What 11-year-old boy doesn’t like reading comic books about super-heroes? Not many that I know so we were happy to have the chance to review Book 1, Rescue Me! What Superheroes Can Teach Us About the Power of Faith from The Captain Sun Adventures. Opening our Captain Sun adventure I saw right away that there was an introduction from author Bryce Morgan directed to…
Learning is More Fun When Papa Gets Involved in Our Homeschool
Those of you who read this blog regularly know that I homeschool our grandson and that we travel quite a bit. During our travels (and while at home) we always make sure to have the whole family involved in EJ’s education. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” and our village begins with our family.…
R is for Rocky Roads Travel Mix {Blogging Through the Alphabet}
There is nothing like cruising down the road with the windows rolled down and a warm breeze blowing through your hair. Your favorite tunes playing on the radio and the sunshine warming your arm as it lays along your driver’s door…wait…what warm breezes? Fall is totally creeping into the air and the tunes coming from the radio are likely whatever…
Our Visit to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights {Wordless Wednesday}
On our recent road trip to Winnipeg Manitoba, we managed a quick visit to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. This is an amazing facility and I could spend hours there. So much to see and so much to learn. I was quite taken by the display about the Acadians being removed from Nova Scotia and scattering to various parts…
Learning Latin with Roman Roads Media {My Review}
Up until now my only experience with Latin has been from singing in our church choir but this summer we’ve had the opportunity to check out the online subscription to Picta Dicta Natural World from Roman Roads Media. (Thankfully they have generously provided us with a 14-month subscription since the only word I knew in the first set of lessons was “agnus”, a…
Q is for Quick and Easy Quesadilla {Blogging Through the Alphabet}
If there is one thing our grandson loves it’s a yummy quesadilla so I had no doubt this would be my recipe for the letter Q. We all love Mexican food so when EJ moved up from eating baby food and was looking for something on the menu at our favorite restaurant, a cheese quesadilla was the sensible choice. A…
GrammarPlanet {My Review}
We’ve recently had the opportunity to review the online learning program, GrammarPlanet. This language arts program is the product of the partnership of Erin Karl (her mother developed the Analytical Grammar program and Erin followed in her footsteps and became a teacher) and Jerry Bailey (he’s the technology guy and an expert in his field as well). Since this program…
A Visit to the Manitoba Museum {Wordless Wednesday}
We are spending the Labour Day week in Winnipeg, Manitoba and had the opportunity to visit the main galleries of the Manitoba Museum. It’s quite an amazing place! I think our favorite exhibit was The Nonsuch Gallery where you can step aboard this replica of the small ketch that actually sailed in salt and fresh water for four years before…
P is for Pasta Salad
Summer seems to have passed by so quickly this year, it’s hard to believe we are heading into the Labour Day long weekend already! In honour of this last barbecue season of summer I thought I’d share my daughter’s favorite pasta salad. She got the recipe several years ago from a friend in Nova Scotia and has added her own…
Our Visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village {Wordless Wednesday}
We recently had a wonderful visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Museum just east of Edmonton, Alberta. I’m working on a post for Homeschooling with Heart about our visit but thought I would share some of our pictures here today on Wordless Wednesday. Enjoy! For more Wordless Wednesday fun please visit Wendy at Life at Rossmont.