Usborne Books & More!

An exciting update!! Usborne Books at Home is now Usborne Books & More! They have acquired the Kane Miller publishing company and are now able to offer even more books to your family! Visit my website and click on the Kane Miller link (in the left hand column of links) to see the books! More [...]

Several Recommendations to Share!!

I want to share several new finds that are helping us with our learning journey! One is an online curriculum/supplement site. It is designed with a full Language Arts and Math curriculum for K-8th grade. They throw in Science and Social Studies as bonuses (which include tons of great info your kids need to know). [...]

Crystal Snowflakes!

Last night in doing some searching for Christmas ideas, I came across this recipe for making crystal snowflakes from Borax and water. You can find the recipe/instructions here: http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/boraxsnowflake.htm So we made these this morning and they were done by just after dinner! They crystallized very quickly which is wonderful! They turned out very pretty! [...]