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25 days of Christmas fun and giving

25 days of Christmas fun and giving

For the last several years our family has had a tradition on the 25 days leading up to Christmas where we map out a month with giving, silliness, and traditions. We wring out every last BIT of holiday spirit from the season! This is not for the faint of heart…but with some good preplanning…..and a […]

Carnival of the Animals resources

The Mobile Symphony will be performing The Carnival of the Animals by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. To help prepare students for this exciting experience, these worksheets will help your school meet Alabama arts standards and connect the work to literature/language arts. Carnival coloring book (lower elem.) CARNIVAL info – Elementary School Carnival Match Up (Lower […]

Inauguration Day Resources

Inauguration Day Resources

Here are four links that are an excellent one stop shop of resources for you to squeeze everything educational you can out of inauguration day.  First: Learn more about the history of inauguration day with the lesson plans in Presidential Inaugurations: I Do Solemnly Swear. This includes lessons, videos, and photos of past inaugurations and […]

Teach the World!

Teach the World!

Geography ‘Geography is often defined in terms of two branches: human geography and physical geography. Human geography deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place. Physical geography deals with the study of processes and patterns in the […]

10 Fantastically Homeschool Friendly Field trips on the Gulf Coast!

10 Fantastically Homeschool Friendly Field trips on the Gulf Coast!

Homeschoolers come with their own unique field trip challenges. From the wide age ranges of our kids, a multitude of chaperones, and sometimes little bitties in strollers and carriers, to the many payments, many cars, and many personalities that come with us! We aren’t your average group to take on! Our community appreciates those that […]

Early enrollment tips, tricks, and what that cost will look like!

Early enrollment tips, tricks, and what that cost will look like!

One of my biggest regrets as I sent my oldest two off to college as high school graduates, was everything I wish I had known sooner! The money we could have saved, and where they could already be in their continued education, makes me cringe a little. This is one area where I wish we […]