We like to collect holiday related books. So far we have St. Patrick, Easter, Thanksgiving, Fall, Christmas, Advent, and even a Hannukah book! We’re still building our library. (We might finish about the time we don’t need them anymore.) ;0) I really enjoy finding great books that share the history or the reason for holidays, and usually the kids are quite content and amiable to sitting and listening to a …
Supplementing the Mystery of History with Heritage History Classics
Those of you who know me in person or have read my blog for any length of time have probably had a chance to hear me go on and on about how much I love, LOVE, The Mystery of History. I’ve had the pleasure of introducing several of my IRL friends and online homeschool friends to it, and helping them see the MOH light. I’m crazy about the fact that …
12 Days of Easter ~ Resurrection Eggs
Many of you have already seen the Resurrection Eggs before, I’m sure. Initially, we tried to use these to improve our Easter Egg hunts but finally, we stopped doing the hunts altogether. No judging here, we just found that when there are candy eggs, they take center stage. It’s hard to pay attending to anything else! But we still had these plastic Resurrection Eggs – what to do with those? …