Michelle Shaeffer

Awesome Homeschooling YouTube Videos

Michelle — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:25:17 +0000

Kinnikinnick Rocks

Michelle — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:58:43 +0000

Gluten free foods can be… well, not always as tasty as a 6 year old might hope. But one brand we’ve had fantastic, consistent luck with is Kinnikinnick. Chocolate chip muffins, pizza crusts, donuts, all wonderful. It’s the first brand of pizza crust that my son has loved. And the muffins and donuts were good enough that the other kids wanted to share. Yay!

Learning to Read

Michelle — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:55:00 +0000

With a 9 year old, 6 year old, and 4 year old, learning to read well is definitely a focus around here. We’ve tried several different approaches, and finally found something that’s working fantastic. It’s a great internet-based reading program with a space dog type character who guides the child through the lessons. Once you purchase a subscription you can use it with more than one kid (but only one at a time). There’s a money back guarantee, but we definitely won’t need it–it works for us. Check it out and try the demo lesson to see if it might work for your kiddos, too! Visit ClickN READ Phonics learning to read web site for more information.

Is Your Home Organized?

Michelle — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:32:32 +0000

How organized is your home? I’ll admit, my kitchen used to have a junk drawer, I could never find the scissors (which drawer did I put them in last time I had them?), and searching for socks at the last minute sometimes happened. My home was clean and tidy, and semi-organized. But the promise of saving more time (what homeschooling, work at home mother couldn’t use more time in her day?) made me decide to give more organization a try. I’m now halfway through the “Organise Your Home” e-course by Marcia Francois. It was just the kick in the pants I needed to get more organized. Each week I get a list of tasks complete with helpful instructions and photographs to help organize another area of my home. Since getting through my kitchen I can’t believe the time I’ve saved! I can find everything and, since I also went crazy with my label maker, so can everyone else in the family. Highly recommended!

Gluten Free Corn Dogs

Michelle — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:58:23 +0000

Success in the kitchen today! Corn dogs are one of the things my boys miss most since we went gluten free a year ago, and it finally hit me that I could make them using a gluten free cornbread mix. I used the Bob’s Red Mills mix (yummy!) with almond milk and gluten free hot dogs, and followed the steps on the Hillbilly House website. Unanimous approval from all three kids.

Welcome to my personal blog…

Michelle — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:10:59 +0000

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