Homeschooling The Fear Factor

Now I know that not everyone that reads my blog homeschools, some of you have thought about it though and are fearful. I came across this great blog post about fear and homeschooling. It's a good thing to have some fear, that way you will make a serious decision and not just jump right in. Home education is a lot to think about and a big task, but the out comes and rewards will last into Eternity.
http://teachingmy3.blogspot.com/2012/06/monsters-of-homeschooling-fear.html The post is entitled Monsters of Homeschooling: FEAR.

Be encouraged and not faint hearted.

Moe

Freebie Freebie Freebie

 





Found this awesome site today with tons of free printables for your household and homeschool. See what ya think.
http://www.ihomeschoolnetwork.com/free-household-organizational-printables/

Have a wonderful week!!

Moe

Pizzelle Cookies: gluten & corn free!

I did some cooking yesterday, I found some Gluten Free Bisquick at our local salvage store for $2.49: that is a BARGIN! It's almost $5.00 a box at our grocery store. I found the Pizzelle recipe on the ezgf blogspot checkout her other great recipes too.

 One of my favorite cookies before being diagnosed were Pizzelle. They are light, crisp Italian cookies that are just delightful. You can flavor them however you like. I have a Pizzelle make that I bought from Taste Of Home, it makes Pizzelles, waffles and filled sandwiches. I made some rolled up cannoli shells, flat cookies and some dessert shells (add ice cream or fruit to them for a pretty dessert). You can also shape them into ice cream cones. 

These tasted really good, I would say about 98% of what I remember from the gluten kind  :O)

Enjoy!
Moe

 

Come see what I made during my mental health day!

I was wanting to spruce up our school room and with the recent discussions about Workboxes, I thought I would start there. So I decided to get out my Cricut machine and goof around a bit on my mental health day. LOL.......here is what I made.

I used the Locker Talk Cricut Cartridge and laminated the items that I made. These were very easy to make. Here are a few close up shots.

Here is our pencil, ink pen/marker and Post-It Note bins.

The infamous Post-It Note drawer......lol.  My guys won't let me live this one down!

 

 Our reading & language bin, DS says we need to change this to Literature this year since he is in Junior High now.....we shall see about that  ;O)

 

 As I read through the Too Much Stuff book from author Kathryn Porter I have come to realize that I have some clutter issues, one that I found was POST-IT Notes, I have about 15,000 sheets of Post-It Notes. I got them on sale one time and thought, I would use them. So lets just say I have a drawer full. I will post a picture with my book review next week. Back to the Workboxes, I had a lot of fun making these and the mental health days was good for me. I spent the afternoon listening to homeschool convention tapes (yes cassette tapes, I borrowed from a friend, but the information was still very relevant.)

Hubby was pretty impressed with these new Workbox labels, he says it makes me a better mom when I take some time for me on occasion.

 

Take some time for you and have some fun this weekend!

Moe

 

 

Teacher FREEBIE!!

http://hip2save.com/2012/09/07/free-mastermind-board-game-for-teachers/

 

 

While supplies last. Since we are home educators we are considered teachers. You will need a school name to request this freebie, so come up with one if you have not already.

Let me know if you get your game in the mail. A thank you to our blog ready Cathy for this FREEBIE!!

 

Moe

SALE over at my favorite website!!

SALE over at my favorite website!! TheLearningParent.com is offering

25% Off all Scripture Memory Resources 

Use Promo Code: MEMORIZE

 

https://www.thelearningparent.com/products.asp?cat=43

That is a link to the Scripture memory items that are 25% off at the checkout. I've have personally bought the Daily Wisdom Cards, James Cards (with the CD of the book of James), and a bunch more.

 

 

  

We have been so blessed by the resources offered at Thelearningparent.com. I've seen both of the authors Rick Boyer & Marilyn Boyer speak in person, they are such an encouragement to our family.

 

Moe

(I receive NOTHING for this post, just wanted to let you know about this deal from a great family owned company.)

 

 

LOVE THIS!!

I just came across this and it looks really cool!!

I've been doing some home organization and de-cluttering this week, so I'm looking for ideas to use the space that I have been blessed with.

I know as homeschoolers our kids do not have lockers, but boy this could work really well in a small space with a closet. Hang up your school supplies and books, all hidden away in a closet!! It's affordable too. Around $25.00.

 

 LockerWorks Hanging Locker Organizer

 

Comes in several different color choices and Amazon.com sell it. I'm an Amazon.com junkie! lol.......LOVE that company. It does have a lot of good reviews.

Thinking that if I come across some extra pocket $$$ I will have to get one of these.

 

Have a great week!

 

What is a Workbox?

Now that back to school is in full swing for most of us. I get asked questions about how I handle homeschool organization. Well here goes. WORKBOXES!! Love the idea but I refused to pay the high prices for the actual Workbox system. So off to Hobby Lobby I went with 40% off coupons in hand. I bought these bins and they have worked well for us for a few years. And so why change a good thing! Plus having a small home it works great in keeping clutter down and things in their place.
I used my Cricut machine to label each drawer. I like to have about 6 weeks of material ready to go (I know in a dream world that always happens....lol). Things are in a disarray around here right now as we started school and then our son's birthfamily came to visit for 5 days, so we had vacation time from school. I'm needing to get a planning day together and get organized.

Each drawer in my workbox system contains what is needed for each subject. That way things are NOT strewn about the house. (I'm learning a lot of things from reading the Too Much Stuff book by Kathryn Porter). Once Science is done, it goes back in the science drawer or math, it goes right back in the math drawer. If I'm sick or I have to be gone for the day, it's all right there. No comments like "I can't find my history book." "I can't find my math test." It's all right there in the drawer. The 3 middle size drawers to the left of my Workbox system contain flashcards & class games, craft supplies are in the 2 bottom ones. The smaller set of drawers to the left of those contain packages of pens, pencils, markers, sticky notes (anyone else have an obsession with sticky notes? I lol........I have like 10 million pads of those crazy things!).

So that my friends is my Workbox system. Works for us and we love it! Share what works for you!
Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!
Moe