Well its time for some fun back to school ideas to get the kids pumped up about education and I’ve found just the right thing….. Camp-ins! They’re amazing…. they’re fun, educational and seriously exciting too! Wondering what an educational camp in might be? Well its an educational sleepover event at a GREAT venue that offers all sorts of interactive fun, teachable experiences. These educational recreation camping events are the latest events for birthday parties, home school field trips and group events for boy & girl scouts too. Most of them take place during [Read more…]

Oh…. this place is so much fun for families and really inexpensive too! It’s a great field trip for Homeschoolers. [Read more…]

Since I started a Facebook group for Eastern Shore Home School Families and I’m the fundraising chair for the Eastern Shore Bucks ( a home school football team for kids in high school that are home schooled or in a private school) through the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes).  Well, I frequently hear the “curriculum question.” [Read more…]

As a home school mom I never miss an opportunity to check out science. Well over this weekend there is going to be a VERY special event going on in the sky that you’ll want to show the kids and get outside, preferably with some s’mores! ☺ So, it’s gong to look like a “super moon.”  The largest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings closer to Earth than usual. While the moon will appear 14 percent larger normal (its really only 7% closer), skywatchers will want to get outside and look up at the cosmos! [Read more…]

Just in case you didn’t know it, we’re home schoolers. We home school year round and in the summer we like to have a lot of hands on science fun.  I’ve ordered praying mantis egg cases, brine shrimp (Sea Monkeys), & butterfly larvae too. Its a great way to keep science in their minds and have fun learning the lifecycle of the butterfly and watching the egg cases & brine shrimp come to life.  We’re adding on 1 more thing this summer too – frog eggs. I’ve never collected my own before but we’d like to have my son learn the life cycle of the frog.

The Butterfly larvae are really cheap and so are the praying mantis egg cases.  Plus the praying mantis are great at capturing and eating bugs so they’re great for the environment and especially your garden when you release them.  Here are the links to purchase your own if you want to have some science fun with your kids this summer too. Keep kids thinking! Oh and by the way, in case you didn’t know, when butterfly 1st come out they are very tame and will sit on your finger.  Its really neat! I have some great prices for ‘ya on the praying mantis egg cases and the butterfly kits and caterpillars too! [Read more…]

Camp-ins are amazing…. they’re fun, educational and seriously exciting too! Wondering what a camp in might be? Well its an educational sleepover event at a GREAT venue that offers all sorts of fun, teachable experiences. These educational recreation camping events are the latest events for birthday parties, home school field trips and group events for boy & girl scouts too. [Read more…]

If you’re into growing some of your own food then you know its time to start your seeds. This year instead of purchasing a seed starter kit, try saving your egg shells for a week or 2 and making your own DIY FREE seed starter kit like I did. The calcium is an excellent natural fertilizer for plants. Let me tell you the benefits and how it works. [Read more…]

There are FREE or really cheap frugal activities with things to do without spending any money all over the United States.  [Read more…]