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Summer Dinner Idea: Coconut Lime Chicken
Summer is heating up! I’m finding it hard to keep up with watering my flowers. I’d love to heat up the grill for some good summer time barbecue, but honestly, it’s just too hot to stand over the grill. I needed a summer dinner idea that was zesty and delicious but wouldn’t entail me standing over a hot stove or grill for half the day. This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sites. I know a lot of people find that using the oven isn’t their idea of the best way to cook in the summer time. But, I gotta say, next to the slow cooker, or rice…
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35 Sensational Summer Dinners Every Family will Love
I love sitting on the deck in the early evening with my family enjoying nature and sharing with each other over summer dinners. Whether we cook on the grill or I cook inside and bring it outside to eat doesn’t matter, the goal is gathering in the great outdoors for a wonderful summer meal. I don’t know about you but summer has arrived with a blast of heat and humidity where I live. We went from wintery frost to the hot days of summer around here pretty quickly. I want to continue to have meals on the deck throughout the summer months whenever weather is permitting. Which is why I’ve…
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Books for Teens Who Love Fantasy Story Video Games
Teaching homeschooled teens who are fascinated with fantasy story video games can prove to be a challenge. If it seems as if they are so engrossed with video game play that they think of little else, it can seem as if it’s impossible to get them to actively engage in any other form of learning. But, if you meet them where they are you’ll be more likely to inspire them. To do this you have to realize that fantasy story video games are just that, stories. Which means your child likes the fantasy story that goes along with the games. So instead of requiring them to read material they aren’t…
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Ten Free Learning Programs for the Summer
Summer is a great time for sprinklers, water guns, tree climbing and nature hikes. But it’s also a great time for no-pressure learning. Free learning programs make learning even better. Be sure to read all the way through to the end to discover all ten free learning programs. This post is a sponsored post containing links to 3rd party sites. I’m being fairly compensated for the blog post. Which is why I wanted to tell you about these marvelously free programs from the Homeshcool Buyer’s Co-op that you can utilize to offer your kids some fun, extra, often forgotten learning experiences. Whether it’s shoring up their grammar skills, diving into…
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100+ Homeschooling Gifted Resources
Challenging the Gifted Mind Homeschooling is daunting for anyone. Factor in the child who has an intense need for more mental challenge and any homeschool mom would find herself feeling overwhelmed. Because these children learn, understand and assimilate information at a faster rate, they become bored quicker and lose interest thinking they have mastered a given problem or puzzle. This post contains affiliate ad links. They have a constant need for more, more information, more challenges, more puzzles, and more knowledge. Have you ever had a child come in from playing outside on a hot day, and they get a glass of water and drink it down…
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Embracing Gifted Intensity
If you are the parent of a gifted child and haven’t learned about gifted intensity you most likely have experienced it. Emotions are a part of every human life. Emotional Intensity is as natural for a gifted individual as breathing. Children who have minds that process neurological functions at a faster rate also process emotions at a faster rate. Parenting Children with Gifted Intensity As parents to a gifted child, we can choose how we will respond to emotionally intense moments. We can choose to embrace the reality that our children are intense and learn to work with and teach coping skills. We can choose to embrace the heart matter realizing…
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Gifted Homeschooling and the Need for More
One thing that is obvious from even the earliest of ages is that a child who has a gifted mind has an intense need for more. By more, I mean more of everything. A gifted child needs more opportunity, more information, more understanding, more encouragement. They have more emotions, more intensity, more cognition. They exhibit more knowledge,more understanding, more intensity, more anxiety, more excitement, more sensitivity, and often more energy. They simply want, need, and are more. Be sure to see my series on Gifted Homeschooling This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sites. Gifted Homeschooling when Your Child Needs More I want to break…
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10 Ideas for Father’s Day Gifts under $25
Father’s Day is coming up soon. I’m never one to be very good at buying or sending gifts in a timely fashion. It’s embarrassing really. So much so that if I don’t plan ahead and get something before the date, be it birthday or holiday, then I just don’t get/send anything. There really is no excuse for this bad behavior. My husband is a great father. As my son get’s older I’m seeing him reach out more and more for his dad. He’s seeking to emulate him, and grow into the man he is to become. It’s a beautiful thing. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. This year, I’ve purposed…
