For those of you who want details of what our family uses for each subject for the various grades, including the curriculum which we develop ourselves the educational resources we sell or have in the past offered for sale and the items we don’t sell but recommend as some main resources which we use time after time as we encounter… Read More
This post is just put here to give more background and benefits of spreading out a homeschool schedule to purposely show that one is adding margin and time into the plan for the day. (This topic was mentioned briefly on the “Friday and Summary” blog and in context, it fits in with that series of posts.) A schedule is just… Read More
I’ve been doing some thinking about why some things don’t seem to appeal to some of us moms or if they do initially, they don’t end up working well in the long-term for homeschooling. This afternoon, I’ve been listening to my boys bake cookies in my kitchen and I’m seeing something I haven’t quite noticed like this before in there…. Read More
It’s back-to-school season soon! And that means it’s time for us moms to gather our supplies together and get organized! 🙂 Download your free 9-page printable pdf, print it out and follow along with these photos below to grab lots of ideas for getting organized with “school supplies” in YOUR home! Growing up in a home of schoolteachers, across the… Read More
You might be just starting to homeschool with your young child(ren) and are excited about the possibilities ahead! You might be just starting to homeschool with someone who has already attended school. There are some many reasons for “why” you may have decided to homeschool but you’re now at the stage of planning, “How do I begin?” Our family began… Read More
FREEBIES! Hooray!!! ♥ Click to download any of these helpful planning guides. They are in pdf format for your convenience. This looonnnggg planner (tape it together to see the “big picture”) is our newest planner to be available to you. This one shows the best of how Peppermint Stick Learning Company is/will be arranging our curriculum AND it is the… Read More
My blog posts about environmental sensitivities are often arranged topically rather than chronologically. For folks who are just beginning to learn about what EMF sensitivities are, this can be harder to follow because so much is new and complex due to the nature of trying to describe it sufficiently and answer questions of people who ask me about something related… Read More
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads! 🙂 The grandpa I lived across the field from for a number of years in my childhood was a well-loved adult Sunday School (S.S.) teacher, farmer/homesteader, and public school board chairman. Although he received only a grade 6 formal education, he remained a life-long learner and example of a godly man who lived… Read More
Help for Teaching Art Skills The following are the links to the main places on our website where you can find tips to teach/guide/motivate ART SKILLS, especially in a home education (homeschool) environment. (This post will be updated if additional places on our website have art tips or related aspects within its focus.) Blogs: Quilting with Children and Teens (from… Read More
Happy Mother’s Day to all the MOMS reading this!!! Today I’m sharing with you a poem from my mom’s collections… Mother “Do you know what my mother is? Well, she’s a fixer-upper! She doctors me when I am sick, And cooks the bestest supper. When lots of homework I must do, She can even be a teacher; But sometimes when… Read More
(Preamble for the series repeated here for the first bit….) A joyful heart – a satisfied confidence and/or an unrestrained expression of enthusiasm or delight! We strive for it, cultivate it, anticipate it, benefit from it, laugh with it, cry with it, have fun with it, radiate it, simply enjoy it – joyfulness is God’s design for us! As I… Read More
“The LORD is risen! The LORD is risen indeed!” This traditional Easter-time Christian greeting affirms confidence that Jesus Christ, our God, IS alive! We serve Someone Who is alive, Someone Who knows us, and Someone we can know more! This is a post to let you know (if you haven’t seen this already) that we have put up a new… Read More
Help for Teaching Math Skills The following are the links to the main places on our website where you can find tips to teach/guide/motivate MATH SKILLS, especially in a home education (homeschool) environment. (This post will be updated if additional places on our website have math tips within its focus.) Blogs: Homeschooling Math for Grades 3-8 and up (from 2019)… Read More
If you want to be reminded about the free homeschooling tips, fresh stories, and other “Encouragemints” from our “blog”, please bookmark our website and check it occasionally. (You could also check our FB page.) We currently do not have a subscriber list for newsletters because I wanted to prioritize my limited computer time for what was more helpful to you. Instead of a newsletter, you will find these sorts of things posted for everyone on my “blog”. Thanks for understanding!