By Holly Giles | Boy Crafting , Florida , homeschooling
The Gift My husband came home with a FREE car one Sunday afternoon, after helping a friend move. What has transpired from there is a family adventure in the lessons of trading up! We are an outdoor family. We love to spend time hiking, kayaking and the boys love to fish. We have not had […]
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By Holly Giles | homeschooling
Mondays seem to be the do-over day for homeschool in our house. When the week before did not go as planned, Monday is always around the corner to make a fresh start. Today was no different. Last week we had several fun distractions that kept us from staying on our homeschool tasks and I spent […]
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By Holly Giles | Recipes , seasonal , Simple Living
Orange Spice Sugar Orange Spice sugar is an easy gift to have on hand to give to friends and family for different occasions. This easy sugar was a hit around the holidays or summer parties and I want to share it with you! I save any little glass jar I can get my hands on. […]
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By Holly Giles | handicrafts , homeschooling
Creating a little excitement for your science lesson or nature study can be as simple as a feel and find discovery box! Having an extra shoebox on hand is all you need to create a tool to use again and again. We used ours to choose distinctions between leaves and to figure out which object […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Florida , Great Outdoors , Mama's Musings
Camping Trip As we head out this weekend on another camping adventure, I thought I would continue our adventures from last year. In part one of camping, I talked about the truth of family camping. Now I will share our run-ins with critters and nature as we venture on exploring the outdoors. This time last […]
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By Holly Giles | Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Nature Study
We just finished reading The Last Egret, by Harvey Oyer. I was not prepared for the fascinating true accounts of Charlie Pierce, a native of Florida in the late 1800’s. History has become a favorite subject for us all in our homeschool, especially Florida history. I am a fourth generation Floridian with roots from the […]
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By Holly Giles | Boy Crafting , handicrafts , homeschooling , popular
Our family loves the pioneering days. We learned to make our own soap as the pioneers did, with a modern twist and gained a new skill we continue to use. During our Little House on the Prairie study, we made soap to give out as gifts for the holidays. I was nervous to attempt working with lye […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Nature Study
Florida Manatee Florida manatee show up in the springs of Florida from December through March. During the winter months, manatee move to warmer waters and a large number of them find their way to Blue Spring State Park. We have been taking Grayson and Grant to the park to see Florida Manatee since they were […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration
No, this is not an ad for camo nation, but a symbol of family coming together, to blend in. The months have been so busy in our house. I was given the opportunity to speak at a regional convention here in Florida, and it pushed me to finish a book I have been working on. […]
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By Holly Giles | Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Nature Study
Backyard Science Around here, backyard science need not be planned. On any given day, it falls from the sky or slithers by for us to take notice. Why not seize the opportunity. On this day, we were reading on the couch when a loud thud hit the back window. As we searched the deck, we found […]
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