Special Needs Blog Week in Review – June 24 – 30, 2012

Every week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review brings you a quick summary of each of the blogs that were posted here in the past seven days. It makes it easier for you to find out about the ones that you might have missed. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on June 25, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday”. The episode was called “Planes, Patience, and Slightly Kid-Friendlier Security”. This is a good one to listen to for parents who will be traveling by plane with their children this … Continue reading

Is Ali Lohan Really Homeschooling?

Just Jared.com points out that Ali Lohan, younger sister of Lindsay Lohan (who was also homeschooled) was out on a school night. There are pictures of her in the evening in sun glasses, shorts and a t-shirt. The article discusses a People Magazine website that questions if Ali is socializing instead of homeschooling. Am I the only one getting confused here? The general public’s biggest worry about homeschooling is lack of socialization. A girl goes out for a little fun, and now she isn’t schooling. Really people!!!! Make up your mind… But I digress. My purpose was not to point … Continue reading

Families.com Homeschooling Blog Week In Review

This has been a fun week for at the families.com homeschooling blog. I returned to families.com after a long absence and was welcomed back with open arms by Valorie Delp who will still guest blog for families.com as she has time. Meanwhile she is busy with the baby blog and food blog. I have wasted no time jumping back into my work as the homeschool blogger. Sunday 09 Mar 2008 Edventures Online by Valorie Delp This is one of the best kept secrets of the kid-friendly website world. It is a subscription service, but I have to say I think … Continue reading

Sunday School Classes

Generally when you attend Sunday school as an adult you will attend the Gospel Doctrine class. This class studies the scriptures in depth over the course of the year and rotates through the different volumes of scripture each year. However, you may be asked or have the opportunity to attend a different Sunday school class that your ward is offering. One class that you may be asked to attend is Gospel Principles. This class is designed for new members or for members that are returning to activity. It talks about specific principles of the gospel in depth. The scriptures are … Continue reading

Sunday Student Preparation

Sunday morning, my Relief Society instructor announced somewhat sheepishly that she had prepared her lesson the night before. She then proceeded to read from the Teachings of the Presidents manual. I prepared myself for a long, boring lesson that I wouldn’t take much from. To my surprise, the class was great, and I wound up making more notes in my manual than I had by studying on my own. A big part of that was due to the fact that several other women in the class had read the lesson beforehand, and had sincere and thoughtful comments. Anyone who has … Continue reading

Ask a Food Blogger: How Do You Create a Menu Plan?

I’m excited to answer my first food blogger question: I know I would eat healthier and we’d eat more meals at home if I had a weekly menu plan. But how do you go about creating one? You are correct on both counts: menu plans will help you eat healthier, stick to certain goals, and it will decrease the likelihood that you have to get take out for lack of preparation. One thing that can help with menu preparation is recipe software. Most recipe software has grocery list features as well as menu planning features. I have written before about … Continue reading

Homeschooling Week in Review January 22- January 28, 2007

It has been a busy house here are the homeschool blog at families.com. Here is what we have been up to: Monday January 22, 2007 We started the week talking about homeschooling for others and hiring homeschoolers with I Want to Homeschool Your Child, I Want You to Homeschool My Child, and Homeschool Tutors must Manage Expectations, by yours truly (Andrea Hermitt). Karen Edmisten wrote Read-alouds: The best and biggest benefit, which speaks to the benefits of reading aloud to children. This article was part of a series on read-alouds started the previous week. Learning with Food Network by Karen … Continue reading

Marriage Tips: Going Back to School?

Are you, your spouse or both of you interested in going back to school? If you are, that’s terrific, but there are a few things you both need to talk about before you dive back into the halls of a community college or a four-year university. First and foremost, congratulations to one or both of you. It can be tough when you go back to school once you reach adulthood and have a life, a family and a job. Setting Your Priorities When you want to go back to school, you and your spouse need to sit down and figure … Continue reading

Sunday Evening Review: January 14, 2007

Last week’s week in review got overlooked in Valorie’s transfer to the baby blog. (Check it out). Therefore, this week, you will get two, two, two weeks in one. Here is what has been going on in the homeschooling blog from January 1, to January 14, 2007. We started out the year with the 2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance and The 31 Most Talked About Blogs of 2006 . Still in a reflective mood, Valorie wrote Reflections on Homeschooling and Thoughts on Home schooling a Gifted Child . Constant reflection and re-evaluation in homeschooling is so important, … Continue reading

Preparing for a Mission

I went to a missionary farewell this past Sunday. This future missionary just happened to be my husband’s cousin. We don’t see them too often, so it was nice to be able to go hear him speak. I was very impressed by his poise and his ability to give such a great talk pre-mission. He hardly had any notes he was following either. I don’t think I was that well spoken before serving a mission. But, he did a fabulous job, and sounded like a young man that was ready to do what the Lord expected. I went up to … Continue reading