by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 8, 2013 | 2012 Homeschooling Tour, Homeschooling
[Today I’m back to the How We Homeschool Series. Go here to see Parts 1-3.] Jack’s “reading parking lot”. I say a word and he has to find it and park his car on it. A few months ago I started this How We Homeschool Series and then a busy...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 6, 2013 | Frugal Living
As we approach a new year, many of us start to think about areas of our life that we’d like to improve. Your budget might be one of those areas. As a stay-at-home mom of four young kids, keeping my family’s budget under control is one of my big...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I think its fun to see what a blog’s most read posts for the year are and so I’m going to share mine too. If you blog, do you do this? I think it gives a blogger a good idea of what the core interest may be amongst his/her readers. Some of...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 2, 2013 | Past Giveaways, Products |
Did you know Purex now has a detergent that’s new for babies? I received a bottle to review and it smells of a powdery-baby scent. My babies are now 8 and 6 years old but Purex Baby still works on our laundry! Purex sent me three full value coupons to...
by Tracy Zdelar | Jan 1, 2013 | Encouraging, Family Stuff |
It was great taking the last week off from posting here. I needed a break from the machinery of blogging to just reflect on where I should go with it for the new year. The result is that I feel I need to make my blog reflect, parallel if you will, my conviction...
by Tracy Zdelar | Dec 24, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Today is Christmas Eve and we barely have enough snow here in Canton, Ohio to say it “may” be a white Christmas. If it rains tonight or tomorrow we may be kissing that little bit of snow good-bye! My family and I spent part of the day...
by Tracy Zdelar | Dec 21, 2012 | Encouraging
My! How time flies. About two weeks ago I shared Part 1- a post that was on my heart particularly for parents who’ve lost custody of their children for good. A couple days later I took notes on paper about the very things I pray about for my...
by Tracy Zdelar | Dec 21, 2012 | Prime Parent's Club
I shared my thoughts this week in my monthly homeschooling post over at the Prime Parent’s Club. “I’m a homeschooling parent. I’ll confess, in light of the terror and fear I read about on Friday, I felt a calming reassurance that my children were at home...
by Tracy Zdelar | Dec 20, 2012 | Websites
Parents who value early education at home know that cooperative, hands-on learning deserves special emphasis, while giving children the opportunity to practice on their own is also valuable. They also know that keeping up to date with the best tools to...