Did you make, or receive a fruitcake for Christmas? Just 2 short days after Christmas it’s time to celebrate National Fruitcake Day! This is a
Category: What’s Today’s Holiday
What a delight it was to gather each day and hear my children ask in unison What’s today’s holiday mommy?
You see, when I saw the price of textbooks and “school” curriculum at the beginning of my homeschool journey, I knew I was going to have to figure something out, so I did. I began writing my own!
One year I based everything we did on the holiday of the day. Our year of holiday curriculum was one of the most memorable years by far. We started our year by setting up a TIME CAPSULE and let the holiday of the day guide us the rest of the way.
This gave new meaning to our tradition of HOMESCHOOLING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. These posts and the “classic” posts in the category THE HOMESCHOOL YEARS hope to inspire you to incorporate some HOLIDAY OF THE DAY RESOURCES into your home so you can hear the same sweet words:
What’s Today’s Holiday?
Celebrating Holidays Can Turn Into Educational Lessons
The following is a transcript of my conversation with BEX BUZZIE, the host of The Homeschool Advantage Podcast. Bex and I had the pleasure of
Remember the Battles of Lexington and Concord? We do on Patriots’ Day.
Patriot’s Day is to remember the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775. These historic events were the cornerstones of the American Revolutionary
INCORPORATING HOLIDAY OF THE DAY INTO YOUR CURRICULUM
I’m sure you already have BIG PLANS for your homeschool, and likely spend a chunk of change on curriculum. Never fear, It’s easy to add
Memorial Day History
Is Memorial Day the Official Beginning of Summer? For some, graduations have taken place, school is out and that translates into Summer. We often look
Holidays for May your Kids Won’t want to miss Celebrating
May was named after the Greek goddess Maia. She was the mother of Hermes. The Greek name Maia comes from a root meaning “mother, nurse, or midwife. Perhaps
