Books & Reading R. Peter Keith – Wine Dark Deep – Cover Reveal Ronda Bowen, July 7, 2020July 12, 2020 Cover Share LinkScience Fiction, hard sci-fi space operaTo be Published: Oct 12, 2020Publisher: Uphill Downhill Press When the solar system’s key asteroid mine is seized by revolutionaries, it puts the secret mission of the spaceship Ulysses in jeopardy. Without a refueling launch from the asteroid, the survival of the ship and its crew is… Continue Reading
Books & Reading Therese Plummer, Actor, Storyteller & Audiobook Narrator Q & A Ronda Bowen, June 26, 2020June 30, 2020 Thérèse Plummer is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator working in New York City. She has recorded over 400 audiobooks for various publishers. She won the 2020 Audie Award for her collaborative work on The Only Plane In The Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff garnering… Continue Reading
Books & Reading Q&A with A Week at Surfside Beach author Pierce Koslosky Jr. Ronda Bowen, June 5, 2020July 5, 2020 Author Pierce Koslosky Jr.’s first book, A Week at Surfside Beach: A Collection of Short Stories, will be published June 9, 2020. Starting as a poet, this collection was inspired by the blue beach house he and his family go to every year in Surfside Beach, South Carolina and by… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling What We’re Using for First Grade 2020-2021 Ronda Bowen, May 30, 2020December 13, 2021 First grade is approaching. We decided, after a strange end to kindergarten, that we would indeed homeschool next year – so we’ll have a 1st grader, a pre-kindergartner, and a preschooler at home. I’ve already gathered most of what we’ll use for next year. We won’t do every subject every… Continue Reading
Books & Reading Love, Life, and Lucille Book Tour Ronda Bowen, April 16, 2020June 21, 2020 Today’s post comes from author Judy Gaman. Angels Come in All Shapes, Sizes, and Ages. An Author’s Journey Lead by a 100-Year-Old Angel. What is an angel? I guess we know one when we see one. For me, my angel was about 5’ 4” (in heals), wore a ribbon in… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling Story Time Chess Review Ronda Bowen, April 15, 2020December 13, 2021 Timberdoodle is offering Story Time Chess as part of its new 2020-2021 curriculum rollout. The game promises that children as young as 3 will learn how to play the classic game – no experience required from either adults or children. I received the game in exchange for an honest review. About Story… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling April 5th Accountability Post Ronda Bowen, April 5, 2020December 13, 2021 Last week was a bit of a dumpster fire. We’d all had enough of being indoors. Miss 6 completed her school’s packet, 43 lessons in Dreambox and a bunch of lessons in Lexia. In addition, she did: Penmanship – ZB Kindergarten p. 131Spelling – Lesson 15 “Short Vowel I”Read &… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling March 29th Weekly Accountability Post Ronda Bowen, March 29, 2020December 13, 2021 This is what Miss 6 did this past week: We wound up not doing school on Friday. Each day, we spent about 2 hours on these things, and some more time reading, watching educational videos, and playing with purpose. All About Reading Level 1 Lessons 10 & 11 (review)Zanner Blosser… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling Working From Home While Homeschooling Ronda Bowen, March 27, 2020December 13, 2021 When I started homeschooling my oldest, I was a single mom going to grad school. A year in, I left grad school and started my own business. I’ve been running that business (and others) now for 12 years. I know a lot of us have been thrown into homeschooling &… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling Overview of the Homeschooling Planning Tools I Use Ronda Bowen, March 23, 2020December 13, 2021 I’m joining in the Timberdoodle Blog Hop again today, and I wanted to talk about planning. I’m a big fan of planning. I feel like even if I don’t follow the plan exactly, if I have a plan, that’s a huge boost to getting things done. It helps to eliminate the risk… Continue Reading