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Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Spending Time with Family Have a Happy Thanksgiving from the Brown Family As we head into Thanksgiving week, I am taking the rest of the week off from blogging to relax and spend time with family. I hope each of you will have a Happy Thanksgiving with your families as well.
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Thanksgiving with Stained Glass
Using Art to Tell the Thanksgiving Story I am not the crafty kind of mom who whips out gorgeous arts and crafts supplies to teach history, geography or even literature. I have a modicum of supplies on hand because, well, let’s face it, I am a homeschooler and my son is very artistic and I keep some supplies to meet his need. There are some things I am good at like Chalking, but generally speaking my crafty things turn out to be trashy things. I saw this Book (Affiliate) “The Little Thanksgiving Stained Glass Coloring Book” and I had this Big Idea that I would use the coloring sheets as a template…
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This Week… New Online Math Started
Feeling Bad while Prepping for Seminar I haven’t felt very good this week. There is a nasty bug going around our area. I think it hit me sometime on Monday into Tuesday. I woke up with a sore throat. I held it off through Thursday when I had to give a seminar, but yesterday it hit hard and I have a headache and a half! This week… Bible: Little Man finished up his lessons on the Judges. What a roller coaster of events. Next week he moves to the book of Ruth. I love the book of Ruth and can’t wait to see it through my sons eyes. Math: We…
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This Week… Fall Break
A Little Homeschool Breathing Time As we finish up the month of October, I decided to take a week off. We have been working pretty diligently for 8 weeks, so it was time for the family to breath a little. I think it’s important to teach our kids to read for fun, not just for school. So I encouraged Little Man to start reading, The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. He spent a good deal of time drawing, playing video games, playing with Lego bricks and watching you-tube Hot wheels videos. I was able to release my first eBook. You can find that on this post: 10 Days of…
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Meal Planning by Keeping a Well Stocked Kitchen
Meal Planning with Ready Supply for Meal Flexibility Keeping a well stocked pantry means meal planning is easy. You’ll find that when you maintain a supply of foods you’ll discover that you don’t have to worry about whether or not you’ll have what you need to get dinner on the table. I love to cook, I love that I can express how I’m feeling through food the food I provide for my family. I love providing satisfying meals but I don’t like being held to a pre-formulated plan.I mean what if the plan says meatloaf, but I’m just not feeling like making a meatloaf? That is why I plan each…
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This Week… Great Peace Academy Summer in Review
Homeschool during Spiritual Ups and Downs Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure for full details. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. This is a long post. A catch you up post on what I’ve been up to these past couple of months. I appreciate all of my followers and want you to know it! Thanks for being a part of my online community. 🙂 I feel like I’ve been through the ringer. The past few months were busy. There were some wonderful family and spiritual times while there were also some very stressful and worrisome times. I haven’t spent a lot of time blogging about all I’ve…
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Top 10 things About my 10 Year Old
Little Man Turns 10 Disclosure: This Post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for complete details and thanks for supporting Great Peace Academy. Happy Birthday to my Little Man. I am struggling with this big birthday because it means he will never be a single digit again. He cracks me up, daily. I continue to be amazed that the Lord chose me to be his mom. I never want to take him for granted. I want to live joyfully in every moment of my time with him. To celebrate his 10th birthday I want to share with you my top 10 things about my Little Man. He…
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Dear Mom, Encouraging Letters for your Heart
Finding Solace For the Weary Mom’s Heart Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links which means I receive a small commission for purchases made to external sites. I received a copy of this product in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own and I am only being compensated through my affiliate relationship. Please visit my disclosure policy for full details. Thank you for your support of Great Peace Academy. Many times a mom is her own worst critic. We get caught up in our own minds, we question ourselves, our motives our hearts. Too often we don’t trust ourselves to do the job which we were uniquely created…
