Mormon crickets

Mormon crickets

These scary-looking crickets are everywhere-in your face and on the sidewalk! Some even try to sneak in past the front door of your house! Millions of crickets have swarmed several counties in Nevada. Did you know – The insects are covering the ground, trees, shrubs and even climbing the walls The crickets can grow up […]

Flag Day

Flag Day

What a wonderful day to celebrate the beauty, traditions, sacrifices, and symbol of the American flag along with other flags. On this day, some people fly their flag on a flagpole, go to a parade, watch a patriotic movie, bake a cake/cookie and decorate it with red, white and blue colors or a flag, or […]

Canadian Wildfires

Canadian Wildfires

Almost everyone likes to go outside to go somewhere and to breathe the fresh air. Right now 115 million Americans across 16 states are under hazardous air warnings and alerts because of Canadian wildfires. They have been told to try to stay indoors to avoid toxic smoke. The smoke is currently moving along the east […]

Thanks!

Thanks!

We love you and send you our thanks for all of the wonderful things you do each and every day. We want to again say thank-you for – saying thanks to your elders, family, friends, and new acquaintances loving one another reading the scriptures going to church praying for others apologizing when appropriate forgiving others […]

Strength

Strength

We all need strength-physical, mental, and emotional. When and why do we need it? We need it all of the time. We need more of it too. We need it – as a growing baby that sleeps a lot as a youth going to school for all of those challenging tasks that require stamina when […]

May the 4th be with you

May the 4th be with you

Want to have some fun during the Star Wars Day of celebration? Here are a few awesome tips – Light sabers for sale (fans of the Star Wars universe can find lightsabers for sale from a variety of places including retail stores, conventions and online) Make a Star Wars Galactic cruiser Watch a Star Wars movie […]

AM Radio

AM Radio

AM radio has been around for a very long time. In fact, it began with the first official AM radio transmission which happened on the 24th of December, 1906. Reginald Fessenden is credited hitting the first radio waves with the help of a rotary-spark transmitter Did you know? From its humble beginning, the radio has […]

D.E.A.R.

D.E.A.R.

Happy D.E.A.R. Day!  D.E.A.R. Day is celebrated every year on April 12th. On this day, families are encouraged to take 15 plus minutes to put aside all distractions and have fun reading books together. What will you be reading today? Here are some good tips. Read your favorite animal story in Learning to Read: Fairy […]

Music for Beginners

Music for Beginners

Music is loved by everyone. Do you know how to read music? I do. Let’s look at some music basics for homeschoolers. Here is a great site that you can click on called Wiki How to Read Music. It explains the basics of music. It talks about – Staff Treble Clef Bass Clef Notes Measure & Time […]

St. Patrick’s Day crossword

St. Patrick’s Day crossword

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It is a holiday set aside to celebrate Irish culture! Wear something green or eat green food. The Feast of Saint Patrick is on March 17th, the death date of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It’s a lucky day. Irish tradition tells us those who find a four-leaf clover […]