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Learning by Experiences

One of the questions I get asked the most as a blogger who writes on homeschooling, education, and preschool is “what curriculum should I use for my 4 year old?” Some ask about curriculum choices for 2 and 3 year olds as well. It is all understandable. We want to provide the best for our children. Education is extremely important in a child’s life. Parents want to make the right decision. Starting an education at a young age is not to be discouraged. However, our view on what education is should be discouraged. Education does not equal a textbook. Education … Continue reading →

Learning through Baking

A favorite school activity in my house for preschool through elementary school is baking cookies. However, this article focuses on how it can benefit your preschooler. Baking and cooking are a wonderful way to demonstrate several lessons to your child: *following directions *science *math, more specifically fractions *home economics *reading skills for younger children *kitchen safety *importance of washing hands and cleanliness *organization The first step before thinking about touching anything kitchen related is washing your hands. This is the time to teach your child about germs. Explain how germs like to hide on your hands so it is vital … Continue reading →

Have Fun During Lent

Today is the first Sunday of Lent—-the season of self-reflection and self-denial. Not exactly fun stuff, right? Compared to the raucous revelry and face-stuffing silliness associated with Mardi Gras, the solemn season can appear downright depressing. However, it doesn’t have to be. This Lent, I am trying to teach my young daughter that the season should be marked with anticipation. The 40-day period that begins on Ash Wednesday and runs through Holy Thursday is typically a time when people give up bad habits and participate in prayer, penance and repentance. It’s also a time Christians are mandated to abstain from … Continue reading →

Christmas Cookie Conundrum

To eat or not to eat; that is the question? Tis the season to be in the kitchen with your kids whipping up the likes of Snowballs, Wintermint Wafers, and Peanut Butter Blossoms… fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Of course, Christmas is not complete without baking a few batches of traditional chocolate chip cookies to dunk into a piping hot mug of cocoa. And by dunk I mean plunge deep into the boiling hot abyss of the popular seasonal drink because if your cookie is undercooked this may be the only way you can heat it … Continue reading →

When Your Work Drops Off

Working from home, especially as a writer, you can’t always rely upon getting work. In my particular job, it is less about getting work and more about how much I get. Toward the end of each year, things definitely drop off and suddenly I find the income isn’t as good as it had been. Now I really try to stay positive about things. So yesterday when I got an email from my editor, forewarning me that the next few week’s things would slow down, I had a choice to make. I could get down about it, I could complain or … Continue reading →

Ways to Save Money on Gluten-Free Foods

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In my experience, having a gluten allergy means that you are likely to end up spending more money on your weekly grocery shopping trip than you have in the past (before you discovered that you had this allergy). There are some ways to cut down on this expense, and make eating gluten-free a little easier on your budget. If you, or a family member, needs to start eating a gluten-free diet, this is going to change how you plan meals and shop for groceries. In general, shopping for foods that you can be certain are gluten-free can be expensive. There … Continue reading →

Cereal, Crackers, and Chocolate Chip Cookies

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People who have an intolerance to, or allergy to, gluten are going to have to avoid many of the foods that most people don’t think twice about eating. If you just learned that you have a gluten allergy, then you will be discovering all the foods that you can no longer eat. Unfortunately, most of those foods are both comforting and tasty. When I learned that I had a gluten allergy, my first trip to the grocery store made me aware of just how many foods there were that I could never eat again. This experience was rather shocking, and … Continue reading →

Salt Dough: A Versatile Tool

Salt dough—a staple of life when you have children. You can shape it into Christmas tree ornaments, baked to use year after year. You can keep it in a plastic tub and use it like Play-Doh, molding your creations and then smashing them back down into a blob when you’re done. But have you ever thought about using it as a tool in your homeschool? Think of all the different ways you can take this incredible compound and use it to enrich your studies. Are you talking about geography? Use the dough to create a topographical map and show hills … Continue reading →

An Introduction & Some Salsa Chicken!

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Hi there! I’m new to the food blog, so I thought I would take a moment to say hello! I am not a chef. I am only just now learning how to cook, actually. But I have recently embarked on a quest… a quest to find a healthier way to live, and to eat. Being a wife and a mother, I am naturally concerned with the way my family eats. After years of eating low cost, processed foods, I have recently started to learn more about the importance of eating more natural foods. Of course I always knew that eating … Continue reading →

Taking Time Off from Work

One of my favorite shows to watch is “Cake Boss.” If you haven’t seen the show it’s about a guy named Buddy who runs a bakery in New Jersey. He creates the most beautiful and extraordinary cakes you have ever seen. He is passionate about baking. He is doing what he loves. Even when he gets time off from work, he still ends up working. Recently his family took a trip to Rome. It was supposed to be his chance to unwind and relax. Instead, he found himself baking. He obviously found it difficult to take time off from what … Continue reading →