A Nest in the Rocks is now one of the co-hosts for the weekly Hearts for Home Blog link-up, which means that every Thursday you’ll find lots of great tips, recipes, and other family-friendly ideas listed throughout this post. If you’re a blogger, we’d love to have you link up your posts and join us.… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – April 30, 2015
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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week at EduCents!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Way back in the day, school was awesome. My first-grade teacher, Mrs. Aumiller, had been teaching for years, and she had the experience to back it up. She was always smiling and laughing and making fun crafty things to help us learn. My second-grade teacher, Mrs. Hile, was just as amazing. … Continue reading It’s Teacher Appreciation Week at EduCents!
“The Inn at Ocean’s Edge” by Colleen Coble
The minute she steps inside the grand Inn at Ocean’s Edge, Claire Dellamare knows something terrible happened there. She feels it in her bones. Her ensuing panic attack causes a scene, upsetting her parents. Claire attempts to quiet her nerves with a walk on the beach, to no avail. She’s at too great a… Continue reading “The Inn at Ocean’s Edge” by Colleen Coble
Become a Published Author with Lulu
Taking school on the road is one of the great perks about homeschooling. Nothing can match being out in the real world, learning about something from an expert who lives and breathes the subject. We’ve met some pretty great ones through the years, but last week we met a bunch of them all at… Continue reading Become a Published Author with Lulu
Hearts for Home Blog Hop – April 23, 2015
A Nest in the Rocks is now one of the co-hosts for the weekly Hearts for Home Blog link-up, which means that every Thursday you’ll find lots of great tips, recipes, and other family-friendly ideas listed throughout this post. If you’re a blogger, we’d love to have you link up your posts and join us.… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop – April 23, 2015
Book Club, Boys’ Edition: “The Sixty-Eight Rooms”
When we first started this boys’ book club, I wondered if it would be hard to to get them to discuss a book in depth. Now I know: it’s not – as long as you’re talking about a good book. Apparently, The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone is a great book. The boys talked about… Continue reading Book Club, Boys’ Edition: “The Sixty-Eight Rooms”
10 Lessons to Learn from “Beyond the Mask”
Last week I took my kids to a local showing of the new movie Beyond the Mask. Made by Christian homeschooling grads, this fantastic movie is a full-action adventure story set in the period leading up to the American Revolution. With bombs, swordfights, and a conflict with the East India Company, there’s much to be… Continue reading 10 Lessons to Learn from “Beyond the Mask”
“A Sparrow in Terezin” by Kristy Cambron
Bound together across time, two women will discover a powerful connection through one survivor’s story of hope in the darkest days of a war-torn world. Present Day—With the grand opening of her new art gallery and a fairytale wedding just around the corner, Sera James feels she’s stumbled into a charmed life—until a brutal legal… Continue reading “A Sparrow in Terezin” by Kristy Cambron
Hearts for Home Blog Hop April 16, 2015
A Nest in the Rocks is now one of the co-hosts for the weekly Hearts for Home Blog link-up, which means that every Thursday you’ll find lots of great tips, recipes, and other family-friendly ideas listed throughout this post. If you’re a blogger, we’d love to have you link up your posts and join us.… Continue reading Hearts for Home Blog Hop April 16, 2015
The Beginning of Beekeeping
A few weeks ago I shared some fun ways to learn without a textbook. At the time, My Big Helper was in the midst of bee school, a hardcore, 10 week-plus-two-field-trips class offered by the Orange County Bee Association. This class was much more intense than I anticipated, but she worked her way through it… Continue reading The Beginning of Beekeeping
