We spent a lot of extra time this week getting Hannah and Zach ready for their Bible Drill Competions. Hannah competes in the State Bible Drill tomorrow, Saturday. Zach competes in his Association Bible Drill Sunday afternoon. His State Drill isn’t for a couple of weeks. If he wins Association and goes on to State. Look for results and pictures next week. Go Hannah! Go Zach!

The only picture I have to share this week is of Hannah’s kitchen adventures. She loves cooking, baking, and all sorts of kitchen activities. She’s still been working through Vintage Remedies for Girls, which has now become part of the new book Vintage Remedies for Tweens, as part of her Home Ec class.  Here’s a link to my review. She made ricotta cheese and cream cheese following the instructions in the book. They both were easy, and came out great. Both were delicious! Since pictures of soft white cheese don’t show the product very well, here’s a picture of the cheesecake she made with the ricotta cheese. So delicious! I can’t wait for more of her kitchen creations! lol

This week I posted a couple of reviews for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew. I reviewed God’s Great Covenant and Christian Kids Explore Biology . Go check them out!

 

Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:

The ChemCollective – Virtual Chemistry Lab
Online Chemistry Labs
How to Create Homeschool Printables
Extracurricular Activities Example Sheet – a sample to follow for making your own

Affording the Large Family Homeschool
Cover Pages for Notebooks
School ADD Isn’t Homeschool ADD
Starting Your Day With the Lord

 

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I have spent this week trying to keep the kids on track while their cousins were on spring break. Not an easy task. lol So they did some school work, and spent a lot of time playing with the cousins.

They found a tree frog the other day. We have a lot of tree frogs around here.

What surprised me about this one was that it would play dead. While I was taking pictures, it got turned on it’s back and it just laid there. If my son turn it over, it would try to hop away. It was really funny.

On Easter Sunday, the kids made candy. It’s been a family tradition for a number of years for the kids to make their own Easter Candy. I bought this mold when I just had two kids, about 19 years ago I think. The two halves snap together for making a solid or hollow bunny. Some years, like this year, we make solid bunnies in half the mold for each person. This year, we made chocolate peanut butter bunnies. Yummy!

This tradition means we get to spend time together making candy. AND we don’t end up buying a lot of candy at the store. AND it tastes better than store bought!  Here’s Zack with his bunny. He’s the only one that agreed to let me post his picture. lol

 

I posted a couple of reviews for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew this past week.  AIMS Educational Foundation From Head to Toe and the Write with World writing curriculum. I liked them both, so stop over and read what I thought about them.

 

Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:
Genesis – Verse by Verse
High School Planning
High School Planning Part 2
Making a Wind Instrument

Study Guide – State Birds of the 50 United States
Homeschool Blindspots
Alternative Workbox Ideas
iHomeschool Network 10 Days Series – lots of homeschool posts

 

 

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We’ve had a great week back from having last week off. Our week started on Sunday, with Hannah’s Association Bible Drill Competition. She earned a perfect score and is headed to the State Bible Drill Competition later this month.

Congratulations Hannah!

Zach helped Dad with a project outside by sawing the wood. By hand. I had fun taking pictures and videos. It was his first time using a saw, and his face when he was finished was priceless.

I walked into the living room the other day and found Hannah laying in the middle of the floor. I asked her if she was sleeping or passed out. lol I guess studying Biology does make someone want to take a nap. lol

Abby and Zack did a science experiment last night. At 10 o’clock. With cookies and frosting. Gotta love homeschooling! lol

We did an experiment from The Earth Book. I reviewed this book for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew. You can read my review of The Earth Book.

In case your wondering, the frosting is magma, and the cookies are continental plates. Crackers were the oceanic plates.  They liked doing a science experiment they could eat. lol

 

Hannah made Matza bread today. This was her first time making it, as I’ve always made it in the past. I had her make gluten free so I could eat it, too.

I shared the recipe she used in my This Weeks Favorites Easter and Passover post.

 

Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:

The War of Independence – A Multiple Choice Quiz – Free
Homeschool Mosaics – A brand new website just opened this week! I love it!
4 tips for Managing a Home Class with Kids of Different Ages and Abilities

High School Graduation Requirements Chart – For Kentucky
Micro Business For Teens – I’ve heard good things about this curriculum
A List of Books used in the Ambleside Curriculum – many free, even if you don’t use Ambleside, this is a great list of books.

 

 

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Sunday night, I looked at the calendar and realized that this week was Sabbath Week for us! The kids were very happy! I have to say I was happy, too!

We’ve had a nice, peaceful Sabbath Week.

We worked in the gardens some. Some worked on crafts and computers. And they’ve had lots of playtime with cousins.

Last Sunday, Hannah and Zachary had their Church Bible Drill Competitions. There was one other little boy in Zacks drill. I felt so sorry for Zack. He froze. 🙁  After a few questions, he pulled it together and finished great. He scored high enough to go on to the Association Drill. I told him I was so proud of him for not running off the stage. For staying and fighting through it, to pull it together with a strong finish. A lot of kids wouldn’t have stayed and tried. They would have ran off the stage. A lot of adults would have, too! He’s an awesome kid!

Hannah was the only one competing in the Church Drill in the High School age group. She received a perfect score. Which is even harder to achieve when you’re the only one. You have to answer everything single question yourself, quote all the verses yourself. And the high school level has to memorize long passages. I’m so proud of her for all the hard work she put into Bible Drill this year.  Her Association Drill is this Sunday. Go Hannah!

Hannah wearing the outfit she made without using store bought patterns!

I just found out that Hannah is writing posts for The Sewing Corner. Awesome post, Hannah! She even won this weeks Featured Blog Post award from The Homeschool Blogger Community Blog, On The Company Porch!

 

Here are a few homeschool links I found interesting and helpful:
Historical Movies (Historical Films) in Chronological Order
Free Childrens Classics for Kindle
Legos Atoms and Molecules: Chemical Reactions
College Application Process

Periodic Table of Elements – Study Guide & Quiz
High School Diploma Info by State
5 Things Every Homeschool Mom Should Carry in Her Purse – I need a bigger purse! lol

 

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I just love it when I find kids all over the house reading.

I found Zach laying on the schoolroom flour reading. you should have seen his face after the flash went off and he realized I had taken his picture. lol He was so engrossed in reading, that he didn’t see or hear me.

I found Abby sitting on the front porch reading her Bible.

 

The girls had their volleyball banquet on Thursday night. Here they are as they were leaving.

 

Hannah, on the right, made the skirt and shirt she is wearing herself this week. She didn’t use a store bought pattern. She also recently finished a riding skirt. She has to sew on a few more buttons then I’ll share pics of that. She’s getting to be quite the seamstress.

Hannah and Zach have been working hard on getting ready for their Church  Bible Drill Competition on Sunday. Abby opted not to compete this year. I’m not very happy about it, but we decided not to force her. There’s always next year, right?

I wrote a review this week for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew. If your looking into internet safety for your family, check our my review of Action Alert. I also wrote a review for Progeny Press Literature Guides.

 

Here are a few homeschool links I found interesting and helpful:
Human Heart Coloring Page
Famous Homeschoolers
Compelling Reasons to Homeschool Children

Great Homeschooling Links – George Washington
25 Ways to Learn a Lot with an Abacus
15 Ideas to Improve Concentration
Delight Directed Learning

For more homeschool posts, visit Weekly Wrap Up.

We were inside the other day, while Zack was outside. We heard him yell “YAHOO!” at the top of his lungs. Really. Because all the doors and windows were shut and we all heard him clearly. Then he came running in the house all excited.

He found a 4 leaf clover!

We have it pressing right now. He checks it every day, and tries to convince me that it’s ready. lol I’ll have to frame it for him otherwise he’ll have it worn out from handling it. lol

The weather has been nice this week, so he’s been wanting to eat lunch outside just about every day. His favorite place is on the swingset.  Abby ate out with him once or twice. I remember when they all wanted to eat lunch out everyday on those first warm days of spring.  Now the teenagers would rather go on the computer on their lunch break. sigh… I think I’ll stock up on picnic food for him.  🙂

Hannah was busy this week knitting. She knit a shawl from some mohair yarn she had given to her. She did an excellent job!

Abby saw a picture for an Easter Garden on Facebook the other day. So she decided to make one. She looked around and was able to find enough stuff to put it together.

The finished scene. Well, except for the grass. We just have to wait for it to grow. She did a great job!

Why yes, actual book work did get done this week. Along with lots of studying for the upcoming Bible Drill Competitions.

Recently, I had Calen, 11th grade start The Art of Argument. It’s a logic course written for middle schoolers, but is also good for high schoolers who have not studied logic before. Check out my review of The Art of Argument.

 

Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:
Homeschool Fun and Functional
Ideas for including Star Wars in your lessons
George Washington and the Cherry Tree

Armor of God Object Lesson
Teaching with Tech Without Being OverWired
Pressure to Perform

 

For more homeschool posts, visit Weekly Wrap Up.

hmmmmm…….What did we do this week?

Oh, we had a house guest from Sunday night until Thursday morning. The kids kept up with their work, but we did just the basics. Nothing overly fun or blog worthy. We did put in extra time drilling 3 of the kids for Bible Drill. They have to memorize so much, and be able to find it so fast.  Even after 4 years, I’m still amazed!

Hannah made Challah bread and Chocolate cake rolls in Home Ec today.

She used our favorite chocolate cake recipe and baked it on a cookie sheet (with sides! lol). She made homemade whipped cream. She spread the cake with the whipped cream and rolled it up. I think she did a great job for her first time. Making a cake roll is hard!

I can’t eat the cake, but the whipped cream was delicious! Great job Hannah!

 

I posted another review for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew this week. This time I reviewed Creek Edge Press Task Cards. This was the first time I had used these cards, and I loved them.  So go check out my review. 🙂 Have you ever used these task cards before?

 

 

Here are a few links are I found interesting and helpful:

Options for Grading Tests
Skip Counting Charts
My First Torah Beshalach

Copyright Quiz
Homeschool Authors – a blog for homeschool authors
Creating Boundaries at the Homeschool Table
Nature in Your Notebook Printables

 

For more homeschool posts, visit Weekly Wrap Up.