A Nest in the Rocks

Encouraging Hearts & Home Blog Hop – March 7, 2018

Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity… Continue reading Encouraging Hearts & Home Blog Hop – March 7, 2018

Book Club: Hiking the Mountain-to-Sea Trail with “Nature Girl”

We’ve been doing this book club thing with my daughter for six years now. She was a good reader before we started, but my goals have changed a bit along the way. I want more than just fun with books and friends now – I want to be able to dig in to the books… Continue reading Book Club: Hiking the Mountain-to-Sea Trail with “Nature Girl”

NEW! “A Wrinkle in Time” Learning Packets

My family is super excited for the new movie based on Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time to release next week. The trailer looks fantastic – you can see it here – and we enjoyed reading and discussing the book together. It’s not the easiest book to understand, however. L’Engle never intended it to… Continue reading NEW! “A Wrinkle in Time” Learning Packets

“Keturah” by Lisa T. Bergren

In 1772 England, Lady Keturah Banning Tomlinson and her sisters find themselves the heiresses of their father’s estates and know they have one option: Go to the West Indies to save what is left of their heritage. Although it flies against all the conventions for women of the time, they’re determined to make their own… Continue reading “Keturah” by Lisa T. Bergren

8 Things I Learned from Holocaust Survivor Abe Piasek

I met a most amazing person tonight. His name is Abe Piasek, and he’s a survivor of the Holocaust. Mr. Piasek was speaking at a library in a neighboring county, and I had to go hear him. Apparently, a bunch of other people felt the same way, because we more than maxed out the meeting… Continue reading 8 Things I Learned from Holocaust Survivor Abe Piasek

Encouraging Hearts & Home Blog Hop – February 28, 2018

Make History Come Alive with Drive Thru History – Review

We needed to do our schoolwork at church one day, so we hooked the laptop up to the projector and watched it big-screen style. My Little Man loved it!

A few years ago we used some Drive Thru History DVDs an part of our Colonial American history unit. We all loved them, which is why we were very excited to find out there’s more to Drive Thru History than just fantastic homeschool videos. While you can still purchase Drive Thru History Adventures in that… Continue reading Make History Come Alive with Drive Thru History – Review

Learning to Type with an Ultrakey Online Family Subscription – Review

Hunt…hunt ….. peck … hunt… peck…. And so it goes. Watching my kids try to type their special school projects and emails to friends was painful. They were excited to be using the computer and didn’t mind the slow-as-molasses speed, but, me? I couldn’t stand it. That’s why I was jumped at the chance for… Continue reading Learning to Type with an Ultrakey Online Family Subscription – Review

Encouraging Hearts & Home Blog Hop – February 21, 2018

“Wulf The Saxon” by Heirloom Audio Productions Review

Our family loves to listen to books in the car when we travel – and since we live 45 minutes from our library and just about everything else, we do a lot of listening! So when we were offered the chance to try out Wulf the Saxon by G.A. Henty, an audio drama by Heirloom… Continue reading “Wulf The Saxon” by Heirloom Audio Productions Review