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I started making Kefir last month and LOVE it! I bought my Kefir grains at Yemoos (not sure how you pronounce it) and Cultured Food Life. I bought at two places for two reasons, one, just in case one didn't survive traveling in the mail, I was sure the other would, and two, I wanted to multiply the Kefir grains, like pronto. I had a limited time to multiply them for my sis and family in California. Both arrived safe and sound. Here is what I got from Yemoos. I thought the Certificate of Adoption was a nice touch. I am not super creative with names and had already started calling them my babies so I named them Kefir Babies. Cultured Foods came in a nice little glass container. It didn't take long for me to start making yummies with Kefir. Below is my Raspberry Yum, I put 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 Tablespoon Baobab powder, stevia to taste (I put a few doonks), 1 Tablespoon Collagen , and a handful (maybe a cup) of frozen raspberries. I used my hand blender to mix it up and poured it ...

Wow, another year has officially begun here at Homeschooling6! I have only six years left of homeschooling. Wow, can you believe that mamas?!?! We started full sing Monday the 18th of Sept. but are actually on our 3rd week. Our school start-up is a bit weird. Sept. 18th is considered our first day but we are on week three. We had visitors the previous two weeks. One being my Mother-in-law, so we did part time school those weeks. We started a new schedule Monday too! And I LOVE it! Here is how our homeschool week looks for Caleb 11th, Brent 10th, Ethan 9th, and Lance 7th. Annette does her Heart of Dakota/Fun-Schooling using The Thinking Tree. My Boys are using different curricula and Thinking Tree. Monday, Thursday, & Friday Schedule: 6:30 A.M. Mom wakes up. I make my hubby a smoothie every work morning. 7:00 Wake the kids, shower, get my bulletproof coffee ready. 8:00 Bible Time with Caleb 11th, Brent 10th, Ethan 9th, and Lance 7th. 9:00 History/Science - we rotate. One day we do H...

It seems like yesterday I was bringing home my second child. I was so excited to have my little girl. We named her Annette Rose, Annette after a dear friend and Rose after my Aunt Rose and cousin Rosie, both very dear to my heart. Today Annette and I went to have a Boba Tea. We didn't actually have tea but juiced veggies. I had the Detox which included an apple, lemons, cucumber, & ginger. Annette had the Energizer. It had the same as mine but carrots were added. Look at the cute cup 'lids'. I LOVE Snoopy. Mine is the one with Snoopy skiing. We also went to Hobby Lobby one of our favorite places to visit. I bought lots of baskets and she bought material. Tomorrow she will be 18. Happy Birthday Annette. I love you. You are so sweet and kind. My girl loves to sew. She recently completed a Linus Quilt . This is a quilt that she made (material was provided by the Linus project ). I thought I had a picture of it on my computer but I don't. I'll have to edit this post...

We started a new schedule here at Homeschooling6. In fact, we had our first day Monday the 19th, our first full day anyway. We have been schooling a little here-and-there throughout the summer. Today, Wednesday, was Video Day, meaning we did Bible, History, and Math using our curricula and videos the rest of the day. On Video Day the kids fill in the Film Study page from their Thinking Tree Journal . This is what our day looked like: 7:00 A.M. I woke all the kids up. I was up at 6:00 (I'm not liking it one bit 😜) 8:00 Bible Time, we are using A.C.E New Testament Survey. I read through the lesson. We are also learning God's Names . Normally Bible Time is an hour but on Video Wednesday we shorten our lessons so we can watch lots of videos. 8:30 History - The Good and the Beautiful Level 1 . I rotate this, so one day we do history and the next science. Next Wed. maybe a science day. 9:00 Math Time - all the kids get out math books and did 30 minutes of math. Normal time is 40-50 ...

Throughout the summer we have been doing a little school here and there. Two days ago the weather wasn't overwhelmingly hot so Lance and I went outside to do a little school. Here he is working in his multiplication journal by Leslie Monroe.  He alsow worked in his Dyslexia Games book.  I read my book (that I lost and haven't been able to finish.=),  Lance is also working on some Language Arts by the Good and the Beautiful . We are using this three times a week for 30-40 minutes a day. Once school starts back up we will use it four times a week. I had him start at a lower level and we are going to go through them a bit faster. Below he's brushing up on his cursive practice using The Good & the Beautiful Handwriting program. Once he completes the course I'm going to have him continue practicing with Trace-a-Story: Bible . You can take a peek inside the multiplication book by Leslie in this video below. See the inside of the Handwriting book by The Good & the ...

I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, Dyslexia Games . This therapy program is so unique that it's not only for Dyslexic children. Any child (or adult) can benefit with using Dyslexia Games. Sarah Janisse Brown, the creator of this one of a kind therapy program, encourages to stop all other forms of Language Arts and use Dyslexia Games only. Dyslexia Games will become your child's temporary Language Arts program. How can it become a temporary Language Arts program?  Dyslexia Games helps your child with concentration, fine motor skills, reading, writing, spelling. The program starts with your child doing logic puzzles. As the child moves through the program the activity pages 'transform' to reading and writing. The reason Sarah encourages that we have our child stop their formal Language Arts or Phonics/Reading program when using this to help Dyslexic children is so their brains can be in a more "relaxed" mode. The child is not stressed and thus can concentrate and "...

I have an exciting review coming up for you all, Grammar Galaxy !!! I'm so thrilled to introduce this awesome grammar program. Basically, it teaching grammar through story and with short lessons. The stories and concepts are great for children in 1st-6th grade. You can start your child using the first level Nebula even if he is a beginning reader and writer because the parent will do the reading. With older children, you can have the child read it to you or use it as a family read aloud. I think this would pair great with the Thinking Tree Journals . You can use the story and have your child complete the Thinking Tree activity pages like Reading Time, Spelling Time, and Copywork! If you would like to try a lesson, head on over to Grammar Galaxy and download yours! I plan to have Lance read the story out loud to me. I'll write more about how we will use Grammar Galaxy along with The Good & the Beautiful Language Arts program.  I hadn't planned on using b...