Try a New Recipe Tuesday will see you next week! :-)

Try a New Recipe Tuesday will return next week!  Have a blessed Easter!!!!


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A to Z Blogging Challenge Theme Reveal

This year, I will be participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge that will take place the entire month of April (excluding Sundays).

The theme of my 26 posts will be........

RECIPES!!!!

Be sure to come by every day in April for a delicious recipe from every letter of the alphabet.  Some old, some new, all yummy and with lots of fun pictures, too.  Looking forward to seeing you!

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My Week in Review/ THMJ/ Weekly Wrap-Up March 18

It has been a good week here at the Home to 4 Kiddos.

The highlight was a 'Cooking with Herbs' class that the kids took.  It was amazing.  They made an entire meal all from scratch and we all got to enjoy the feast.  They made homemade ranch dip, potato and butternut squash soup, chicken salad, pasta salad, bread, guacamole, mint brownies and shamrock shakes.  I don't think I left out anything.  I may have-- there was just SO much.  It is a two-part series that will conclude with herb planting in a couple of weeks.  The kids will each plant their own baskets of herbs.

And there are our "regular" activites: homeschool bowling (it will be ending soon, sadly!)

and Taekwondo

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  God bless!

Linking up today with My Week in Review, Homeschool Mother's Journal, Weekly Wrap Up

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My Week in Review #52

How was your week?  It is time, once again, to share all about your adventures in homeschooling. We'd love to have you join us.  :-)

My post is linked up at #4 and Chareen is in at spot #1 this week.  Come visit us!  :-)

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Frugal Mommas Friday Linkup #26

Frugal Family Living Home and DIY on the Friday Linkup is here! We want to welcome you to come and find and share great recipes, DIY, homeschool, frugal living, crafting and other ideas for home life. With spring in the air - we have a lot of home cleaning, organizing, fresh cooking, and spring decorating going on around here. Are you crafting, sewing, cleaning and cooking for Easter & spring yet? We have new featured bloggers each week for the Friday Home Linkup. Whether or not you blog, you are sure to find a terrific resource that will be helpful to your family life and home. Thanks for stopping by and joining in the fun. Add your favorite posts. The team at Frugal Mommas is pinning and sharing them as you participate.  

Frugal Family Living Home & DIY Linkup 26

At Frugal Mommas, we are all about “Abundant Family Living on a Frugal Budget” We are passionate about sharing ideas, how-to's, and encouragement to help you run your home and family life to the best of your ability. Of course, like everyone else, we love the pretty pictures on Pinterest, but we know that everyone is not a professional blogger. It's ok if your recipe or DIY isn't picture perfect. We want you to be inspired by our ideas and those who link up. We want you to enjoy abundant living - without the pressure to "measure up" to "Pinterest Perfect". Let's encourage one another to be good stewards of our resources and to do our best in our home and family lives. We're setting small goals along the way and gaining lots of inspiration from all of you who link up each week. Thank you for participating with us!

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Featured Bloggers Frugal Family Living Home Linkup 26 . . .

How adorable are these DIY Roly Boly Bunnies? They are simple and sweet!

Flamingo Toes - Roly Poly Bunnies

Clean and Scentsible has tablescape ideas for spring - that we LOVE!

The Scrapshoppe Blog Shared THIS Wonderful DIY Collectors Box

We think everyone should get out and enjoy the weather and start their own

special nature collection of choice (and make a nifty box to keep them in)!

These Lemon Blueberry Pancakes from DelightfulEMade had me at HELLO!

I want them EVERY Day this spring!

We just had to add these stenciled Burlap Bunny Plaques by Oh My Creative

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Honorable Mentions this Week

1 Pot Irish Stew by Just Us Four 17 Leftover Ham Recipes from A Dish of Daily Life Mint Tea Marshmallows by Homecooking Recipes Homemade Sunscreen from Jennifer Lambert

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Try a New Recipe Tuesday- March 15

Welcome to another week of recipe sharing!  :-)

The most viewed post from last week's hop was:

Banana Bread in the Breadmaker from Home to 4 Kiddos

(thanks!)

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TOS Review- Demme Learning's Math-U-See

Today I am reviewing Demme Learning's Math-U-See Pre-Algebra and Digital Pack.



For those of you who aren't already familiar with this program, Math-U-See is a complete skill-based multi-sensory mastery curriculum for grades K-12.  The Pre-Algebra universal set includes everything needed for the level including the Instruction Manual, Instruction DVD, Student Workbook, Tests Booklet, Integer Block Kit, Algebra/Decimal Inserts and 12 months of access to the Pre-Algebra Digital Pack. The Pre-Algebra level covers negative numbers (including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing negative numbers), the order of operations, solving for the unknown, number lines and more.


New is the Digital Pack.  What is that, you ask?  It is accessible through any internet browser and provides streaming video versions of the Instructional DVD, a PDF of the Instruction Manual, access to the online version of their Digital Manipulatives and links to free online resources.  What a great idea!  Math lessons accessed through the digital pack can be viewed and completed almost anywhere. Talk about convenience.  In addition, many children are extremely comfortable and adept with technology and will find it a great and fun way to do their math.  Unlike a DVD, the video on a device on phone can be rewound and watched again.  The manipulatives are there on the screen and can be moved around.  I believe the hands-on approach of Math-U-See, whether at your table or on your tablet/phone is what makes them stand out above the rest.  I have always been a proponent of tactile and hands-on learning.  It is what makes learning permanent and real for many kids.  Being able to see, hear and "touch" the math makes it easier for the student to understand the 'why' behind the lesson.  It begins to make real sense.  Math, then, is not just something you have to memorize, but real understanding is finally taking place.
How did we use the program? Kiddos watched each video (usually about 20 minutes in length), we discussed the lesson together and then they would work on the worksheets that were associated with each lesson.  If there were manipulatives for that lesson, they would either use the physical ones or try them out with the digital pack.  Kiddo #3 is a very computer-oriented kid, so he preferred to use the digital pack on his own computer.  When each lesson's materials were completed, the kiddos worked on the test from the test booklet.  The student text and test booklet are included with the universal set.  If you purchase the digital pack, you can purchase the student text and test booklet separately.

Mr. Demme's style is easy to understand and he intersperses humor in each lesson.  In the ratio lesson photographed above, he spoke about cars that his kids were counting out the window on a road trip. He has a gift for making the information realistic and relevant.

Click here for a placement assessment for Pre-Algebra, as well as an overview, sample lesson, scope and sequence and the table of contents from the Pre-Algebra book.

Kiddos will definitely be continuing this program!

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