His Mercy is New

Caleb’s 1st day of chores

Bragging on My Kids· Family· Parenting

I have been slowly working with Caleb on doing little chores in the morning. His list is not nearly as long as the girls, but he does have a few chores that he is capable of! So, today, for the first time, I put up a chore chart for him! He was super excited when he woke up, to see his own chore chart beside the girls pages! He excitedly ran to do each chore and then come back to put the sticker on! I hope his excitement lingers for awhile! I put pictures on his chart instead of words, so ... Read More about Caleb’s 1st day of chores

The Election – for younger children

Unit Studies

We are learning all about the election this week! This will include a variety of activities from lots of different sources. So, this post will mostly be some links to share with you! If you are in my area, I also had a friend tell me that the library in Morristown is doing some cool election stuff for kids; we may try and get there one day this week! Ideas, Links & Activities *print off pictures of candidates onto cardstock, cut around face, glue onto popsicle sticks and VOILA - ... Read More about The Election – for younger children

Tree & Leaf lapbook

Autumn· Lapbooks· Nature Study

We finished up our tree and leaf unit today because tomorrow we won’t be doing school. We had a great week learning about trees and doing fun fall leaf crafts. Here is the lapbook we finished today. The front of our lapbooks The inside of our lapbook: on the right hand side is a fall acrostic poem we did together, labeling the parts of a leaf from HSS and a leaf poem I printed off. This is the blue extension when it opens, a fall tree craft with torn paper. Then we made a book of a few of ... Read More about Tree & Leaf lapbook

A Little Redecorating

Family· Household Stuff

I really love decorating, setting a pretty table, changing flowers and ribbons for the seasons…but I usually don’t do a whole lot because it just costs so much to re-do things and buy new things! Buuuuuuut…I did a few things this week that didn’t cost me a whole lot and I just had to tell you about the sales I found! If you are redecorating and need a few things for your walls, you should head to Kohl’s. Most of their wall decor is 60% off. I got several things for less than $10, and there ... Read More about A Little Redecorating

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