To Every Purpose

My daughter knows that a stop sign is an octagon. But to help her identify the difference between an octagon and other shapes, we made a var...

Our homeschool group has been studying issues of conservation and the environment over the last 3 weeks. The kids have done various Earth Da...

After the recent controversy surrounding an article on a Chicago school, which, in a poorly-executed plan to encourage healthier lunches for...

My kids love Orange Juice Pops. They love making them and eating them. They are equal in high scores for both their simplicity and delight. ...

With spring, comes the study of butterflies. I put together a Butterfly Unit Study for our homeschool co-op, with loads of activities I'...

You can see from my Just Ducky post how small our ducks were just a month ago when we first got them. They are so much fun to watch grow an...

My daughter loves to paint. Even better, she loves painting with her grandmother; they tackle various painting projects together, painting r...

My husband is an excellent smoker. Of meat that is. He's never been a "smoker" like the kind outlawed in Michigan's public...

"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children." -Charles Swindoll. This quote has been a favorite o...

Don't tell me spring is not on the way. I have the proof. Not in the way of marshmallow peeps and plastic eggs we are all wheeling our s...