Hello & welcome to Happy Little Homemaker! I’m so glad that you stopped by! I would love for you to subscribe to my RSS Feed. You can also find me on Pinterest and Twitter. Thanks for visiting!Disclaimer: This post was provided as a part of a sponsored campaign. The end of summer is in sight, […] Read more…
Happy Kids Songs {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received these items in exchange for an honest review. Both of my daughters have a secondary auditory style of learning and enjoy music. We always seem to be having a character issue of some sort (my fault, I’m sure), so when I saw the offerings from Happy Kids Songs, I was optimistic. […] Read more…
Mother Mary – A Marian Catechism {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Recently I received an invitation from Aquinas & More to review Mother Mary: God’s Gift to You. Mr. Rutherford felt so strongly about this unknown gem that he offered several review copies. Mother Mary is a Marian catechism that follows […] Read more…
8 Steps to Prepping for the New {Home} School Year {5 Days of Back to Homeschool – The Early Years}
If you haven’t already started your school year, here are 8 easy steps to prepping for your next school year. 1. Put away last years curriculum. First of all, empty the place where you keep your current curriculum, whether that is shelves or drawers. I keep the kids art supplies there, too, so I reorganized […] Read more…
Easing into a New {Home} School Year {5 Days of Back to Homeschool – The Early Years}
Easing into school is always difficult — the weather is still nice, the other kids are still on summer break (we school year round) and frankly, we are still working on self-discipline :). All of us!! We spend the first month slowly easing into school. Preschool – Month 1 For my preschooler, we are going […] Read more…
3 Tools for Teaching Teens & Twenties {5 Days of Back to Homeschool – The Early Years}
When I was teaching our oldest math in Kindergarten, we had THE hardest time with the teens. She could count them out loud but being able to identify them was practically impossible. We got stuck on them for months. Here are 3 things we did that got us over that hump. […] Read more…
First Day of {Home} School Traditions {5 Days of Back to Homeschool – The Early Years}
As year round homeschoolers, even though we take off the month of July, we still do summer school. Summer school tends to be the most hated subjects because they are the ones I don’t want to lose ground in. This year was math. In order to try to build a little excitement around the new […] Read more…
Homeschooling for First Grade & Under – Avoiding Overload {5 Days of Back to Homeschool – The Early Years}
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for your support! We have always known we were going to homeschool and being the list making over achiever that I am, I tried to start school at age 2, failing miserably, starting & stopping every year until age 6. True story. This post is to share […] Read more…
Date Night Ideas for Busy Parents – August 2014 – Picnics {Serve Your Spouse Saturday #29}
I almost blew off this month’s date night ideas post. We’ve been sooooo busy and all our dates have been on the boat :). But it’s the last month of summer and it you haven’t been yet, this is a great month to go on a picnic. Since its my favorite thing to do […] Read more…
Catholic Books for Tweens – 6 Year Blogoversary Giveaway
Finally, I am giving away a set of Catholic books for older elementary-tweens. Both are from Pauline Press. The first is Totally Catholic (a Catholic Catechism) and the second is When Parents Divorce or Separate. To enter, please use the widget below. Please note that a comment is mandatory and is […] Read more…