From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Crew Review – Web Design For Kids (… And Curious Grown-Ups!)

August 29, 2009 Reviews

As parents, most of us are concerned about how our children will make a living once they grow up and leave our home. As homeschoolers, it sets a little more heavily on our shoulders to make sure our children have the skills they need to be successful.  On top of that, this present economy and job market makes [...]

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HomeGrownMommy Is Hosting The “Carnival Of Homeschooling”!

August 25, 2009 Memes

I am very excited to be hosting one of the best blog carnivals I have ever seen!  There are so many wonderful articles posted each week by so many thoughtful, articulate, and intelligent homeschooling families – I learn something new each and every week.  If you would like to read a little more about the carnival, [...]

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Tackle It Tuesday – I Tackled Moving!

August 25, 2009 Tackle It Tuesday

Oh, how I wish my camera had not gotten packed first!!  If you could only have seen the transformation from chaotic piles of boxes to peaceful “livable-ness”, you’d be proud of what I tackled! This move was so exciting for me – we now have a homeschool ROOM instead of a homeschool closet where we [...]

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Crew Review – Quarter Mile Math Game

August 24, 2009 Reviews

The kids and I really enjoyed reviewing this math video game!  I would whole-heartedly recommend everyone to use this software, from math-lovers to math-haters.  (I have one of the latter in my household.)  They have a free demo to download on their website if you want to check it out after reading my review. Basic [...]

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Sense and Sensibility Review – Continued!

August 22, 2009 Reviews

Recently, I reviewed a dress pattern for little girls from Sense and Sensibility for the Homeschool Crew.  You can check that out here. Since the dress is an apron-style that is open in the back, I needed some type of simple, white dress that would fit underneath the apron.  I made it in under one [...]

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Crew Review – Sense and Sensibility Patterns; Girl’s Edwardian Apron

August 19, 2009 Reviews

Anna has been asking me to teach her to sew for quite a while now – more so when I was sewing at any chance I could.  Blogging has sort of taken over the sewing spot in my life for right now!  But, when I told her about this review, her eyes lit up and [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday – Creating A First Grade Curriculum From What I Already Have

August 19, 2009 Works For Me Wednesday

Works For Me Wednesday is hosted by WeAreTHATFamily! After reading this article, go on over there and check out all the other great blog posts to see what works for other blogging guys and gals! Last week’s topic here at HomeGrownMommy was about finding new uses for old things around the house.  This week’s topic is [...]

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Crew Review – Hank the Cowdog Book, Game, and CD

August 15, 2009 Reviews

I had never heard of Hank the Cowdog before doing this review but when I opened the package and the kids saw all the cool stuff inside, they were just drooling to be able to do the review right away! We were in the middle of moving to a new home and we all needed a [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday – New House, New Use

August 12, 2009 Works For Me Wednesday

Works For Me Wednesday is hosted by WeAreTHATFamily! After reading this article, go on over there and check out all the other great blog posts! We just moved into a new home! It was LOTS of work and Florida is very HOT in July and August – but it was well worth it. We have [...]

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