Never-Fail Easy Pie Crust
This never-fail pie crust is flaky, melt-in-your mouth, and easy to make.
Tag Life Skills
Internal Combustion Engines ~ Animated
Each animated illustration can be interacted with, rotated, or stopped.
Activity: Storytelling
Four ways to develop the art and skill of storytelling.
Animated Engines ~ Free
Sometimes you just have to see it to understand it. If you have a student with a mechanical interest, Animated Engines is sure to be a hit.
Animated Knots ~ A Featured Site
Whether camping, boating, or staying cool indoors, there are many times the skill of knot tying comes in handy.
Map and Compass Activities ~ Free
Summer is a great time to get outside and practice orienteering skills!
10 Educational Benefits of Board Games ~ Plus Recommendations
10 benefits of playing board games along with 21 educational games we have enjoyed.
The Boy Electrician ~ Free eBook
Morgan dedicated The Boy Electrician to future scientists and engineers. (And we can update the language to include girls, too!)
He’s BAC! ~ Free Food Safety Download for Kids
Free 28-page download from the University of Georgia Extension on food safety for kids. He’s BAC! is a Children’s Guide to Keeping Food Safe. Written and illustrated in a colorful comic book format, He’s BAC! covers: Washing your hands. Washing…
10 Favorite Activities {2019–2020}
Ten reader-favorite activities from the archives: balancing a checkbook, filling out income tax forms, viewing sunspots, charting the weather, and more!
Memorizing: Yes, It Does Have Its Uses! ~ 5 Things to Memorize
Love it or hate it memorizing does have its uses. 5 things to memorize.
Christmas Cookie Advent
Enjoying this Christmas cookie countdown from Betty Crocker!
5 Natural Ways to Improve Listening Skills
Five ways to naturally develop critical listening skills.
15 Ways to Improve Concentration
There are simply days when we have a very difficult time concentrating. Our children are no different.
God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life {Review}
It is that time of year when some will graduate — with no clue what they want out of life. Hopefully we have provided our children with a love of learning, given them time to develop their interests, talents, and…
Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea: The Worst Jokes I Know
Share a laugh with this sweetly illustrated collection of 101 Funny Bone Ticklers for Jokesters of All Ages.
The Worst Jokes I Know
The Worst Jokes I Know is a collection of "101 Funny Bone Ticklers for Jokesters of All Ages" that answers the lighthearted questions in life
Learn to Code Apps and Websites {Free!}
Codecademy offers an easy way to learn and develop programming skills! The site, which has grown considerably since our first review in 2012, offers an interactive approach to help students learn to code apps and websites — at no cost.…
What Makes an Entrepreneur? {Free Lesson Plan}
Whether or not your child goes the entrepreneurial route, there are benefits to learning What Makes an Entrepreneur!
The Family Garden Journal {Update}
Now in a new compact size, The Family Garden Journal: A Keepsake of Daily Plans, Observations, and Harvests from HomesteadOnTheRange.com will see a price increase after the first of the year. This is a great time to pick up this…
Character Study {Free Download}
Building Character: A Bible Study for Adolescents and Teens is a free character study download from the C.S. Lewis Institute. The 28-page study guide has 9 weeks of lessons including an introduction and then covering: Integrity. A teachable spirit. Self-discipline.…
7 Search Engines for Scholars & Students
Here is a list of 7 search engines for scholars and students:
Introduction to Arduino {Free eBook}
If you have read between the lines, you realize that we are sort of engineering-oriented around here (well, at least most of us). One of the really cool projects completed — and actually in use — is an Arduino-based HVAC…
Beautiful 2016 Jan Brett Calendar {Free}
Each year Jan Brett offers a free calendar download, usually based on one of her latest books. This year’s calendar is based on her book The Turnip, a fun twist on a Russian folktale about a family’s efforts to pull…