Hadley Hope
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Catholic Artworks
Ever since posting links to Catholic Artworks, I’ve been receiving emails asking which of their CD’s I purchased… I actually splurged and ordered their whole Teachers Helper Collection. It currently contains 21 CD’s which are regularly priced $20 each, but when you buy the whole set they are discounted to only $10 each and home educators receive AN ADDITIONAL 50% off which drops the price to only $5.00 each!! I also purchased the Faith Keepers Combo for $15 (half of $30).
It was quite a bit to spend, but I have already gotten a LOT of use out of these CD’s and am sure I will be using them for years to come. My two absolute FAVORITES are Teachers Helper #7 and the Faith Keepers Combo.
The Teachers Helper #7 has been the perfect addition to the Alphabet Path, since it includes the whole Saints Alphabet from An Alphabet of Catholic Saints in both color and black & white, as well as with and without the names, and my girls have just loved coloring the saints to match the book and our own Alphabet of Saints!
We’ve also made Mangers for Baby Jesus using Teachers Helper #2, Works of Mercy Flash Cards using #17, and a number of other little projects.
Another reason I wanted to post this today, is that I wanted to let you all know that I just found out that they are offering even MORE specials for Home Schooling Families this month!! It looks like I should have waited just a little longer to order and I could have gotten the Faith Keepers Combo for FREE. ☺
Hopefully some of you will be able to take advantage of their great New Year Special:
New Year Special for Home Schooling Families only!Now until January 30th, you can get all 24 CD’s of the Teacher’s Helper (ideal for grades pre-K to 5) or all 24 CD’s of the Creative Catholic (ideal for grades 6 and up) for only $120 ($5 a CD) or $200 for all 48! Not sure if you would like our series? You can order any of the editions below at $10 each (these prices are half off for Home Schooling Families, this is our way of supporting your holy mission!) and if you like them, you can use your purchase price towards the purchase of the rest of the series!
We are also offering our Discover the Rosary Mysteries “Discovery Pack Special” at more than Half Off! Scroll down to see this fabulous Home School teaching aid!
Also, if you order now, you will receive our Faith Keeper holy card maker CD (a $30 value) for FREE!
UPDATE: This special has been extended until the end of March!
Highlights from “N” Week
From this Coloring Book
(While looking at the Flower Fairies Alphabet
We were too busy getting ready for the feast of St. Nicholas!
for with An Alphabet of Catholic Saints
and you can print the copy work we used here.
We pulled out all of our books about St. Nicholas to read:
The Miracle of Saint Nicholas (Golden Key Books)
Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend
The Legend of Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
St. Nicholas: A Closer Look at Christmas
The Real Santa Claus: Legends of Saint Nicholas (Phyllis Fogelman Books)
We also listened to the CD Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant & Polyphony
The boys worked on finishing their New Testament Lap books for History during “N” week. I’ll try and post pictures of their finished Lap books soon!
and have decided to incorporate it into the remainder of our Alphabet Path journey this year. Like the Picture Dictionary
we added to our home collection as one of our O Antiphon treats, this book had been recently reprinted, and was originally published back in 1938!
I ended up making a coloring page using a Precious Moments image and the Quote from God’s Alphabet
N is for Night Prayers
which faithfully say
and angels will guard you until it is day!
We’ve been making this for years now, and it is always a favorite activity!
St. Nicholas Cupcakes
Cupcakes decorated with White and Red Frosting, Coconut,
Chocolate Chips, Red Hots, and Mini Marshmallows
St. Nicholas Cookies
Using this recipe from Catholic Cuisine.
Highlights from “M” Week
letter M’s (Can you tell they were not very Motivated during M week?!?), the girls also worked on making the letter M using Handwriting Without Tears Hands-On Materials and Kimberlee’s Grey Block Paper.
From this Coloring Book
(While looking at the Flower Fairies Alphabet
(Since we don’t own a Microscope… yet!)
We did a couple experiments using Usborne Science Kit
. (Here is a link to the document I created.)
A Few Favorite Resources:
Know Your Mass
Traditional Latin Mass for Children DVD
The Weight of A Mass
Jesus With Us: The Gift of the Eucharist (First Communion)
Charlotte also has a a beautiful illustration of St. Margaret Mary which I printed out for the girls to color as well!
We looked through old photo albums, Grandpa’s Navy Memorabilia, and even dressed Snuggles in one of Hubby’s old baby outfits! 😉
We also read One Morning in Maine
from Paper Dali
(made on the feast of St. Martin)
We made the “My Little Book of Church Manners” from
The Things I see at
(We’ll save it to add to the Lap Book when we make it in the future.)
(We actually just used regular Hot Cocoa and added a dash of cinnamon…)
St. Martin’s Mice
You can find the recipe at Catholic Cuisine.
And Mandarin Oranges
Back to Reality…
On the 12th Day of Christmas…
My little Catholic Cuisine Chefs,
all ready to bake a Crown Cake for Epiphany!
We kept it simple by just adding THREE Spices (Cinnamon, Allspice and Cloves) to a Yellow Cake mix, representing the THREE KINGS who came from the East…
… and then baking it in a Crown Shaped Pan!
and gave three gifts to our children!Amazon Prime ~ Free Trial!
Do you have Amazon Prime?? I’ve wanted to upgrade to Amazon Prime (Free 2-day shipping from Amazon) for a long time, but have not been able to spend the $79.00 it costs per year… I had a month long trial back in 2006 and just loved it. SO, I was very excited when they offered another free month long trial back in November. It came in totally handy for those last Christmas gifts I was purchasing.
Anyhow, my trial expired just before Christmas and I was already missing it when another offer arrived in my inbox!! Amazon is currently offering a FREE THREE MONTH TRIAL of Amazon Prime to anyone who places an order containing a Textbook!
That’s not that hard to do, for all of us home educators, right!?! I went ahead and ordered one of the books off my wishlist and now have Amazon Prime once again, at least until April!
Here’s the link to the promotion.
Fund (I can dream can’t I?!) or, on the more practical side, to buy diapers with… (◕‿◕✿)Scenes from Christmas Day :: Opening Gifts
Everyone, well almost everyone, loved the little Folkmanis Finger Puppets
Don’t you love seeing children get super excited about receiving books? I know I do! But then, books have always been one of my favorite gifts to receive, ever since I was Rascals age!
Can you tell that the boys were also excited about their new Rifles?!
The girls love their new dolls and have been taking them everywhere.
This is one of my favorite pictures from the day:
Though, I must admit, I love this one too:
The girls were also so so so excited about their new little doll house and fairy lodge. They are both SO cute!
! Some of my favorite childhood memories are of my dad reading this book to us when we were little. He LOVED this story, and he passed that love on to us. It had been out of print for many years (it was reprinted a year ago) and his well loved copy was tattered and missing pages. I wish I had his reaction on video. He was very excited and immediately asked if my children had heard it yet… I love my dad!
He even saved some of the “wrapping paper” on which I attempted to copy a picture from the book, which is written by the little elf with “his slippery, sloppy feet, all red with cherry juice.” (Inside is a frozen blueberry pie.) And, although I did use another Gymboree box for the last package, it was filled with new reading glasses, a new John Grisham book
Scenes from Christmas Day :: Battle for the Bouncer
On Christmas Day, as I was preparing Brunch after Mass, I asked Captain to go and get Snuggles old bouncy chair from under the crib so I could use it for the baby.
Well apparently Snuggles was not quite ready to pass it down to his new little sister… He was not very happy when I placed her in it, and as soon as I took Rose back out of the chair, he immediately climbed in and tried buckling himself.
I think he was reminiscing about his days of being able to “Move it Move it.” 😉
Well, the timer is about to go off, for the crown cake the girls and I have baking in the oven, so it is time for me to go… Hopefully I will be back later to finish posting our Christmas Pictures.
Scenes from Christmas Day :: Baby’s 1st Christmas
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