Woodwater Farmhouse

Welcome friends to a special Farmhouse Friday today.  I am excited to share a curriculum that I found that is fun and educational! This is not a new curriculum, but new to our homeschool.  Years ago, my sister in law passed on some school books and magazines that her son was no longer using and in the pile was was a few items from Highlights . They sat on a shelf for a while,until recently, and collected dust.  I finally got around to pulling some of it out and what I found was a gem!  There was this folder that said secret mission. I opened it and found a fun game/activity that I knew the girls would love.  After they completed it, I knew I had to look into ordering more for them.  Are you familiar with Highlights ?  I am sure you are.  We have used their magazines in our homeschool for years but never their adventure kits.  (in their own words..) For more than 70 years Highlights has been dedica...

Welcome to another Make It Monday !   Where I bring you some totally awesome crafts!  Today's craft is fun for all ages and easy clean up (which I LOVE)! Let's tie dye the stylish way, shall we.   This ain't your mama's tie dye art my friends. This is a new way!  It is from Spin Master   ( coolmaker.com ) and it's called Tidy Dye Station.  Cool Maker gives you all the tools needed to make amazing creations without the mess of traditional tie dye.  There are how-to-videos , blogs and website content to inspire your next creation.  This kit contained two projects:  a headband and a tote bag.   You are free to create your own design or use the suggested ones in the booklet.  Everything that was suppose to be in the kit was there. The only "ingredient" we needed to provide was water.  The instructions were fairly easy to read. After reading through the section...

Today I am coming to you from our homeschool room.  I wanted to chat a minute about a wonderful new curriculum we started using from  BJU Press .  Our Sammie, third grade, recently started Adventures in Reading 3A from BJU Press.  SHE LOVES IT!   My goals for Sammie were to foster the joy of reading and look at stories through a biblical worldview.  Although there are many more goals that BJU Press has for this curriculum such as: encourage fluency teach vocabulary in context enhance comprehension There is more than enough extra teaching information in the Teachers Key.   I am finding myself not even utilizing all the information they give you in the workbook.  We have only been doing the pages that apply to the stories we are reading. They give you extra pages for skills.  I have yet to use the Teacher's Toolkit CD that comes with this curriculum.  That kit contains many aids to assis...

Silverdale Press (from their website)   At Silverdale Press, we understand the desire to provide the best possible education for your children--an education that prepares them for life and cultivates a love of learning.  That is why we have made it our mission to provide homeschooling families and co-ops with high quality educational resources. ​  White House Holiday Christmas Unit Study A Review Silverdale Press is thrilled to announce our brand new homeschool unit studies: White House Holidays . Designed for students in grades K-12, these unit studies will enrich your students’ learning about the history of our national holidays. They will inject fun and meaningful experiences into your homeschool routine and help your family make memories. I had the pleasure of meeting the creators of Silverdale Press at a blogging conference this fall.   One of the things that appealed to me was their unit studies. I love unit st...

Hi Friends - I am so excited to share this special gift that my friend, Hope, has written!   CHRISTMAS PRESENT IDEA!!!! Hope is a mom not unlike you and I. She is a living testimony on what it means to be joyfully present with her family.  Hope is involved in her church, the community, an author and is always there to go the extra Smile Mile !  The Smile Mile  is a book the inspires children to go the extra mile… at home, in school, at church and in their community. In Hope's words:   "This story represents the absolute power of God and is a genuine example of how He utilized my God-given gifts to spread His word. I was inspired to write this story after reading "The Adrian Rogers Legacy Bible" © 2009 by Love Worth Finding Ministries, Inc.; focusing on Mr. Roger's message related to The Beatitudes and going the "Miracle Mile". This story was born in hopes that children (and families) all over the world will be inspired to ap...

Today I am excited to share with you a new tool for your homeschool students, as well as one for yourself. My Student Logbook was created out of necessity!  Corina has a great story to share with you as how this all came about.  You are invited to click over and read all about it.   HER STORY. When I was contacted by Corina about her student logbook I was intrigued.  We had not really tracked anything much in our homeschool (except attendance) and I saw this as an opportunity to get more organized on both the student and teacher level. I was impressed with the quality of the book and loved the cover design she picked out for us.  It does come in MANY different themes that you can pick from.  The set up was easy to follow using their video provided on their website but there are also written instructions inside the logbook. Zachary was excited to get started.   We used it for a week and I found that Zachary had ...

It's Monday which means I am sharing with you a review of a fun teaching product from Creative Teaching Press .   If you missed our review of last week you can see all about  at  Mini Magnet Books.  This week, I have another exciting review.  Reading and Math Combined Workbook These workbooks are great. The pictures are big, the colors are bright and they appeal to the youngings.  There is so much content in these books, you will have lessons for weeks on end! I LOVE CTP approach to the 3 easy steps to learning! Achieve reading success through expertly written stories designed to support beginning readers. Build thinking skills with questions that boost vocabulary and develop comprehension. Practice skills smartly through engaging activities devised to help children extend their  mastery of the skills covered in each story. We love the stories from the Learn to Read series and the skills worksheets that ...