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Big Den’s Apostrophes 2008-09-22 17:46:24 Apostrophes and Contractions
Apostrophes are used to show possession, and they’re also used to indicate missing letters in contractions. Sometimes, these two uses can be confused. For instance, its is the possessive of it, but it’s is a contraction of it is. Example: It’s too bad its fur got wet.
An apostrophe can indicate the possessive case [...]
The HMHS Podcast Network 2008-09-19 10:16:49 Hello fellow Homeschoolers.
After much thought and planning, we at Homemade Homeschoolers are ready to launch a new (and possibly the most fun) feature: The HMHS Podcast
Network! We need your participation, though. Our desire is to feature homemade podcasts from “do it yourself” Homemade Homeschoolers everywhere. Not sure of what a “podcast” is? Watch this [...]
I Can Feel It! 2008-09-18 09:20:31 It’s just a touch chilly this morning and that thrills me!
Being from Southern California, we didn’t have distinct seasons. For 10 months out of the year we had blistering dry heat, with seemingly relentless sunshine. And no, that doesn’t mean it’s better than humid heat-it sucks you dry till you’re a walking prune with no [...]
Grammar Tips for Numerals 2008-09-15 09:22:30 Rules for Numerals
When are numbers written out, and when are they used as figures? Here are a few general guidelines:
A number at the beginning of a sentence is written out. Example: Eighty-four thousand dollars are in the bank.
Ages are expressed as figures. Example: She was 35 years old.
Dates usually spell out the month and [...] Read more:Grammar
HMHS Community Refrigerator 2008-09-11 17:33:48 We are so excited to share our newest feature on Homemade Homeschoolers: the HMHS Community Refrigerator
! It is a photo gallery designed for homeschoolers to showcase their accomplishments and inspire others with their ideas. Our hope is for the Refrigerator to be yet one more way for us all to connect and truly become a [...]
Seizing an Opportunity 2008-09-11 15:11:36 Boy oh boy, we have had a full house! As Michael had updated a short while ago, we have had friends (Jason, Chloe, and Jake) staying with us as “refugees” from New Orleans. Their home made it through Hurricane Gustav with minor damage, thank the Lord. They were set to leave when Hurricane Ike showed [...] Read more:Opportunity
Carnival of Homeschoolers and Hurricane Gustav 2008-09-04 12:01:48 Hello friends.
Just a quick note to let you know why we haven’t updated the blog recently. We have some old friends in town - refugees from Hurricane Gustav. We have a house full of adults, kids, and a whole pack of dogs! It is a wonderful time of rekindling old friendships and family fun. We [...] Read more:Carnival
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Creating Themed Lesson Plans 2008-08-29 13:07:40 Went to the homeschool parents meeting a few evenings ago and now I’m all pumped up for the year ahead! Tons of topic ideas are spinning. I like to focus on a topic each week (or sometimes for two weeks). This week we are talking about sharing (any guesses why I picked this one?). Each [...] Read more:Creating
Yardstick Art Displayer 2008-08-25 11:16:25 As summer draws to an end and the school year begins, I like to think up fun craft projects to kick off the semester. One that is a family favorite is making a yard stick art displayer. My children are prolific artists. There is a seemingly never-ending production of masterpieces every day. I want to [...]
A Continuation of Cucumbers 2008-08-22 09:40:44 I have just made another cucumber recipe to share with you to use up all the extras that your family can’t eat. This one is for refrigerator pickles, and it’s definitely a keeper for the recipe file. The sweet/sour/salty combination is just great. It is very simple to make and they will keep a long [...]
Happy October! 2008-10-06 09:56:48 Anyone with a German background like I have knows that autumn brings the delightful smells of German cooking and Oktoberfest. The simplest German food is bratwurst simmered in beer and then grilled outdoors, served with sauerkraut and spicy mustard on a rye bun. You may want to try a more involved German recipe, now that [...] Read more:Happy
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Pangram Copywork 2008-10-02 10:25:11 Pangrams
The most well-known pangram, or sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet, is “The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.” Here are others (from shortest to longest):
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.
A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent.
Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his [...]
Cooking with Kids 2008-09-24 08:15:44 Kids Can Cook
In our busy lives, it is sometimes easier and quicker to just have the kids set the table instead of having them help you cook dinner! But when the kids ask, “Can I do that?” the teachable moment pops up and you can feel guilty passing it up!
Baking is always an easy way [...]
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds 2008-10-27 09:13:44 Happy Halloween!
What would Halloween be without those grinning Jack-o-lanterns? After cutting off the top, the most fun is reaching in and digging out the seeds – eeewwww! But don’t throw those seeds away – make pepitas instead! Toasted pumpkin seeds can be a favorite treat - with no tricks involved!
Toasted Pumpkin
Seeds
Fresh pumpkin seeds
Olive oil
Salt [...]
Mr. Skeleton and Osteology 2008-10-23 09:53:31 We have a fun craft project that we are giving away FREE this week! Mr. Skeleton
is about 5 feet tall and very easy (and cheap) to make! We have had one in my parent’s home that I can remember hanging every Halloween as a child. My mother informed me yesterday that that particular skeleton [...]
Kids Can Cook in the L.A. Times 2008-10-22 20:05:50 In the Los Angeles Times
newspaper today, there is a wonderful article on cooking with kids! They have some good recipes and tips on making pasta with your homeschool helpers. I remember when I was a kid and my mom would make homemade chicken noodle soup. We would have noodles hanging everywhere drying. Not to [...]
A Day in the Life…Part 2 2008-10-20 21:45:55 I promised I would finish writing about our day. By the way, Jane Austen was wonderful; Persuasion is absolutely my favorite story! Okay, I left off at free reading time following lunch.
1:30pm: After reading time (about 30 minutes), we gathered together again; this time at the computer. I have a list of questions written out [...]
A Day in the Life…Part 1 2008-10-16 20:52:11 I am always curious how other homeschoolers spend their days. So, I decided to post a typical day in our household for anyone else as curious as I. Here was our day today.
7:09am: I am woken by 5 year old daughter, as usual. She follows me to the bathroom and sings me songs while I [...]
Setting the Table in your Homeschool 2008-10-14 17:50:55 Table setting seems to be the first “job” we give our kids when they are old enough to help us in the kitchen. If we give them that job to do, we should also teach them the correct way to do it!
The correct table setting is actually quite simple and is based on what is [...] Read more:Homeschool
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Thankfulness 2008-11-17 23:27:53 Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. I get to enjoy a cozy fire and hot cocoa, yummy foods, gathering of family, and warm feelings of being richly blessed. During this time of year, thankfulness seems to flow much more easily. It is our time to look about us and count those blessings bestowed [...]
Homemade Quiver 2008-11-11 21:04:00 We are completely absorbed in the story of The Lord of the Rings. Being very creative children, mine feel the need to be constantly dressed as their favorite characters. We have the Hobbit clothes and weapons down pat. We have an axe for Gimli, and swords for Aragorn, Eowyn, Eomer, Faramir, and Boromir. However, for [...]
The Homeschool Blog Awards Voting 2008-11-10 14:18:13 What an honor it is to have been nominated for “Best New Homeschool
Blog” on the Homeschool Blog Awards
site! There are many categories, and bunches of great websites listed; we encourage you all to spend some time there discovering the wonderful web-creations of folks dedicated to taking control of educating their own children, and [...] Read more:Blog Awards
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HMHS on Twitter 2008-11-08 15:05:25 Homemade Homeschoolers is now on Twitter
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Twitter is an Internet multimedia form known as “Micro-Blogging” where users are able to post interesting (or, in some cases not) updates in 140 words or less. Twitter has grown by an amazing rate recently and is used by some of the worlds largest businesses and news outlets, as well [...]
Kids Can Cook 2008-11-06 09:48:00 Kids Can cook – A “Girl Scout” Dinner
Sometimes it’s hard to get kid’s to eat their vegetables, but if they are involved in helping cook, it’s surprising how much better the food tastes! The “Girl Scout” dinner, a favorite from Girl Scout campouts, is an easy way to do it, because your child can choose [...]
Elections 2008-11-05 09:59:23 Well, the election is over but our family’s study of the presidents, the election process, and the government will continue a couple more weeks. I have been roughly following The Elections
Unit Study by Amanda Bennett. The kids have been greatly enjoying it. They can rattle off all kinds of information about past presidents and [...]
News and Updates from HMHS 2008-11-03 11:07:07 Hello fellow homeschoolers and friends.
Here’s a hodge-podge of things we wanted to share with you about what is going on at Homemade Homeschoolers:
We want to thank all those who have downloaded the free Mr. Skeleton craft. There have been a surprising number of downloads! We’ll keep that up for the next couple days for those [...]
Kids Can Cook - Gingerbread 2008-12-15 22:31:23 If you are studying early American history, it’s fun to incorporate the foods our ancestors used to enjoy. Molasses was a special treat for the colonists, because of the shortened supply of processed sugar. Many of their foods were sweetened by molasses, and a real treat was spreading it on their homemade bread for breakfast [...] Read more:Gingerbread
Similes are as easy as pie! 2008-12-08 17:11:08 SIMILES
A simile is a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, usually through the use of words such as like or as. The word “simile” comes from the root word “similis” which means like or similar.
A simile can either be explicit (“The wind cut through me like a knife”), constitute a [...]
Lichens 2008-12-01 15:03:17 Our family went on a nature hike the other day. It’s a beautiful time of the year to hike because it’s cooler, there’s little-to-no bugs, and the trees are changing gorgeous colors. It was like walking through an enchanted forest! Any minute I expected to see Galadriel stepping out on to the path (another Lord [...]
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