Homeschooling on the cheap - Frugal Family

In an effort to save money this year,  I'm joining my friend Marcy +Ben and Me  as well as Sam +Sam's Noggin  to bring you this weekly  link up full of tips for becoming a more Frugal Family. We will be sharing ideas to help you save money on groceries and meals, homeschool, crafts, and plenty of frugal DIY posts. We've made many sacrifices so that I can stay at home to teach the boys, and I've become pretty frugal in order to help make that possible and to keep it that way. It's become a challenge I truly enjoy, and one I enjoy sharing with you!




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Keep young minds sharp this summer and all year long

Take advantage of Free Printables: 
Adventurez in ChildRearing - All about Summer
Ben and Me - Winter Promise -4 Free unit studies (Pirates, Dinosaurs & more) 


Wonderful Free Geography resource:
Study Guide - teach them to care and pray globally




Great Free Software: 




Educational Programs at local stores & shops:
Bass Pro Shop Family Fun  
Michaels Craft Store - Passport to Fun (get your 40% off coupon here)
Home Depot - Weekly Workshops (adults & older kids) -  Kids Workshops
Lowes Kids Clinics


Science - Hands on Electronics:
Get 1 month free to try out the Electronics program from EEME - We love the
cool videos & they walk the kids right through each step of the process.
(read my review here about our experience - we start a new one this month) 





Special Summer offers - Only $10 per month for 3 month program: 
Math Freebies - Free worksheets and more

Free & Almost Free Kindle books: (read on PC/Tablet or Kindle)
Current - Nature Books 


AFM2FTH - $20 off 12 month subscription - Take notice - they do charge per child but my kids love this program. It's fast, fun and makes them want to practice reading! 




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Join us: 

Link up your own tips for saving money on our Frugal Family link up for January

Please grab the button to use or link via text - Visit others to encourage each other and

share great information! The group Pinterest board is here - I'm pinning away!

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Linking with: WhatsWorkingWed Hearts4Home FrugalTipTuesday FrugalFridays EconoFrugalFamily 

 

Simple Summer Suppers: #kidsinthekitchen

I join forces with my good friend Carrie @YoungLivingOilLady each

week to bring you this family friendly recipe link up. It is our desire to

encourage families to cook and eat together. Meals cooked at home

are healthier, and time spent together in the kitchen is good for families!

We use Cooking 101 as part of our family homeschool. I’m teaching the boys to put together healthy family meals, life skills, and budgeting,as well as teaching them tips for cooking in the kitchen. We encourage real food vs. processed food.

Let’s bring the family, back to the table!

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Simple Supper ingredients:

London Broil Steak 

Watermelon 

green peppers 

white onions 

(you can add mushrooms, raw carrots or whatever veggies your family enjoys- just keep it simple) 

spices to taste: garlic, blackened seasonings 

Keep summer cooking simple by using very basic few ingredients, the fresher, the better. 

Get the kids involved: 

• tenderize the meat with a large fork 
• slice onions and peppers into smaller pieces with a table knife (with supervision of course)
• sprinkle on seasonings (pour them into a separate bowl and let kids add them from there so they won't use more than you need)  

Grill or broil steak according to your preference & slice thin on a diagonal 

(under the broiler at 500 degrees - cook each side for 5 - 6 minutes for rare steak) 

Cook onions and peppers in pan with a Tbs. of coconut oil - salt & pepper to taste 

Serve fresh slices of watermelon on the side! 

I am sorry - I don't have a picture of the finished results. It was so good, we jumped in & it was GONE before I realized I hadn't grabbed the camera. Delicious! 

Try this fun (affordable) recipe book 

for summer recipes the family will enjoy: 

We are leaving the linky open all month for a more relaxed comfortable summer schedule! I will still post a new recipe each week and hope you will too.

Join us by linking up your favorite family recipes or tips for cooking with kids! Grab a button from below, on my sidebar, or use a text link back to Adventurez. Please visit another participant or more to help encourage each other. I’ll be visiting and Pinning away on our Kids in the Kitchen Pinterest board here. It’s a wonderful resource for finding yummy recipes the whole family will love. Enjoy your time in the kitchen this week!

I'm linking with these fine blogs: Titus 2 Tues The Better Mom   Try New Recipe   Happy LiL Hearts  

Hip Homeschool Hop  Creative Mondays, Look what we did, Tasty Tuesday, TemptmyTummyTuesday, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Raising Mighty Arrows, AddictedtoRecipes, HomemakingWednesdays, LivingWellWednesday, NOBH,, Wisdom Wednesday , Favorite Things, Modest Mom, FullPlateThursday,  MeltinyourMouthMonday, ShowOffFriday Tuesday'sTable, LookWhatWeDid , Titus 2sday,  Mom's Monday Mingle, Monday Mingle, CraftySpices, CreatewithJoy, Thursday'sTreasures, TastyThursdays Wonderful Food Wednesday TeachMeTues   FlourMeWithLove

A Summer's Pace -HSMothersJournal

In Our Life This Week  . . . 

We have summer storms most every day here in Southwest Florida - My husband is busy working, fishing. It's our tarpon season. People come from all around the world to fish in the "Tarpon Capital of the World" - Boca Grande. 

I'm working on a new site for the fishing business & Captain Daddy is fishing daily, dodging the afternoon storms. I wrote about it here in "Once upon a summer" 

In Our Homeschool This Week . . .  

We school year-round, but have slowed to a snails pace the past few weeks. We do some Bible, math, and reading - and any other projects that suite us. We catch a lot of bugs, tad poles, and lizards while we're at it. Well, the boys do. 

We are really excited about our new Awanas homeschool program! 

We are slowly working our way through the Swimming Creatures book from Apologia. 

I made these fun ocean themed book marks and copy work for scripture verses. You are welcome to download them for use in your home. 

We are cooking . . . 

Come and link up your own favorite recipes with us each Tuesday (open throughout 

 the week) on Kids in the Kitchen - we use kitchen time as part of our homeschool. 

Favorite . . . 

So, Spencer lost a tooth this week. He took it over to the neighbors house to show them, came home, excited with a $1 bill and said, "This thang's a REAL money maker!" 

He made 2 more dollars by putting it under his pillow. 

Read, Explore, Learn . . . 

The Tower of Babel  - Is our new book from Master Books. We will be building a Lego tower as we read and study the story and scriptures. We will explore the book further as we learn about how it relates to the world today. 

I'm excited . . . 

I just booked a vacation getaway for July, with our sweet cousins (my sister has 3 boys also) We will enjoy a couple of days at the Nick Suites hotel together, playing in their water park and getting slimmed, most of all, making fun cousin memories. 

We have a week full of organizing, learning, swimming and exploring the beach coming up this week. We will meet up with friends and I'm hoping to fit in some crafts as well. 

linking with: 

Holy Spirit Led Homeschool , The Imagination Tree , Creative Family Fun

Sun Scholars  , Camera Phone Friday, Favorite Resources this Week, Homeschool Freebie Fridays, Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers  ABC blogging, Collage Friday, Educating Laytons HS MothersJournal Mommy Teaches   homeschool fridays  friday faves Read.Explore.Learn I choose joy

Kids in the Kitchen - Giant Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

I join forces with my good friend Carrie @YoungLivingOilLady each week to bring you this family friendly recipe link up. It is our desire to encourage families to cook and eat together. Meals cooked at home are healthier, and time spent together in the kitchen is good for families!

We use Cooking 101 as part of our family homeschool. I’m teaching the boys to put together healthy family meals, life skills, and budgeting, as well as teaching them tips for cooking in the kitchen. We encourage real food vs. processed food. Let’s bring the family, back to the table!

*affiliate links present in post 

Giant Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Now THAT's REAL food! 

Our oldest son (almost 12) is away visiting cousins. This was their idea and their creation - thanks for the recipe Aunt Jill. Now y'all head to Florida and come make some with me!

They had a ball goofing off in the kitchen - even baby cousin was laughing (so cute) 

But THIS is NO joke - SERIOUSLY goooooood: 

Ingredients:

• 18 oz chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup creamypeanut butter
• 2 tbsp butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp. granular sugar

 

Directions:

1. Line a cupcake tin with paper cupcake liners.
2. Melt chocolate w/ double boiler
3. Spoon into the cupcake liners to make a thin layer of chocolate (for the bottom of the pnut butter cup)
4. Put in freezer for 10-15 minutes.
5. Whip the peanut butter, butter, powdered and granulated sugar together with a hand mixer.
6. Spoon small amounts of pnut butter into each cup.
7. Put in freezer for 10-15 minutes
8. Spoon chocolate onto top to make the top of the pnut butter cup
9. Shake your cupcake tin or bang it on the counter to make the pnut butter cups level out and gain proper shape
10. Put in freeze for 15 minutes for final setting
11. Enjoy!!!

Print Your Recipe Here  (click on ReesesPnutbutter and save doc to print) 

I'm linking with these fine blogs: Titus 2 Tues The Better Mom   Try New Recipe   Happy LiL Hearts  

Hip Homeschool Hop  Creative Mondays, Look what we did, Tasty Tuesday, TemptmyTummyTuesday, Domestically Divine Tuesday, Raising Mighty Arrows, AddictedtoRecipes, HomemakingWednesdays, LivingWellWednesday, NOBH,, Wisdom Wednesday , Favorite Things, Modest Mom, FullPlateThursday,  MeltinyourMouthMonday, ShowOffFriday Tuesday'sTable, LookWhatWeDid , Titus 2sday,  Mom's Monday Mingle, Monday Mingle, CraftySpices, CreatewithJoy, Thursday'sTreasures, TastyThursdays Wonderful Food Wednesday

Don't miss out - Big sale on this "great for summer" cook book: 

Join us by linking up your favorite family recipes or tips for cooking with kids! Grab a button from below, on my sidebar, or use a text link back to Adventurez. Please visit another participant or more to help encourage each other. I’ll be visiting and Pinning away on our Kids in the Kitchen Pinterest board here. It’s a wonderful resource for finding yummy recipes the whole family will love. Enjoy your time in the kitchen this week!