What are visual spatial learners? See this girl? She is a natural born artist. Constantly doodling on her papers, is drawn to colors, can SEE more than just green, yellow, blue, and red, she loves pictures! When she was little and we would read books to her, she really didn’t care about what the book […]
Archives for 2017
April 2017 General Conference Jeopardy
Find the October 2017 General Conference Jeopardy Game here!! The April 2017 General Conference Jeopardy is here!! Oh, how I LOVE General Conference weekend! It is a boost to my soul. Hearing the words and counsel of the living Prophet and apostles and other church leaders brings peace and added insight to what I need […]
The #PrinceOfPeace Showed Gratitude
We all want more peace in our lives. There is chaos all around us: in the world, in our communities, and for some even in our own families. The Prince of Peace provides the peace we need when our world seems to be falling apart. C.S. Lewis observed, “God cannot give us a happiness and […]
Ira’s Pinewood Derby
Ira’s Cub Scout Troop held their Pinewood Derby last night. It was so much fun! Ira designed his car on paper and then Joseph helped cut it out. Ira didn’t want anything fancy. Just stripes. Of course, it is green and yellow for John Deere colors. The Cub Scouts all did a great job creating […]
Happy Birthday Jason!!
Jason turned 4 last Sunday! Can you tell he was excited about his dinosaur cake? He couldn’t decide what kind of cake he wanted so I told him I would surprise him. He LOVED it! Jason loves trains and animals. He is also very meticulous when he colors and draws. Here’s an incident from last […]
Learning Styles: Kinesthetic, Tactile Learners
My second daughter, Marie, is a highly tactile learner just like her father. She learns best when there are things to touch and feel, when she can move her body (she is also a musical learner but that is for another post). We first became aware of this while trying to teach her math. She […]
Am I New or Old?
Tuesday morning Abby went out to unlock our dog, Molly, and found she had died in her sleep during the night. Molly was such a good dog. Someone abandoned her and she wandered onto the farm about seven years ago. We knew she was old then but didn’t know exactly how old. She was perfect […]
Learning Styles: Linguistic, Read, Write Learners
I think that linguistic learners have it the easiest in that our world deals with words – whether in speaking, reading, or writing. Because of this many linguistic learners are considered to be the ‘gifted’ ones because they do so well in this environment. Hopefully in this journey through each of the multiple intelligences we’ll […]
My Messy Life
Anybody noticed the lack of posts lately? I’ve been having trouble with certain parts of WordPress. Some days it works totally fine and others I can’t even access it to post or look at stats or even get behind the scenes to see what is wrong. I thought I had it fixed but now its […]
Learning Styles: Multiple Intelligences
Today we are going beyond the basic learning styles of Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic/Tactile (VARK). Most of us don’t fall strictly into one of those categories – and neither do our children. There are also several other factors that are not taken into account with the VARK learning styles – art, music, nature being […]
The Easy Peasy Way We Use Essential Oils
Keeping my family healthy is a priority. Using essential oils is just one of the many things we do. Essential Oils Did you know my dream as a teenager was to major in biotechnology? I had visions of trekking through the Amazon finding the elusive plant that would cure some disease. Plants really are amazing! Every […]
Learning Styles: The Basics
There’s one lesson I learned right away when we first began homeschooling – not everyone learns the same way. And that’s okay! We all have different learning styles. Knowing what they are can really help us as parents as we try to teach our children. What type of learner are you? What type of learner […]
Super Easy Valentine’s Cookies (With regular and chocolate Sugar Cookie dough!)
Last Tuesday was Valentine’s Day. Debbie needed to make Valentine’s cookies for a church youth group meeting but didn’t want to worry about frosting them or making them too “pretty.” So we went super simple and they turned out delicious! And looked cute too. She started by making one batch each of regular sugar cookie […]
Ladybug’s Garden {Book Review}
Are your kids as fascinated with ladybugs as mine are? Whenever we are in the garden or walking in the alfalfa fields they are on the lookout for ladybugs. Bonus points to anyone who can find orange ones! We recently received a really cute book that appeals to the kids’ ladybug loving hearts. Ladybug’s Garden […]
23andMe or AncestryDNA – Which Should You Use for a DNA Test?
One question I get the most often about the DNA tests I’ve done is “Which company do you like better, AncestryDNA or 23andMe?” That’s kind of a hard question to answer because they each focus on different areas. It depends on what YOU are looking for in a DNA test. ANCESTRY DNA AncestryDNA is great […]