I am typing this in the midst of an illness that has kept almost our entire family sick since last Tuesday. Please forgive me for being brief (and any errors). A very important part of gardening for me is my seeds. I simply love browsing through tons of websites and catalogs each year to find …
Life in the modern world pretty wells guarantees constant noise. Phone noise TV noise Radio noise Traffic noise Kid noise Our minds continue to work despite all this noise. We plan dinner, decide
Last week, I talked about soil, and how it’s teeming with life. Good soil is a major factor in having a healthy, successful garden each year. Two more things that are also needed for a healthy garden are sunlight and water. I know you’re thinking “Duh! That’s obvious.” Hey, I didn’t say I was reinventing …
This month’s newsletter has some info you WILL WANT TO KNOW!! A big shout out of congratulations to 2019-2020 Palmetto Fellows Scholarship recipients….. Field trip plans for the month for UCHU members….. And a lot more!!! If you don’t find it in your inbox then check junk mail. Still not there? Then email me directly …
If you remember at the start of the 2019-2020 homeschool year I mentioned that UCHU’s website would have guest bloggers who are current members of UCHU. Well…..I want to give them BOTH a BIG SHOUT OUT!! THANK YOU!!! Naja Coles (pic left) and Joy (her blogger name) (pic right) has done an awesome job posting every
I occasionally have the privilege of sitting in on standard classes (I am in school working on an education degree) and while in the classes I often see quotes hanging in the classrooms or in the hallways. Quotes are also used during lessons and students would even share some with me. This got me thinking. …
This month I will be talking all about gardening. The days are getting longer, and Spring will soon be here. It’s time to start thinking about and planting our gardens. I’m not an expert gardener by any means. I am learning so much as I go along though. I previously thought you just put a …
What would the month of February be without love? The two are forever interconnected thanks to Valentine’s Day. In our home, we do not make a big deal out of the day but rather use it to springboard lessons on compassion and empathy for others throughout the month. This year, our lessons have been more …
I don’t like to bring up controversial issues because I’m not for confrontation at all. However, this month for me has brought an elephant into the room that I need to address. That elephant is Black History Month. I do not like the idea that my history should be separated from the history of this …
I have mentioned before in a previous post that we do not have a set schedule for our school day. This is not to say that I haven’t tried. I remember when my kids were in lower elementary grades and I was trying to manage visual therapy sessions, three kids (two of them temperamental twins), …
