Our Homeschool Week - Adventures on the Road

In my life this week…

What a week it's been! We traveled to Orlando for the FPEA homeschool convention - where I was 

honored to work for Apologia  - There were so many wonderful quotes I gathered from the workshops

by the ladies of Apologia - but one of my favorite is Rachael Carman who said with regards to running our homes and homeschools in a way that honors God "Keep your eyes on Jesus - It's all about Him!" and that is the best advice anyone can give any of us - now isn't it? 

In our homeschool this week…

We spent time with the family in Orlando and then headed for Tampa to relax for a few days - thankfully

my husband was able to join us for a couple of days (He won't have another day off for awhile - he's in 

his busy fishing season - Tarpon fishing!) 

We took a couple of field trips - one to the FL Aquarium: (now you know what a Tarpon is) 

Tarpon swimming over top of a Green Moray Eel 

Leafy Sea Dragon - one of my favorites! 

School of minnows - my little guy LOVES Adores and is Obsessed with fish -

 So-  I couldn't peel him off the aquarium wall! He sat there through the entire "class" they gave. He and my 7 year old then proceeded to explain to the docent the difference between "zooplankton and phytoplankton"

Thank you Apologia - "Swimming Creatures"! 

We also visited MOSI - Museum of Science and Industry and toured the new "Mummies of the World" :

Ancient mummy from Egypt 

We learned a good deal about the mummification process and the cultures who practiced it. We also 

learned about tornadoes, hurricanes, electricity, pulleys and more! 

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

See above! We also got to spend Memorial Day with our favorite Veteran - my daddy! He took all three boys for the day so I could work for Apologia at the FPEA conference - He's still a brave man! 

We toured the USS American Victory - from WWII - for Memorial Day and talked with a Navy Vet who was very helpful - He was happy to hear we homeschool and asked us to be sure and study the Constitution 

He was thrilled to hear that "Ya know what? We do!" Thanks to Rebecca of  MomsMustardSeeds and Founders Academy - we have great FREE lessons about the founding of our Nation and government. 

My favorite thing this week was…

That my husband was able to come up and join us in Tampa for a couple of well deserved days off! 

Let's hear it for the boys. . . 

All three boys travel well - and I was impressed (along with the docent) with all the information they have 

retained about "Swimming Creatures" from their awesome Apologia Science book and their understanding

of God's unique finger print on all of Creation. They blow me away - these little monkey's! 

3 in 30 - reaching goals just 3 at a time …

June Goals: 

1. I will loose 10 pounds - by drinking water and moving my body 30 minutes daily (walking, swimming, 

biking, yoga, or dancing with the boys) 

2. I will start my day in Scripture- I am doing the Proverbs 31 study with Amanda Pelser

3. I will finish updating my pages- I am working through the Simple blogging ebook 

Letter of the week "O" …

"O" is for Otter- One of the cute friend we made at the Aquarium

Helpful homeschooling tips, Freebies or advice to share…

I highly recommend that you join a local Science center or Aquarium! Check out the ASTC.org

"Passport Program" - Association of Science and Technology Centers - gives you FREE admission to museums around the country. *Read the fine print - there are restrictions - but we plan entire vacations around some of these visits. They are educational and fun - it's been a wonderful investment in our homeschool! 

There is a "likers only" FREEBIE on our Facebook Page! Download your Free Nature Study today

and add fun and scripture to your Summer Nature adventures! 

Linking with - Holy Spirit Led Homeschool , The Imagination Tree , Creative Family Fun , Read.Explore.Learn.  and these: 

                    


    

Friday Fun - Our Homeschool Week

Big Announcement: Following through on a commitment made to the Lord a long time ago- 

I'll be speaking at the "Homeschool How-To Conference"   brought to you by Foundations Press

- The conference is a free online convention which you can attend from the comfort of your own home on May 1- 3. I'll be speaking on May 3. You have the option to upgrade to a premium pass which allows you to download all the freebies available in the conference goodie bag! 

The main purpose of this incredible conference is to show you how to implement the study of the Bible into

your homeschool curriculum daily - Using the Bible as your go to textbook for Science, Reading, History, even Math. 

I have witnessed first hand how putting God's Word first in our home and our homeschool can make a difference in families. We are experiencing miracles in our home (read our testimony from this week here) 

Whether you are a seasoned homeschooler or just considering it for your family - I hope you'll join me as I speak on the topic of "Exploring God's Creation - helping your family know their Creator by studying 

His amazing Creation" - Easy sign up available on the "Homeschool How-to Conference"  site. 

Enter the code "adventurez" for 10% off on the premium tickets! 

*I'm giving away a ticket as well 

- just comment below that you'd like to win & I'll enter ya

If you go ahead and purchase - we'll refund the money if you win the full premium pass! 

Field Trip: 

               Florida Aquarium - Tampa Florida 

Favorite Resources: This week - the resource prize has to go to NotebookingFairy  

If you're new to notebooking or interested in learning more - a must have ebook is Notebooking Success

It's on sale for only $5.50 this week y'all - down from the regular $8 - so if you're interested - grab it! 

We used the Dolphin printables this week during our Swimming Creatures study! 

3 in 30- 

1. Spiritual - continuing in my Shepherding a Child's Heart study- there has been some awesome breakthroughs in our home this week - if you haven't read our testimony from earlier this week - please do - 

I pray you will be encouraged and blessed by it! Hang in there mamas! Fill your kids with the Word!  

2. Health- drinking my water - using my oils - still healing and feeling so much better! Got my wheat grinder and made fresh ground bread this week! another step under way :) 

3. Schedule - Did not get all the organizing done that I wanted to - but - I have the rest of the day 

We did make some progress on 3 days this week and that makes me happy! 

Blogging through the alphabet - "L" is for Love one another!

 Read our testimony from this week here  - It's a reaL Life example of how God works 

"L" also stands for meeting in real Life 

So happy to have spent the day yesterday with Lauren @ServingFromHome 

and her Lovely family at the Florida Aquarium 

I feel so blessed that God has provided me the opportunity to meet up with such special friends 

to take our "online" homeschool mama friendships to the "I know her IRL" level  - God blesses be

through you ladies on a daily basis - I LOVE it when we get to meet up! 

"L" is for Love - special friends 

Fabulous Freebies and Resources to Pin: 

Free History Lessons and Videos

Free Bible Verses about Nature for Earth Day

Online Games

Free Fossil Craft ideas 

   

  

Our Homeschool Week - Easter

Our Week: 
We are fighting some kind of Spring cold/flu in our home this week - so we've taken it slowly
We have continued our study from the Apologia Swimming Creatures book - we added a study of
Sea Stars by doing a lapbook :

Get your own free copy of the Star Fish Lapbook from the Homeschool Share here:

We are also using our new Notebooking pages from the Notebooking Fairy as we study Dolphins

(that was a fun adventure) 

Get your own dolphin notebooking pages from the Notebook Fairy here - there are many other freebies

on the Notebooking Fairy site - Check out the round up of ideas and printables for April here

I've printed out our notebooking and lapbooking pages for our bird study as well - we took this picture of a Florida Scrub-jay at a near by park. Scrub jays are highly intelligent birds who are easily tamed. I've had them sit on my finger on numerous occasions. (A-ma-Zing) 

Get your FREE printable Blue Jay notebooking pages from the Notebooking Fairy here

While we were in the house working on our notebook pages and other school stuff - my 7 yr old spotted a Red Headed Woodpecker (and recognized it right away) - I looked up and saw this through the screen: 

Can you find the Woodpecker in this picture? 

I know. Right? So, Where's the bird? It's like - where's Waldo? I was shooting blind - when I cropped the picture though and lightened it up a bit - I found this: 

Oh! To have his eyes! His father also possesses this strange gift - He'll see a "dot" in the sky - name it - and start talking about it's eating and mating habits. For real. Handy for homeschool though for sure! 

I am so thankful for the family time we got to spend this Easter weekend. 

We had a relaxing peaceful Easter - we enjoyed a beautiful service at church - came home to eat a delicious meal and have some quiet family time - we did a little egg hunt in the yard and talked about the real reason for our celebration - the risen Savior. It was a beautiful time. 

Let's hear it for the boys: I'm so proud when they work together as a team and show their sweet side! 

H- is for Happy 

H- is also for Hibiscus - Which also make me Happy 

Wrap-up: We'll be finishing off our homeschool week with a History class tomorrow - the boys watched several historical films and science films this week as we convalesced (been wanting to use that word) 

Hoping everyone is well enough to have a real school lesson - and finish our Noah's Ark project 

(I'll take pictures) 

3 in 30: 
1. Spiritual- in the Word daily and Shepherding a Child's Heart online book club
2. Health- God is healing me NOW - doing my part drinking water - less sugar more protein
    - using my essential oils - exercise 3 x per week
3. Schedule- homeschool and organizing (one room and one bedroom each week organized)

Spiritual- Ok, so I had my quiet time most days this week so far - still need improvement - still need to write post for the chapter 2-3 but the reading and study is done!

Health- Still feeling so much better than I was before - we are fighting sickness in the house this week so I don't feel well - but my healing from RA is now and my daily pain is well under control - almost gone! drinking my water - using my oils - didn't get much exercise because we are sick -yucky- *the oils are helping me fight that off and my husband too!

Schedule- did I mention we are fighting sickness? I've had a little boy in my bed and just not feeling well so the schedule I was so happy about hasn't really happened - I did get some paperwork into a binder and part of the bed room paperwork cleared & some cleaning in bedroom and main room (this is aside from normal kitchen, bathroom, and daily cleaning of course)
*I purchased my copy of Simple Blogging and have begun reading it - get your $8 copy here and join us

So, a little is good in a sick week - at least I've made a bit of headway!

Homeschool Freebies: 

Free History Video's: Federalist, Anti-Federalist, and House of Representatives 

Globalmania Free Geography Program and Maps 

Seterra Free Online Map Quiz Game