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Goings on at Mama Kautz
There's lots going on at Mama Kautz. Here's a quick post to fill you in. Newsletter! I now have a monthly newsletter. It will have doTERRA specials and a Preparedness Tip of the Month. The information in the newsletter will be exclusive to the newsletter. RSS Feed option You now have a new option for my RSS feed. Bloglovin and Feedly are available, as is Feedburner. Now you can you MadMimi too. doTERRA Giveaway Ends…
The Phone Call I Wish I Never Answered
Is it dead of night and, as always, my brain won't shut off and I just keep thinking. I keep thinking about the phone call I got when my mom died. Rehashing that moment over and over. How my first thought, as with anytime something really bad happened, I wanted to call my mom. I couldn't. You can read the rest over at my writing site Katrina Kautz photo credit: Furryscaly via photopin cc
Kindle Freebies!
I am not going to do this every day, but I wanted to share with you a few of the FREE Kindle downloads I have come across. Maybe a regular Saturday post? Is that something y'all would like? There are so many sites out there sharing free stuff, that isn't where I want to go with this site. I want to share the love if I find something that I think you will like, too.…
Be Still and Know
Fall is upon us. With fall comes new routines. New 'socialization' opportunities. Also the possibility of over-scheduling of our lives. When we first started homeschooling my biggest fear wasn't if I could teach Algebra or Chemistry. My biggest fear was if my kids would have enough socialization. We did co-op. (where we HAD to go on EVERY field trip) We did homeschool bowling league. (Went to state even) We did karate. We joined a gym,…
Not Back to School Day in the Life
Most days you will see the kids working on their Teaching took me 6 years of homeschooling to finally cave in to buying this AMAZING curriculum. Hence the reason it is only 7th grade. They are behind. But the love it! You might find us helping the Principal build a chicken coop Or participating in a production at our local play house. Emily has an eye for photography. She takes the camera with us many…
Not Back to School School Room
This is a typical classroom for us. No desks. No cute chairs. No black boards. We tried the school room thing. I have a room with the posters of Periodic Table, Constitution, Map of Europe since my mother was from England and MIL is from Germany. We just would go stir crazy spending all day in this room. I would try to clean it up. Make it cozy. We are an outside of the box…
Lessons from the Beehive review
I got a chance to review Lessons from the Beehive by Carol J. Alexander. I have to say this was a great e-book. You can find it at Lessons from the Homestead for $ This e-book is more like a unit study. It had links to great resources throughout this 18 page book. Science Geography Art Math Home Economics and Language Arts all had their place in this unit study. It also has 45…
Lego’s and Olympics
J2 and E have been watching the Summer Olympics. They were inspired. So they built. Hours spent creating. Learning. Watching. Enjoy! L-R Row 1~ Medal's x3, Medal's x5, Water Polo Row 2~ Torch, searching for the right Lego, Beach Volleyball Row 3~ swimming, Tennis, Tennis Row 4~ more Tennis, Hello there, more Tennis (Emily likes taking pictures) Row 5~ Soccer, Tennis, creating Row 6~ Union Jack Gran would be proud!
Free iPad apps
As of this post these apps are free. I wanted to share them with you because my teenagers LOVE them! We haven't been asked to review them. All three of these apps have amazing detail, making learning interesting and FUN! The company has more than these apps, but they aren't free. Enjoy some fun summer learning. Who knows maybe one of your homeschoolers will want to be a heart surgeon! ENT decide EYE Decide Heart…
Our Eclectic Summer Bookshelf
I thought I would share our eclectic library haul. We are schooling through the summer. Took too much time off in September for our new normal. We are finishing up the 50 States and diving into American Government and Economics. (*not pictured) Books The Signers We the Kids John Adams Kids Guide to the Economy My Rows and Piles of Coins 33 questions about American History You're Not Supposed to Ask* A Kids' Guide to…