As you can imagine, Education Insights has a wide variety of games and resources. When choosing something for my kids to review, I was struck by their World Map Foam Puzzle. I think that geography is hugely important for kids to grow up with a real sense of the world. It helps them to understand […]
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Natural Sunburn Relief: Homemade Remedies Guide
We are really careful about skin care and putting sunblock on ourselves and the kids. The little boys wear swim shirts (AKA rashguards) and are almost never out in the sun without shirts on and the big kids are reminded to put sunblock on several times a day. Even as strict as I am about sunblock, one […]
How To Recognize And Encourage Kids Strengths
My nine year old son is at math camp this week. Yep, math camp. It wasn’t exactly the destination that he was hoping for but it is turning out great all the same. A surprise to me since he struggled a little early in his school career with math and a surprise to him because […]
Sugar Lime DIY Exfoliating Body Scrub
During the summer months my skin seems to need a little more exfoliation than other times of the year. It can feel dry and parched mostly from being out in the sun and not to mention a little icky from the sunscreen, bug spray and sweat that most everyone carriers around on their skin during […]
The Mayapple Plant And Transplanting Mayapples
Whether you are creating edible landscaping for your homestead or you just enjoy native plants, mayapples are a great choice. Mayapples are fairly easy to grow and this edible wild food can be found for in large quantities right out in the woods. First, I will tell you some general information about the mayapple plant. […]
Expressing Gratitude And Happy Mother’s Day Poems
I was recently listening to University of Virginia, English professor Lisa Russ Spaar, talking about poetry and she mentioned that you can tell poetry truly touches people because they turn to poetry to pay homage to important events in people’s lives. Poetry has a way of catching people’s hearts and expressing emotions that are hard […]
Repurposed Dresser Tutorial: Turned Into A Chair And Ottoman
So here is a fun diy furniture project! Are you looking for old dresser ideas? You are going to love this old dresser repurposed into two new furnitures! I bet you didn’t know you could take an old dresser and turn it a fabulous matching dresser chair and ottoman. Yup, it is such a great way […]