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 came … keep on reading
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The Hand Gospel Presentation
Way back when I was in high school we learned many different gospel presentations, and the one that at the time was the most complicated and I had the hardest time learning was the hand gospel presentation. Fast forward a few decades, and it is
6th-grade books made into movies
In my ever-expanding books made into a movie series, and my continued plan to make my blog a bit more usable for people, and break that ridiculously long list down into grade levels, I now present to you 6th-grade books made into movies. (there
Brazil Unit
Hi, Future Ticia 2023 here, we went back and studied Brazil again in high school and it was a more thorough study, since it wasn't just cooking lots of food. So, I'm combining the two posts to create one uber Brazil unit that is perfect for your
Birds Unit
I think of all of our science lessons this was one of my kids’ favorite biology units. They loved our birds unit because it afforded them so many opportunities to make things and to act out what they learned. (there are affiliate links in
4 Find Jesus at the temple crafts
I think there are some really interesting crafts you can do with the Boy Jesus at the temple. When brainstorming new Bible lessons, all of the fun Boy Jesus at the temple crafts I could do. It turned into a whole slew of fun ideas. (there are
Sunday School and Family Discipleship
Moses crossing the Red Sea activities
When I teach Moses crossing the Red Sea to my Sunday School I like to make it into a “walking and talking lesson.” It’s usually the middle of winter and they’ve been cooped up with bad weather, also I want them to think about why the Israelites might be complaining. So, the lesson is delivered while […]
Solomon’s temple activities
Most Solomon’s temple activities revolve around making your own model of Solomon’s temple, and I have to admit that’s a great deal of what we focused on in our lesson this week at home (our family discipleship), though in my Sunday School class we spend a lot of time talking through his bad decisions. Last […]
Homeschool History
Great US history resource: Understanding the Constitution
I’ve had several conversations recently with friends that do not understand the ideas behind our constitution. These are adults who graduated from college and are more or less well-educated. How do people lose track of what is important and what is not? They don’t value where we’ve come from and how we got here. They […]
Adapting classic books to younger children
I love Classics, I should rephrase that. I love some Classics, Dickens still causes me to shudder with horrible memories of reading Great Expectations. But, I love the vocabulary they expose my kids to. Reading higher level books is why my kids will say something is “hilarious” not funny. Or tell you they find an […]
Homeschool Science
Get messy and learn how to separate a mixture
After one of our first homeschool science lessons this year I came up with what I thought was a brilliant application of our chemistry lesson. The chemistry lesson was all about the difference between a mixture and a compound, and I thought, “I’ll give them a mixture and have them figure out how to separate […]
Dental Health lesson
When we reached the chapter on digestion in our anatomy unit, I had all sorts of plans for what I was going to do for our science lessons, and then this fall hit and most of them didn’t happen. I was very happy our dental health lesson did happen because my kids are abysmal at […]