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Monday was our first day of school! This year, the top four children (grades 9, 7, 5, and 3) are enrolled at Regina Caeli Academy, a university-style homeschool hybrid that meets two full days per week. It will be radically different for me not designing my own homeschool curriculum--giving over control--but we think the structure, the spiritual formation, and socializing with other children will be worth it.  Thomas and David will be home full-time with me. Thomas would very much wish to be with all these other kids at RCA, but we need him primarily to gain weight so figuring out how...

This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. All opinions are my own.  School is in full swing around here! So it’s the perfect time to create an organized homework station– a place for all the pencils, glue sticks, crayons, and markers. Last fall, I put together a homeschool area for Owen, […] The post Organized Homework Station appeared first on Two Twenty One.

  Good morning, my friends! Look what I found at my local grocery store! It is as wonderful as I remember, especially that very first sip. I am sitting here looking outside at a beautiful, sunny day and thinking of all the little ones, including our sweet neighbors who started a brand new school year today. I sat on the porch with my first cup of coffee, watching the excitement of the first day, waiting for the big yellow bus to take them on a new adventure. Although Flynn and I homeschool and will not start until after Labor Day,...

Here's an assignment that I gave Will for AP Human Geography, designed to get her exploring data and making her own connections:OUR TOWN'S CHURCH MAP PROJECTASSIGNMENT: Map and analyze places of religious worship in our town. Use Google Maps to create your own map in which you pin every place of worship in our town. Use different colors or icons to differentiate the following: Each religion (Christian, Jewish, Hindu, etc.) Each denomination of the Christian religion (Catholic, Methodist, Anglican, etc.) Refer to Rubenstein ch. 6 to make sure you’re searching for all religious faiths. When your map is complete, use...

Today we sit down for a chat with cozy mystery author Georgiana Daniels, who claims "Busy" is her middle name. However, if she does find a nugget of free time, she enjoys knitting, reading, and fumbling around on the piano to the dismay of others. Though previously published in romance and women's fiction, she's dipping an anxious toe into cozy mysteries--because she's decided that murder and mayhem are so much fun! Learn more about Georgiana and her books at her website. When did you realize you wanted to write novels?First, thank you for hosting me today, Lois! I’m so happy to hang...