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
March 2020: This post was specifically written to help people who tend to be more ISOLATED from some aspects of our society because of the prevalent environmental changes (e.g. fragrances in stores, multiple cell towers and wifi near or in public buildings, etc.). In the spring of 2020, many people across North America and other parts of the world, have… Read More
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
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
Here it is – our big multi-grade resource of phonics for fun learning about vowels!!! It’s 150 pages in a printable e-book (pdf) format – so convenient for homeschool or class teachers or tutors to “print and go”! 🙂 Here is the link for our BRAND NEW e-book in our online shop: Phonics is Fun! Unit 2: Vowels ♥ Short,… Read More
Scroll to the bottom of this post for a link to a virtual homeschool conference in April 2020!!! I like the reminder in Proverbs 27:9 – that God doesn’t want us to feel alone and one of His ways of caring for us is to provide us opportunities to have a friend(s). Here is that Scripture verse in a few… Read More
Help for Teaching Handwriting Skills The following are the links to the main places on our website where you can find tips to teach/guide/motivate PRINTING and PENMANSHIP SKILLS, especially in a home education (homeschool) environment. (This post will be updated if additional places on our website have printing and/or cursive writing as its focus.) Cottage Handwriting Lines (February 2020) Monday… Read More
Since February’s subject blog focuses on printing and penmanship skills, I’m sharing with you some free printable templates for handwriting lines. We designed these printables a few years ago and have used them briefly with one or more of our children who needed a little extra guidance for lettering position. (We sort of drew our former “log house” and called… Read More
Can we “save our culture” through growing the home education movement? Some people think so. I’d like to share with you some thoughts on this topic today, linking it to a longer article we have had on our website if you are interested in reading about it further. This post/article is best understood by Christians who eagerly desire to serve… 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!