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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Scarlet Pimpernel book club
I choose the books I assign for a variety of reasons. Sometimes I choose the book because it matches the time period we're studying. Other times. I choose the book because it has some great ideas to discuss. A few books I choose are because the book
June 2022 in review
Y'all it's been such a busy month I'm sitting down on June 22 to even get started. And with even how busy it was, I have practically no pictures to share. (there are affiliate links in here) Week 1 Look at this, I only have two pictures
Tom Sawyer book club
I knew I wanted my kids to read Huckleberry Finn in 8th grade, and to prepare for that I wanted them to first read Tom Sawyer so they had familiarity with the character. You could totally read one without the other, but I wanted them to read the fun
Active Gospel Presentation
A few weeks ago our church had youth camp. Really it's youth camp, training to lead the VBS our church does. That's right our church VBS is led entirely by our teens, and they do an amazing job. This year they had a new gospel presentation to learn
Marshall Islands Unit
I don't know if this is true (I'm about to go look it up), but I have this vague memory the Marshall Islands has something to do with nuclear testing and definitely has something to do with the Pacific Theater in World War II. I'm actually rewatching
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Fruit of the Spirit bible study
As you all know, I’ve been working through the Bible both with my Sunday School class and at home. For my Sunday School class we just finished up learning about the Fruits of the Spirit. I’m always on the look out for good Bible resources, so when Carlie from So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler […]
The Fiery Furnace Bible story
I was going to attempt to spell out all of the boys’ names, but quite honestly, they’re hard to spell, and it’s much easier to say Fiery Furnace Bible story when talking about this Sunday School lesson. This week I’m trying to get ahead of the game for my Sunday School class, so I’m getting […]
Homeschool History
Louisiana: Ol’ Bloo’s Boogie Woogie Band and Blue’s Ensemble
“Ol’ Bloo’s” is a fun retelling of “Bremen’s Town Musicians.” If you’re not familiar with the tale, it’s about 4 old animals who are about to be “put out to pasture,” and decide instead decide to take off into the wide world and become traveling musicians. The kids thought it was hilarious, and […]
A-Z of Hands on History, Day 1
Raise your hand if history was taught as dates, names, and facts to memorize? You’re raising your hand too. That was my experience for over half of my history career in school. Then I hit high school and my freshman history teacher was interesting. She made even a high school history lesson hands on. Can you […]
Homeschool Science
Favorite Resource this week: Pinterest
I LOVE this site. It’s so addicting, it’s like One Pretty Thing, but it’s only the stuff I like! One of the things I’ve been looking for recently has been activities/crafts for swimming creatures to go with our science text, and here’s what I have so far: Chapter 1 oceans and currents: Experiment from […]
Growing Up Wild Missions Curriculum
Storytime! Growing up I would carefully go through the CBD catalog and pick out books and DVDs I wanted for Christmas, and then I’d wait to see what my Mom picked out of the various items I’d found. One year when my kids were little, she handed them a CBD catalog and asked them to […]