CandyFoote - Homeschool Blogger

Homeschooling

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:32:00 -0600

This is our 17th year of homeschooling.

I still love it!

Even though learning doesn't stop for the week-ends, I am excited that tomorrow is Monday!!!

Are you???

~Candy~

Preparing For the Holidays

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:09:00 -0600

Fourteen days until Thanksgiving. Are you prepared?

Happy Birthday!

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:36:00 -0600

Our little preemie, Sarah, turns two today!

Happy birthday, Sarah Jane!!!

Etsy

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:02:00 -0500

I am so excited about just starting my own shop over at etsy.com!!!!

Please take time to check out the crafts I have made.

Be sure to come back and leave me a comment so I know what you think!

~Candy~

John Hudson Tiner

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:59:00 -0500

I know that I have said this before, but I absolutely love John Hudson Tiner's science books!

If you want an awesome, easy, and completely understandable view on science, you need these books!

Check them out!

~Candy~

Crocheting Time While Listening to the Kids Read

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:02:00 -0500

Pretty and Warm

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:59:00 -0500

Tukes - (winter hats)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:57:00 -0500

Christmas Presents

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:55:00 -0500

Christmas gift for my grandbaby - Makaylia

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:52:00 -0500

SwagBucks

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:32:00 -0500

If you haven't been using SwagBucks as your search engine, now is the time to start!

I have already earned 4 $5.00 Amazon gift certificates from them. I have just about enough for another one!

It's so easy! Just search through SwagBucks and earn points. The points add up and you can choose a prize.

Hey, you are on the computer anyway, so you might as well get paid to be online.

If you are interested in starting to earn while searching, please use my SwagBucks link at the top of this page. That way I can earn too!!!

Thanks,

~Candy~

Your Child Has Rights

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:23:00 -0500

Your child has the right to go to the library and check out any piece of material they want. Even if your child is only six years old, she has the right to check out material with a triple X rating! The librarian has to give it to her because it is a... public facility. You have no right to ask the librarian what your child checked out! That would be an infringement of the child's American rights!

Godly Magazines

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:36:00 -0500

Check out these Godly magazines offered by http://www.wisdomsgate.com/

I love their magazine, "An Encouraging Word."

Do any of you ladies receive this magazine?

If you do, maybe you have seen the picture of my beautiful daughter, Jaimie, advertising my book,

"The Word of God on Being a Woman, a Wife, and a Mother."

Well, anyway, I am now an affiliate with Wisdom's Gate.

If you decide to order their magazines, please consider buying it through me.

My code is wgap20.

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

~Candy~

Week Off???

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:23:00 -0500

We are planning on having a week off from our regular school work next week. We keep calling it our week off, but I don't think that is quite right.

Here's a list of the things we are planning for our "week off."

1. field trip to the apple orchard

2. field trip to the zoo

3. field trip to the fire department

4. a day at the library and a huge box full of borrowed books to take home

5. a nature walk to collect things to put into our nature notebooks

6. I'm going to pull out the awesome microscope that I bought and tucked away for our "week off."

7. Not to mention, our son, Jordan will be taking a trip from our New York home to Georgia with our pastor during this week.

Hmm, sounds like a full week "off!"

~Candy~

Learning to Read

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:49:00 -0500

My newest favorite phonics/reading program is,

Sing, Spell, Read, & Write. This is such an awesome program! An oldie, but a goodie!

~Candy~

John Hudson Tiner

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:29:00 -0500

I love to read books written by John Hudson Tiner.

I just finished reading, "Isaac Newton." It is from the Sowers series.

It's an awesome book!

Check it out!

~Candy~

Favorite Books

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:38:00 -0500

I really have to get back into blogging.

I thought that I would list a few of my favorite books:

Simply Grammar

Spelling Power

Any Child Can Write

The Write Stuff Adventure

The McGuffey series

and anything written by John Hudson Tiner.

There are so many more I could list! Rhea Perry is right - so many books so little time!

~Candy~

School Time

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:53:00 -0500

Well, it's time to get back into a school schedule.

I love this time of year! The kids are excited too! It's always so nice to get back into a routine.

Are you back into the swing of things yet?

~Candy~

Getting Back to School

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:39:00 -0500

I am always so excited this time a year. I love getting back into school. I know, in truth, we are always learning, but I love to get back into a routine. I love buying all of the new school supplies. I love to see how excited the kids are when I hand out those school supplies on our official first day back to school.

It is always exciting to plan out all of the ideas that have been rolling around in my mind all summer.

I have many unit studies and lapbooks planned.

I am hoping to do a lot more projects and have more fun these year. Learning can be such fun!

I want my kids to enjoy school even after the first day! :D

~Candy~

Camping on a Dime

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:45:00 -0500

I love how no matter how much fun you have somewhere, it's ALWAYS so good to return home. The old adage is so true - there's no place like home!

We had such a wonderful time on our annual three-day camp-out trip to my sister-in-law's!

Does your family enjoy camp-outs? Don't let finances keep you from camping out with your family.

Every year we go "camping" to my sister-in-laws. She only lives about ten miles from us. We set-up camp right in her back yard. We usually have tents, although this year we had a camper. Yeah! We have a campfire each night. We sit around the fire talking while the kids run, play and make s'mores.

My sister-in-law has a four foot pool, trampoline, horse shoes, Texas horseshoes and numerous toys and other games.

The only money spent is on groceries. We always have a blast! It's so relaxing and down right fun.

You should try it! We use to spend a whole week camping at my mother-in-law's house when she was alive

You can have an awesome family "vacation" for little to no money.

Hey, tell me about your frugal family fun ideas!

~Candy~