Category Archives: Homeschool House

4 Moms Open House: Living Areas

Savannah our 5 year old is having surgery this morning in order to repair a genetic problem. The doctors will be reconstructing her bladder and moving one of her ureters in an effort to protect her kidneys.  All prayers for safety, a successful surgery  and a comfortable recovery are appreciated. Update ...

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4 Moms Open House: Yard and Entry

Welcome to our month long open house series. Each Thursday during the month of August 4 Moms and 35 Kids ( Connie, Deptuty Headmistress, KimC and I)  invite you into our homes for a glimpse at how we  set up, organize and manage homes for our larger than ...

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Multi-level Homeschooling: The Homeschool Room

As we talk about multi-level homeschooling, I thought that I'd address the very practical aspect of where we educate our children.   Our educational choices will affect the area where we choose to homeschool and vice versa.  If we run our homeschool like a classroom then chances are we will set it up like one and ...

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Rain Gutter Book Shelves: Tutorial

I have seen these rain gutter bookshelves several places online and have always thought they would be wonderful to have in our book loving home.  Then I saw them at my friend Heather's house, asked ...

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Display Children’s Art: Make Your Own Magnetic Wall

Last Wednesday when I posted about our chalkboard wall, I left you with a tease that I was going to post about my wonderful idea for displaying children's artwork.  (No, it's not hang the pictures on the fridge :) ) I was inspired with the idea a few years ago while skimming a decorating magazine. ...

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Homemade Chalkboard Wall

A while ago I posted a tutorial for making your own chalkboard paint.  I finally got around to painting one of our dining room walls with the paint.   Unlike the table that I painted in my last post, I did not sand ...

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