: About Me

My husband and I have 5 daughters. We currently homeschool our youngest 3 girls. Our older two are now out on their own, with one of them recently graduating from college with high honors.

We are a farming family, raising ducks, chickens, rabbits, horses, hogs and several breeds of cattle. We also have stocked ponds and butcher our own meat.

We are very active in our church, where I serve as Sunday School superintendent and as a children's church teacher. I also serve as dorm mom each summer at church camp. I also help with 4H, girl scouts, a crisis help center and teach part time. As needed, I also sub teach for several districts and a nearby Christian school.

I enjoy traveling, camping, writing, reading, sewing, needlework, gardening and preserving foods. I also like to write curriclum and lesson plans for preschool, early ed and middle school children.

My passion is ...

chocolate

I know too much about ...

everything, as I am always reading or doing research on topics

My parents always told me ...

to do my best, be honest and tell the truth

My childhood ambition ...

to be able to do a cartwheel-I never could!

My favorite memory ...

Christmas in Indiana at my Grandmas. The snow was deep!

Why I write ...

It relaxes me

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Beverly Lewis books

My first job ...

babysitting for Doc R's boys-Michael and Jay

My best moment ...

when my daughters were born

My inspiration ...

my family

Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Summer holiday activities that promote learning

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It is a well known fact that the majority of students forget a good part of what they have learned over the summer months. In fact, I have heard from one source that they can loose up to 1/3. That is 3 months of lost information! In our house, we home school and we school year around mainly for this reason. I have devised a list of family friendly ideas that can be adapted for almost any age level to not only retain previously learned knowledge, but to also learn more. These activities don't have to be limited to the summer months. They can also be done on weekends, school breaks and eveni...

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