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50 Awesome Marriage Quotes to Inspire Joy and Peace
Sometimes I like to pop in here to the blog and share a bit of marriage or family inspiration. I don’t know about your but I find great inspirational quotes to motivate me to love more, do more, and be a better wife, and mom. Which is why I’ve gathered 50 of my favorite marriage quotes to share with you. …
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6 STEM Gifts for Smart Kid Middle Schoolers
If you’ve been around Great Peace Academy before you know my son loves all things science, technology, engineering, art, and math. In other words he loves STEM activities. Below I’m sharing 6+ STEM gifts for kids who are enthralled by these areas of learning. His mind is constantly active and it’s hard even for him to fall asleep at night…
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How to Expand Gifted Learning Opportunities on a Budget
Being mom to a child with gifted learning abilities can be so frustrating when your family lives on a tight homeschool budget. Because we have chosen homeschooling for our son’s education the entire responsibility for educating our learner is on us. Knowing that he has an insatiable thirst for more and more knowledge I’m constantly feeling behind the curve, as…
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How to Offer Homeschool Field Trips the Virtual Way
I love a good field trip! Field trips have been a staple of homeschools for many years. Field trips can be one of the best ways to broaden learning and open up minds to more knowledge, and possibilities. That’s the fun thing, because it’s during a field trip that a child can see beyond what they know to think about what might…
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How to Spark Creativity with Homeschool Art Lessons
I’ve known for a very long time that my son had a unique gift when it comes to artwork. He can just sort of see something in his mind, and before you know it he puts it to paper in amazing detail. He kind of sees things in 3 dimensions. I’ve wanted to provide him with homeschool art lessons for…
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Keeping Your Family Safe Online: Gryphon Update on Kickstarter
Do you remember a couple of weeks ago I shared with you the Easy to Use Parental Control Tool for Online Safety, Gryphon? I wanted to share with you a Gryphon update and let you know how their kickstarter campaign is going. It looks like the campaign is going very well, so far. This is a sponsored post about a product…
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How I’ve Grown as a Blogger over the Years
Have You Wondered How to Become a Blogger? I’m a writer. I love writing and have always enjoyed writing in various forms. A few years ago I wanted to expand my writing so that others could read my work. I guess you could say I wanted a bigger audience. So I started blogging. Learning how to be a blogger took…
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A Reader Asks… Should I Have a Homeschool Name?
A while ago I received a question from a reader who asks: “Should I have a homeschool name ? If so, how do you decide?” ~Vicky Vicky and I chatted for a bit and I asked her to think about her homeschool purpose. Then I got to thinking that maybe others could benefit from this discussion. So I’m sharing some tips…