As part of The Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received a one year subscription to Vocab Videos. Vocab Videos is a website that was developed by experienced educators looking for a better way to teach vocabulary. The website includes memorable videos—featuring 500 key SAT vocabulary words—and other learning tools to offer a very effective … [Continue]
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Someone commented on my menu a few weeks ago suggesting I make BBQ Chicken Pizza. Well, I tried it, and the whole family loved it. Easy and so good! We made our favorite garlic pizza crust recipe, then topped it with our favorite homemade BBQ sauce. You can also use store bought crust and BBQ sauce, we just like our homemades better. We then … [Continue]
What’s For Dinner?
I ended up making Sausage Pizza for pizza night last week, using my homemade turkey sausage. I think I'll make BBQ Chicken pizza again this week, so I can share it with you. A reader sent me directions for how she makes it, and it was so good. I made it two weeks ago, but forgot to take a picture! The Menu: Saturday - Sabbath- … [Continue]
Dr. Dobson’s Handbook of Family Advice – Book Review
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book … [Continue]
Saturday on the Farm
Nothing very exciting going on here this week. I picked our first zucchini. I guess that is exciting. I've either been sick or too busy to take pictures. So for now, the zucchini will have to do. I'm planning on getting quite a few things planted this week in the garden. Lettuce, spinach, carrots, beets, onions, turnips, peas … [Continue]
Our Homeschool Week in Review
We worked on our Olympic Lapbooks again this week. Unfortunately, we haven't finished them yet. We will continue next week with them and with our England Unit Study. Life kept getting in the way of finishing. Life such as taking a child to the doctor for a tick bite, then getting stung in the parking lot (me!!), then having to take lots of … [Continue]
What’s For Dinner?
Our garden isn't ready yet, but our neighbors have been blessing us with some of theirs. So we're eating lots of great home grown veggies this week (and last week, too!) As part of our Olympics study, we're eating a couple of traditional English meals this week. Fish and chips (fries), as well as bangers and mash. Bangers and Mash is … [Continue]
