By Holly Giles | Boy Crafting , Florida , handicrafts , homeschooling
There is more to the county fair for the family than candied apples, fried Twinkies, and the Ferris wheel! It can be used to educate your children and learn a new skill! As a child, I loved going to the fair. My grandparents lived very close to the property where the Central Florida Fair took place […]
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By Holly Giles | hen house , Mama's Musings
Henrietta is in broody chicken jail. However, I assure you it is for everyone’s benefit! Broodiness is what happens to hens when they decide they want to sit on their eggs and hatch young. If you would like more information on the subject check out My Pet Chicken . In our hen house, there is no rooster, so there won’t […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Nature Study
We were busy today. Staying on track has been hard this week. I was on drill duty to keep the boys on task! Yet a walk in the grass became the day’s focus. Cowboy needed a break, so I gave him 20 minutes outside to use his homemade bow. When I went out back to wrangle him in, he […]
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By Holly Giles | homeschooling , Inspiration , popular
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, I just wanted […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , hen house , homeschooling , Mama's Musings
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, and show you […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , Florida field trips , Great Outdoors
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 springs, which is located in the Ocala National Forest. The Forest was established in 1908 as the FIRST national forest east of the […]
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By Holly Giles | handicrafts , homeschooling , popular
Throwing out these adorable feed sacks was breaking my heart! Surely I could figure a way to re-purpose them. My grandmother used to make dresses out of her feed sacks, what could I do? The boys and I are always looking for a craft or handmade item to add to our menagerie of items for […]
Continue readingBy Holly Giles | homeschooling
Yesterday, Labor Day, and apparently pancake day. It was also a school day for us. My husband had to work, so we might as well keep up with our studies. It wasn’t a bad day, but sometimes, 24/7 with two boys can wear you out! By the end of the night, I was curled […]
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By Holly Giles | Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Nature Study
Zebra Longwing butterflies are the state butterfly here in Florida. In June, they started taking over our backyard by the hundreds. What can we find out? Their host plant is the passion vine. We have several planted around the backyard, but the one they favor is growing up the railing on our back porch. We have […]
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By Holly Giles | homeschooling
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. I invite you to take a walk with us on this homeschool day, at The Giles Frontier… Most days here on the Frontier […]
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