Woodwater Farmhouse

It's Friday and it's a Good Friday in all sense of the word!  I am happy to be back linking up to my good friend, Mary from Homegrown Learners (don't you just love that name!)    We were very busy this week with Easter teachings and other fun activities!  Today we have off!  (kids still fighting this darn head cold with cough 8( ) Last Sunday, Palm Sunday , the children performed at church. Molly had the pleasure of performing a ballet to Lord I lift Your Name on High .  All the children sang like songbirds.  You can see Zachary in the brown and white shirt loving Jesus from his heart so much, with his hands in the air!  Makes my heart melt to see how much they love Jesus and church.  We made birdhouses for our fine feathered friends out of a recycled juice container.  Designer Chevron pattern! We are suppose to go celebrate the day later at a friends property - 16 acres - kids can be with nature and coo...

I am finding some fun learning resources for Easter and Spring and wanted to share quickly with you all... Easter Pack - 3 Dinosaurs - there are 100's of pages broken out in Parts from 3 Dinosaurs. FREE for the downloading!  go HERE to get started! (great for Pre K - K or young 1st graders) Spring Printable Pack - 3 Dinosaurs - again 100's of pages broken down in Parts from 3 Dinosaurs.   GO HERE to find all the downloads.  Flower unit - 2 Teaching Mommies  - this pack is sooo cute. Great for your little preschooler. Keeps them busy for hours! Free for the Download HERE! Rain Unit - 2 Teaching Mommies - again this pack is perfect for your little preschooler - into to Science!  Go HERE to download! FREE curriculum files over at  CurrClick : - not sure how long these will be FREE but as of today they still are! Peeps Mental Math - Addition & Subtraction to 20, 40, 100  -  This digital packet includes Peeps-themed men...

It's been a wonderful time away from daily blogging and most of social media.  As most you might know, I shut down our  Joys of Home Educating  Facebook page  (as well as my personal page)  and took a blogging break for a month.  Rediscovering WHY we homeschool and WHAT our family goals are - has been a wake up call.     WHY I blog ... blogging with intention and not FOR attention ...Blogging because I have something important to add to the homeschooling community.  Getting back to basics is our new family motto!   Thank you for all the nice comments and emails with concern as to what happened, but I can tell you with 100% honesty, LIFE is happening and I was missing it..Missing it because the computer took up my time..idolizing what others thought of my work, my thoughts, my passions.   Little children, keep yourselves from idols.        1 John 5:21 Always growing as a mom, wife, d...