Is it better to free range your backyard chickens, or keep them secure in a coop or cage? When we first started raising our poultry twelve years ago, it was free range all the way. We discovered there are both benefits and drawbacks to that, so here's the rundown in case you are on the fence about your birds. Free Range Chickens - The Advantages Less Feed: One of the most obvious advantages to letting your birds range is a free supply of bugs. That means you'll spend less on poultry food. The Continue Reading
Reinforce Math Skills with IXL Learning + a Giveaway
Are you eager for your child to gain fluency and confidence when it comes to math? It can be especially challenging if you're homeschooling, so today's post focuses on some math resources we recently discovered from IXL. We received two math workbooks to try out from IXL Learning, a company that serves more than 7 million students worldwide and offers a personalized approach to education. There's also a giveaway you can enter for your choice of a workbook from IXL! Comprehensive K-12 Continue Reading
Celebrate Christmas with Zonderkidz Storybooks
Zondervan is well-loved name in the Christian publishing world, and through their Zonderkidz division they seek to inspire faith and a love of reading in young children. Zonderkidz shared a beautiful assortment of their newest Christmas books with us, and it's my pleasure to pass along to you some of our favorites, in case you are still looking for gift ideas or just want to add to your family library. Two books that really stand out from the crowd are 'T'was the Evening of Christmas and A Continue Reading
Candlewick Press Children’s Book Review & Giveaway
Just in time for Christmas gift-giving, Candlewick Press has released some new children's titles featuring favorite characters. We received an assortment of books from Candlewick to review and share with you. There's also a giveaway for you to enter at the end of this post! Two-year-old Mary Kate has had loads of fun with her Frankie's Food Truck book (2019, 12 pages, Educational Insights with illustrations by Lucia Gaggiotti. This lift-the-flap board book is full of tasty foods that Continue Reading
How to Send An Amazing Military Care Package
My husband was deployed to Afghanistan with my first pregnancy and to Iraq with my second. It got to be a joke among the 98 Charlies that “If Anne Marie is expecting a baby, we’re going to be deployed soon.” Sending care packages to my husband brought both of us a great deal of joy, and it was a great way to let him that little Joseph and I were thinking of him all the time. Here are some tips for getting you started if going the do-it-yourself route. First of all, check out the free Continue Reading
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