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Pork Chili Verde Recipe

This Pork Chili Verde Recipe our dinner for new recipe night at our house this week. It was amazingly scrumptious and delightful! The whole family raved over this one. We all love Mexican food, and this is a nice change … Continue reading →...

Published Mon, Aug 13 2012 5:34 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Recipes, Main Dishes

Printable High School Planner

We’ve made this printable high school planner and we’re giving it up it for just $0.99! It includes: Four Year Course Plan: plan out the whole four years to be sure you meet graduation requirements for your state and college … Continue...

Published Fri, Jul 13 2012 5:27 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Products

Family Night: What’s Missing?

We have family night once a week at our house. Everyone gathers to pray, sing, have a lesson, and play games together. Sometimes there is plenty of time and thought put into our family nights, but other weeks, we fly … Continue reading → Read...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 4:26 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Family Fun, Family Night

Retiring the Flag

This time of year with Memorial Day and Flag Day past and Independence Day coming up fast, I tend to wax all patriotic. At a Memorial Day a couple of years ago we invited a couple of families over and … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 7:41 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Holidays, Celebrations Around the Year, Family Fun

Toddlers and Chores

I’m a big believer in kids doing chores. It actually amazes me how many moms I know that don’t assign chores to their kids. I once heard a celebrity in an interview on TV say that her son’s only chore … Continue reading →...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 4:07 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Family Fun, Being the Mom, Organizing Your Home, Organization

ABC Worm

Little ones need lots and lots and lots of practice with the ABC’s so here’s one more way. You can make an ABC worm from the printable below and some cardstock and have your child put the alphabet in order, … Continue reading →...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 5:53 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Explorations, Printables, Pre-school Explorations, Pre-School Printables

Simple Light Refraction Experiment

Scared of science? Don’t be. Doing science with your kids can be the best part of their week. And it’s not nearly as complicated as scientists and the writers of textbooks would like you to believe. Take, for example, optics. … Continue...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 4:25 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Science Experiments and Explorations, Physics

Unit 1.8

Unit 1.8 in the Layers of Learning program includes: History: Assyrians Geography: Deserts Science: The Physics of Fluids The Arts: Rhythm in Music Can you use the laws of physics to make a needle float? Want to make a Sonoran … Continue reading...

Published Thu, May 24 2012 3:07 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Products

A Day In Our Homeschool

People, mostly mildly curious, but sometimes sincerely wanting to know if they could ever manage homeschooling, ask me what do we do when we’re “doing school”? I usually give a short reply like “workbooks and stuff”. How...

Published Thu, May 17 2012 4:26 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Explanations, Organization, Organizing Your Homeschool

The North Pole May Not Be As Far Away As You Thought

For a fun twist on geography, instead of learning all about one place in the world, pick a theme and see how many places in the world have names around your theme. Since it’s Christmas time, right now you could search...

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 1:55 PM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Explorations, Holidays, Geography Explorations, General Geography, Christmas

Muslim Mosaics or Cool Random Art Project…You Pick

We originally did this art project to go along with a study of the way Muslims traditionally made mosaics. Unlike the Christian mosaics which included people and landscapes, Muslim artwork focused on geometry of shapes and patterns. People...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 5:23 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Explorations, Art Explorations

I’m Not Good Enough

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot of bloggers. I just keep telling myself, “Bloggers are people too, right?” Well, sometimes I’m not so sure about that. Some of them seem to be just a little TOO perfect. Don’t know what …...

Published Sun, Mar 18 2012 11:12 PM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Family Fun, Being the Mom

Writin’ With the Irish

Here are a few fun writing ideas for some St. Patrick’s Day fun: Imagine you found a lucky four-leaf clover that will bring you great luck for only one day. Write about your perfect lucky day. At Christmas time, Valentine’s … Continue...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 6:08 PM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Holidays, Celebrations Around the Year, Writer's Workshop

How Does Homeschooling Stack Up?

Created by: College At Home It makes no difference the amount of money spent or the income of the family or the education level of the teacher. What matters is a caring mentor who gives one-on-one customized tutoring. It’s always … Continue...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 4:17 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Explanations, Reviews, Featured Sites

Milk Jug Knights

We made these sets of knights armor out of milk jugs. I needed three milk jugs for each child . . . at our house that’s a lot of milk jugs. First we made the helmets. There are two styles, … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 5:00 AM by Layers of Learning

Filed under: Lesson Plans, Medieval History, Explorations, History Explorations

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