaching zoology and anatomy). To continue the trend of the […]