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Favorite Children’s Books for Spring
Does your family celebrate the changing of each season? Spring is always an exciting time with so much happening in the great outdoors. Help your kids notice and understand the signs of spring by reading some of these wonderful books together!
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Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef and Veggies
This Hamburger Soup recipe is a staple at my house. Here’s what I love about it: Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef and Veggies It’s the perfect way to use up homemade beef bone broth. Aside from simmer time, this soup is quick to assemble. I can “sneak” in plenty of veggies my kids might not…
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Poems for Spring
In preparation for the spring term of our small, Charlotte Mason homeschool co-op, I went looking for some good “springtime” poems. My favorites are listed below. Older Brother and his peers will memorize one of these poems–or two, if they’re short–but I hope to enjoy the entire list at home with the boys as we…
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4 Tips for Cooking From Scratch in Less Time
Recently, I returned to physical therapy in an attempt to address my ongoing sciatica. I know this doesn’t seem relevant to the topic at hand, but I promise to bring it full circle if you stick with me. 🙂 In assessing my situation, the therapist asked which activities tend to increase my symptoms. When I…
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Homemade Crockpot Ketchup
This ketchup is one of the ingredients in Last Minute Meatballs, a new favorite around the Yankee Homestead. We actually went without ketchup for many months, using guacamole, hummus and mustards when we needed a condiment for dipping or spreading. When I came across this recipe, I just had to try it!
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Favorite Children’s Books for Easter
Are there certain books you always read with your family to prepare for special holidays? Every year at my house we pull out the same special children’s books for Easter.
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Children are a Blessing
At times, (okay, many times) my actions do not demonstrate my belief in this truth from Psalm 127:3-5, but it is true nonetheless. Parenting is hard. Sometimes I don’t like it. I don’t like it when my kids act like selfish brats. And I really don’t like it when, by displaying their sin nature, my…
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A Pot o’Gold: More Irish Culture for Kids
What we love about this collection of “Irish stories, poetry, folklore, and (of course) blarney”: Brief selections. Perfect for kids! I tend to read one or two to the boys as they finish up breakfast or lunch. Excellent explanations. Each selection begins with a short description of pertinent background information, including remarks about the author.…
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10 Simple Ways to Weave Holiday Traditions Into Everyday Life
Here at the Yankee Homestead, we love getting into the spirit for holidays and seasonal celebrations. We don’t do anything too elaborate, certainly nothing that would land on anyone’s Pinterest board. 🙂 Children love to celebrate, and I find that holidays make a great jumping off point for learning about all sorts of things–culture, history,…
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A Wee Bit o’ Irish Culture
Tales from Old Ireland So I’m about 1/4 Irish. (And 1/4 Mexican + 1/2 German. Amish-German, to be exact. But that’s definitely a story for another day…) Mr. Native Texan also boasts some UK heritage. Not from Ireland exactly, but close enough to make the Emerald Isle dear to his heart. Even without familiar…
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