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Every once in a while and totally unintentionally my brain spews out a good idea.

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American History Trip Day 06 – Monticello

October 8, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Somehow this post was still in draft form and never published. Oops! Well, here’s the final day of our American History trip back in May. Better late than never! Hello Monticello! Thomas Jefferson’s home and gardens were gorgeous. We spent the entire day slowly walking through everything and enjoying the stunning views. I loved the […]

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The Merchant and the Rogue by Sarah M. Eden – A Book Review

August 20, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Last week I listened to “The Healer” by Gregg Luke on my Deseret Bookshelf app. I laughed when I heard the following, “There was the usual assortment of medical books and journals, but he also noticed a number of fictional works, particularly those of Emily Brontë, Jane Austin, Elizabeth Browning, and Sarah Eden.” (chapter 32) […]

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American History Trip Day 05 – Lynchburg

June 23, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Mother’s Day was spent with my sister and her family. It was the perfect way to relax!

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American History Trip Day 4 – Yorktown & Jamestown

June 15, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

Half of day 4, which was a Saturday, was spent stuck in traffic traveling from Ellicott City, Maryland to Yorktown, Virginia. It was nuts! But so worth it when we got there. After 10 years of knowing Deirdre online and sending packages and Christmas cards to one another we finally got to meet in person! […]

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American History Trip Day 03 – Philadelphia

June 4, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

“Anytime while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it – just to stand one minute on God’s earth a free woman – I would.”

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American History Trip Day 02 – Gettysburg

May 24, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

There is a sacred, hallowed feeling as you walk the grounds of Gettysburg. It is the same feeling that occurs at other places where people have died.

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American History Trip Day 01 – Washington DC

May 21, 2021 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

Day 01 of our American History trip was spent walking around the National Mall and Arlington Cemetery.

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Ming’s Christmas Wishes

December 2, 2020 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

Ming's Christmas Wishes

Ming’s Christmas Wishes is a different Christmas book that teaches about loving & embracing your heritage even as you navigate a new culture.

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Invisible Heroes of World War II {Book Review}

July 5, 2019 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Do you know who Nancy Wake was? How about Pat Patton? Donald Bailey? Dickey Chapelle? They are just a few of the brave, unsung heroes of World War II that you will learn more about in Jerry Borrowman’s latest book, Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary People. The book features […]

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Daisies and Devotion book review

May 31, 2019 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

I drove with Debbie to town today so she could take her last final of the school year. When I picked her up the first thing I asked her was, “Now that you have time, what book are you going to read first?” Our family loves to read, all types of genres, but mostly good […]

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The Good & The Beautiful Homeschool Curriculum

November 10, 2017 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 34 Comments

Longtime readers will know of my love for Sonlight. It is a history and literature based curriculum I have used for over 10 years. Until now.   As hard as it is to say it, (because of loyalty) I have found something even better. We started using The Good & the Beautiful for language arts […]

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Learning Styles: Musical Learners

May 26, 2017 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

Musical learners like to sing, hum, or whistle. They also like to tap rhythms. Find out what helps them love to learn!

Of all my children Laura is definitely the most musical learner of the bunch. I think she was born singing – okay it was screeching at that young age – but she really has an ear for music and rhythms and tones and sounds. When she was younger she would watch her older sisters play the […]

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Learning Styles: Naturalistic Learners

April 15, 2017 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Learning Styles: Naturalistic Learners - If your child enjoys animals, bugs, plants, being out in nature, etc. they are naturalistic learners. Find out what helps them love to learn!

Animals, plants, bugs, rocks, showing an interest in these things or science in general shows an aptitude for being a naturalistic learner. Both daughters Abby and Debbie are this type of learner but in different ways. Abby enjoys mostly animals and bugs, while Debbie gravitates towards all types of plants and vegetation. They much rather prefer being outside […]

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Learning Styles: Visual Spatial Learners

April 7, 2017 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Learning Styles: Visual Spatial Learners - they are the artists, the ones who like color, pictures, graphs, etc. Find out how to help your child love to learn!

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 […]

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Learning Styles: Kinesthetic, Tactile Learners

March 20, 2017 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

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 […]

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Hello, I'm Montserrat. I'm a farmer's wife, mother of eleven, homeschooler, chocoholic, music lover, and like to play a good game of Scrabble. You can read more about me here. . .

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