Advent is a time of preparation...and anticipation! Enjoy these fun and free printables to help your children along the Advent path to Christmas when baby Jesus comes. Here's a simple Advent wreath to color. Cut out the candles when you're done and paste them onto the wreath. Click to print. This printable features a Christmas tree with ornaments to color, one day at a time. Click the image to print a large version. Found on dibujos.org Here's a beautiful, hand-drawn Continue Reading
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Columbus Day Printables and Coloring Pages
Columbus Day is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October. Why at this time? Because October 12, 1492 was the day he arrived in America. Columbus Day, established by the United States government in 1937, is one of eleven recognized federal holidays, although it was celebrated as early as the 1700's. Each year in our homeschool, we remember Christopher Columbus and his important contributions to Western civilization. For the teens and adults in your home, I highly recommend Christopher Columbus: Continue Reading
Beautiful Coloring & Activity Pages for Ascension Day
The Feast of the Ascension, forty days after Easter, commemorates the ascending of Jesus Christ to Heaven from Mount Olivet. You can read the full story of this glorious event in Luke Chapter 1, verses 1-11. Here's is a snippet. “You shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto Me... even to the uttermost part of the earth. And when He had said these things, while they looked on, He was raised up: and a cloud received Him out of Continue Reading
Here’s Some Beautiful Spring Poetry to Inspire You!
March has come in like a lion! The arrival of spring after winter's hardness and biting cold seems truly magical. Everything in nature is waking up around us, and something seems to wake up inside of the human heart and soul, too. The coming of Easter happens at this time, melding perfectly with the annual theme of renewal. Over the centuries, many gift poets have captured that invigorating feeling that spring brings each year. Here are some of my favorites for you to enjoy and Continue Reading
A Review of LIFEPAC’s Kindergarten Math Curriculum
Erik is five and enters Kindergarten this year, so choosing a homeschool math program was on my to do list. Alpha Omega Publications gave us the chance to try their LIFEPAC Kindergarten Math Kit in exchange for a review, so that relieved me of having to shop around! LIFEPAC's full-color, worktext curriculum is based on the principle of mastery learning, in which students truly grasp the context and skills of one unit before progressing to the next. LIFEPAC's math curriculum uses repetition, Continue Reading