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This is a list of services and support being offered in damaged areas for those in need. These are FREE resources! Please beware if you are in need – do not allow price gauging to take place. Report price gauging to Oklahoma Attorney General, Phone 405 -521-2029 This list will be updated often. Please email [...]
It was eerily similar to two years ago. My phone started blowing up with queries from friends, before the cloud cover had even rolled into Atoka. Quick checks on the radar and pulling up local news, came just in time to hear a tornado was hitting the ground just outside Moore. The storm was devastating [...]
When it comes to watching shows and movies with your children, you only want the best. Sometimes, though, things we remember from our youth aren’t are great as we think. Sometimes they are fabulous. Recently, I reviewed three titles that have been around for years. Two were wonderful, and one wasn’t so great. The Pros [...]
One of the great temptations for new home educators is to bring a traditional educational, assembly line, children-stuck-at-desks, seven subjects each day in 50 minute increments approach to their home education. That approach is not working very well for the schools and their students, so why would we bring it into our homes with our [...]
I love easy reader books. Not because they are a quick read and there’s a less likely chance that this tired mom will doze off during story time while reading them, but because hands down one of my favorite milestones to witness as a parent is when one of my children starts reading. [...]
Kids do not want to do the same old boring science experiments. They want to do something exciting and new. Here are five projects that will keep your kids engaged, excited, and proud to participate in the science fair, or even excited about science as you homeschool year round. Creepy Science How about adding a little [...]
As a veteran home school mom who began home schooling at the point of having two children, then adding several more babies, a couple major moves and all kinds of disruptions plus a thriving home based business, I have done our schooling just about every way possible. We have had a very traditional schedule as [...]
Kindergarten is such a magical time in your child’s school career. Children are bright-eyed and eager – many entering school for the first time, others making the transition from small preschools or daycares to “big kid school.” My 2nd grader still loves school just as much as my kindergartener, but there is something to be said [...]
I was blessed with relatively easy labors and was able to have my babies at home with a midwife because my kids were healthy. We rarely go to the doctors at all. But I know that many children face life-threatening medical conditions every day and love supporting organizations that make things a little bit brighter [...]
Sometimes pregnant mothers can be confused about how to register for baby gifts before a shower without seeming tacky or rude. Here are some tips to help. Is a Baby Shower Gift Registry Tacky, Rude or Inappropriate? No! Most people appreciate being able to quickly and easily find a baby shower gift that will be [...]
