What kids (or adults for that matter) can resist tasty, edible, science experiments? No one in my house! We received Eat Your Science Homework from Ann McCallum Books for this review. YUMMY! Continue reading
We are converting an existing shed to our winter farrowing house. This particular shed did have electricity to it and has lights, however, it only has a couple of outlets. One of the upgrades needed is more outlets. (During the winter, we use heat lamps to help keep the baby pigs warm.) Since I learned how to install electrical outlets when we built our cabin, I can put that knowledge to good use now.
Winter farrowing is much more labor intensive than farrowing during the warmer months, however our extra work is rewarded by Niman Ranch. Because it is harder to farrow in the winter, fewer producers have pigs being born then. That results in fewer pigs going to market in the summer. To help overcome this, Niman Ranch offers a “Summer Premium” for those pigs delivered to market during the summer months. Continue reading
Our first experience listening to Brinkman Adventures began recently with Season 3. Brinkman Adventures is available as either the CD set or as an MP3 download. For this review, we received the 4 CD set which has over 5 hours of Audio Missionary Drama!
If you, like me, are trying to teach different ages and grades at the same time, you might find the Homeschool Courses from Standard Deviants Accelerate (SDA) helpful. For the past several weeks, we have been trying various classes from SDA in order to review them. We received access to SDA Homeschool Courses for one year.
Today is the remaining day to take advantage of free shipping and a special reduced priced for the Times Tales DVD from Educents. If you are like me, you won’t want to miss out on this deal!
Hundreds of kids have learned their times tables in an hour using a very fun & easy to understand animated video. The Times Tales DVD is a two-part video series that uses stories to teach multiplication to kids. The videos use cute, simple stories that provide students with a “memory peg,” allowing them to quickly recall otherwise abstract multiplication facts. As students progress through the video, they’ll learn multiplication without even knowing it! It’s that easy! Continue reading
