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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Strawberry Lemonade Brownies
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Mongolian Beef and Broccoli
My family loves Chinese Food! We used to eat at Chinese Buffets often, but when we realized the guys had a gluten sensitivity, that had to end. They were so disappointed! To soften the blow, I look for gluten-free Chinese recipes. I found a great recipe at Confessions of a Homeschooler for Mongolian Beef and Broccoli. My family LOVED it!!!! Here is how I prepared it.
Mongolian Beef and Broccoli
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Why I Love The Mystery of History
When I was preparing for my oldest daughter Kat to enter High School, it took quite a bit of searching to find the right History curriculum for her.
The Mystery of History Volume 1 covers world history from Creation to the death and Resurrection of Christ in chronological order. My daughter loves how it incorporates biblical history into world history. She was able to use this curriculum for credit in both Ancient History and Bible.
1) "Around the World" Summaries: this is a summary of events from each Quarter's time period. We personally do not use these.
2) Pretests: These are meant to make the students interested in what the week's lessons are about. We started the school year using these, but found them to take up time that they needed to complete other activities. We stopped using them halfway through the year.
3) Lessons: There are 108 lessons in Volume 1. Doing 3 lessons per week will accommodate a 36 week school year. These lessons are well written and easy for my 8th and 9th grader to read, understand and learn from.
4) Activities: every lesson has a corresponding activity. These are broken down into age groups - Younger (K-2), Middle (3-5), and Older (6 and Up). We do one activity a week to help reinforce the lessons.
5) Memory Cards: these are index cards that the students make for each lesson. They write a few sentences about each lesson on the card. These memory cards are meant to be used as a study tool.
6) Reviews: this includes a Timeline Activity and a Map Activity. My kids are older so we used the Timeline Notebook pages found here. For the Map Activities there are outline maps in the back of the book for you to copy. I recommend purchasing The Student Bible Atlas and Rand McNally's Historical Atlas of the World. We didn't purchase them at first and found it very difficult to complete the map activities.
7) Exercise or Quiz: after the 3 lessons for the week there is either an exercise or a quiz. Students are allowed to use the book to answer exercise questions but not quiz questions. The questions are from previous lessons as well as that week's lessons. This is where the memory cards come in handy.
8) Quarter Worksheets: at the end of each 9 weeks students are asked to complete a worksheet using the lessons to answer questions.
9) Semester Tests: at the end of each semester the students are given a long test. This test covers all the lessons in that semester which covers one major time period.
10) Student Notebooks: this is a binder with dividers for each of the seven continents and one for miscellaneous. This notebook is where activities and maps will be filed.
My 9th grade daughter loved this curriculum! There were very few changes we made. My 8th grade son seemed to grow bored during the second semester. Instead of asking him to do the activity in the book, I had him write a paragraph about what he found interesting in the lesson and why. I also found a You Tube video that pertained to one of the lessons each week. That seemed to help interest him again.
I highly recommend this book! It is easily customized to fit the needs of every family. We have already purchased Volume 2 and will be using it next school year.
You can read more about The Mystery of History Volume 1 here.
I found it in The Mystery of History
Volume 1.
The Mystery of History Volume 1 covers world history from Creation to the death and Resurrection of Christ in chronological order. My daughter loves how it incorporates biblical history into world history. She was able to use this curriculum for credit in both Ancient History and Bible.
How the Curriculum is Laid Out:
1) "Around the World" Summaries: this is a summary of events from each Quarter's time period. We personally do not use these.
2) Pretests: These are meant to make the students interested in what the week's lessons are about. We started the school year using these, but found them to take up time that they needed to complete other activities. We stopped using them halfway through the year.
3) Lessons: There are 108 lessons in Volume 1. Doing 3 lessons per week will accommodate a 36 week school year. These lessons are well written and easy for my 8th and 9th grader to read, understand and learn from.
4) Activities: every lesson has a corresponding activity. These are broken down into age groups - Younger (K-2), Middle (3-5), and Older (6 and Up). We do one activity a week to help reinforce the lessons.
5) Memory Cards: these are index cards that the students make for each lesson. They write a few sentences about each lesson on the card. These memory cards are meant to be used as a study tool.
6) Reviews: this includes a Timeline Activity and a Map Activity. My kids are older so we used the Timeline Notebook pages found here. For the Map Activities there are outline maps in the back of the book for you to copy. I recommend purchasing The Student Bible Atlas and Rand McNally's Historical Atlas of the World. We didn't purchase them at first and found it very difficult to complete the map activities.
7) Exercise or Quiz: after the 3 lessons for the week there is either an exercise or a quiz. Students are allowed to use the book to answer exercise questions but not quiz questions. The questions are from previous lessons as well as that week's lessons. This is where the memory cards come in handy.
8) Quarter Worksheets: at the end of each 9 weeks students are asked to complete a worksheet using the lessons to answer questions.
9) Semester Tests: at the end of each semester the students are given a long test. This test covers all the lessons in that semester which covers one major time period.
10) Student Notebooks: this is a binder with dividers for each of the seven continents and one for miscellaneous. This notebook is where activities and maps will be filed.
My 9th grade daughter loved this curriculum! There were very few changes we made. My 8th grade son seemed to grow bored during the second semester. Instead of asking him to do the activity in the book, I had him write a paragraph about what he found interesting in the lesson and why. I also found a You Tube video that pertained to one of the lessons each week. That seemed to help interest him again.
I highly recommend this book! It is easily customized to fit the needs of every family. We have already purchased Volume 2 and will be using it next school year.
You can read more about The Mystery of History Volume 1 here.
20 Springtime Activities for Families
It's Spring! The weather has been so beautiful here! The family and I have spent as much time outside as possible. It's mostly been for work, though. Lots to do on the homestead. We had to clean up all the junk that manages to accumulate throughout the winter. I blame my guys (blacksmith projects) and the dogs! (Why do they bring other peoples' trash home?) We've been working on building the new rabbit cages, too. The chicks left the brooder, but were not big enough to add to the big coop. I had to build a cage for them along side the big coop runner so that the hens will have a chance to get used to them. With all that said....I'm ready to be outside for fun!
Here is a list of fun activities that I think my family (and yours) will enjoy.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Spring Printables for Preschool - 1st Grade
I decided to try my hand at making a cute printable worksheet for Jay. This one is a Springtime Addition Worksheet. She is in Kindergarten, but I would say that it would be suitable for any child in Preschool - 1st grade. If you have a child that age, click on the picture, print it out, and have your child give it a try. I would love to know what you think about it. I'm also going to link to some other printable pages for Spring/Easter that I think you will like.
Easter Kindergarten Math Pack by The Multi Taskin' Mom
Easter Printable by Embark on the Journey
Spring Bingo by dltk
Days of the Week about The Hungry Catepillar by first-school
If you find any resources that you love, please let me know!
To print my Color and Read Mini Book click here.
Springtime Addition Worksheet
Easter Kindergarten Math Pack by The Multi Taskin' Mom
Easter Printable by Embark on the Journey
Spring Bingo by dltk
Days of the Week about The Hungry Catepillar by first-school
If you find any resources that you love, please let me know!
To print my Color and Read Mini Book click here.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Our Visit to the Pre-K Class
Remember our Surprise Bunnies? If not, click here to read about them. They went for their first visit to the Pre-K class the other day. The kids (and adults) enjoyed learning about rabbits and getting to hold and/or pet them. Aren't they adorable!?!
Simple Eggplant Lasagna Recipe
Every week I try at least one new recipe. Lately, they have all been gluten free and low carb. Last week, I posted a recipe for Cauliflower Crust Pizza. This week's recipe is for Eggplant Lasagna. Robyn at addapinch.com made it look so good, I thought I would try it, too! We are a family of very simple tastes so I adjusted the recipe to suit us.
This is how I made my Simple Eggplant Lasagna.
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