By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , popular
Learning to Read I have been frequently having days where lessons don’t seem to get complete, the laundry is covering the furniture, my youngest won’t read a book and every errand seems to turn into a much longer excursion than necessary. Today, was no exception! I spent most of the day irritated, not that anyone was misbehaving, […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , homeschooling , Simple Living , southern homestead
4H Fowl Fun The Volusia County Fair is in 2 months and we are gearing up for our entries! The fair association and 4H were offering a “Fowl Fun Day” to teach you about entering chickens. The flyer I received sounded too good to pass up. They would teach anatomy, breeds, disease, and pest control. In […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , Florida field trips , Great Outdoors
Alexander Springs Last week we had family in town. My husband’s Aunt and Uncle from Tennessee were here for a few days. We decided to cool off at Alexander Springs. We were going to meet them at spring, which is located in the Ocala National Forest. The Forest was established in 1908 as the FIRST national forest […]
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By Holly Giles | handicrafts , popular
Make your own feed sack tote Have you seen a feed sack tote? Throwing out these adorable feed sacks was breaking my heart! I saw a feed sack tote and knew I had to learn how. During the depression, My great-grandmother made dresses and field shoes for the grandchildren from burlap and cotton feed sacks. […]
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By Holly Giles | homeschooling
Our homeschool day What you don’t see in the photo above is a hawk, off to the left, that just flew up with his morning snack! This is our real-life homeschool day in our own backyard. This is a day from nearly the beginning of our homeschool journey. From this, you can see how far […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , hen house , Simple Living
My niece is the oldest, and the only girl out of the five grandchildren, unless you count the chickens. So, most of the time, our activities revolve around boys. She is a good sport about it, and when she has had enough, she retreats to her dark lair with her computer. As teenagers go, she loves […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
The Farmers Market How can you turn a morning at the farmers market into a homeschool lesson? Follow our morning at the farmers market and we will show you 5 life skills your kids can learn. I gave each of my boys $5 and a food challenge. They needed to purchase food for our family […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
Fort Christmas Fort Christmas Florida pioneer village is a hidden gem in Central Florida that everyone should experience. This property has transformed into a great field trip destination over the past 40 years. On December 25, 1837, 2,000 army soldiers arrived to construct a fort during the Second Seminole Indian War. Thus the name of […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Motherhood , Simple Living
Chicken coop Curtis and I have been married going on 25 years and we have gone back and forth about keeping a chicken coop. He wanted to, I didn’t, I did, He didn’t. However, when the boys got a little older I decided that raising chickens would definitely be a part of our home education, […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
Hands-on Science works best here on the Frontier, so anytime I can match a lesson with the outdoors it’s going to be a hit. Some friends from our co-op had been asking us to do a class on tadpoles. Some of the kids had never watched them grow before and were anxious to give it a […]
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