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Homeschooling From the Trenches
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Our adventure in homeschooling. Contains product reviews and advice for homeschooling parents.
Recent Posts
Meet Me At The Corner–Free Resource
Today I want to share a great resource I just discovered: Meet Me At The Corner. This website is filled with virtual field trips and a virtual book club. The videos are short and are made by kids for kids. You can visit a museum or a zoo. How...
All Hail to Jammie Day
Perhaps one of the funnest things that I choose to do in our homeschool is declare a Jammie Day. This is simply a day where I declare that we will stay in our pajamas all day long as we work through our school work. While it is perhaps unconventional...
Growing Pains
So I have recently been reminded (and alarmed) that the rate of speed that a boy grows is not even remotely consistent with any sense of normal. My child has not only gotten taller these past few weeks, but his shoulders have broadened at an alarming...
Luscious Lemon Meringue Pie
Every Thanksgiving, I make my husband’s very favorite pie, which is Lemon Meringue. He loves the tart-tang and so do I. This pie delivers just the right amount of tart and tang, without providing too much of a mouth pucker or being too sweet. ...
Scrumptious Cream Pies
One of my very favorite pies growing up was my mom’s Banana Cream Pie. It wasn’t that I loved the banana part so much—it was the custard. I used to get in trouble for sneaking tastes from the pan as it was cooling. My mom would sometimes ...
Brenda’s Cherry Pie
“Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Can she make a cherry pie, Charming Billy?” I always think of this little nursery rhyme song whenever I make this favorite pie for my family. I think that cherry pie is probably one of my very f...

