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And the Tuttle Twins made it on the list, of course.
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It was good for a laugh, as satire should be—but it’s a serious issue. And it’s one that we feel strongly about. Because there are many people out there who want to shout you down, silence you, and ignore the ideas you believe in.
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What do the Little House books have to do with homeopathy? Thanks to Paola Brown, I learned the connection!
Did you know that the black doctor in the end of Little House on the Prairie, the one who took care of Laura’s family when they got “fever n’ague” (aka malaria) was a homeopathic physician? His name was Dr. Tann. He was a real life person. i never knew that! Here is his gravestone.
Homeopathic schools in the 1800s allowed blacks to attend, something radical in those days. That is probably because many homeopathic advocates, such as Thoreau, Emerson, the Stowe Family, and Louisa May Alcott were also abolitionists. The first female black doctor in America was a homeopathic doctor as well, according to Paola.
If you take the Teach Me Health and Homeopathy Class in Zoom, with your children that I’m teaching in April/May (part 1) and Aug/Sept/Oct (part 2), you will learn about Dr. Tan and these other homeopathy heroes! We will play the Homeopathy Heroes game, created by Paola Brown, M.Ed., as part of the class! It will be over Zoom but we will make it work!
Photo Credit: paolabrown.com/game/
The Early Bird Deadline for this class is this Saturday March 20, midnight Utah time! Go here to get all the details! This is the natural health and wellness curriculum you’ve always wanted!
If you are ready to sign up for the Tuesday class that starts Tues. 3/30 on Zoom, Utah time 2-4 PM, go here.
If you are ready to sign up for the Thursday class that starts Thurs. 4/1 on Zoom, Utah time 2-4 PM, go here.
I love the way Paola Brown explains how health and healing work. Watch it and you will be amazed! If you’ve ever wondered how to explain homeopathy simply, watching this video will help with that.
This is just one of the many videos Paola has created for her Teach Me Health and Homeopathy Class that I’m going to be teaching to moms and kids over Zoom. Classes start Tuesday 3/30 and Thursday 4/1 at 2 PM. If you take the class, you will have access to 70 plus videos like this, for a lifetime!
So, it’s officially been a year since the lockdowns started. I’m here to assure any of you mamas who were thrown into homeschooling a year ago and struggled. If any of you still want to homeschool, I’m here to assure you that homeschooling can be a sustainable option to compulsory education. It can be fun, relatively! It can be joyful! No matter what happened this past year, if you have some kernel of desire to continue to homeschool because you can see a glimmer of benefits, I’m here to fan that flame!
I have homeschooled four older adult children who have all “graduated” from homeshcool. Two of them have graduated from college. The younger two of these older four are in the middle of college. Then I have three more children still at home. I have been homeschooling for 27 years, since my oldest was born, and I have 7 more years to go. I’m definitely in it for the long-haul.
I speak from experience. Homeschooling works, and it works beautifully! Of course some people out there might be pointed at as “failures” of the homeschooling world. Guess what? Any system or culture of people is going to produce failures. Plenty of people out there are failures of the public school system. Does that mean you say that public school doesn’t work at all? Of course not!
The key for being a happy homeschooling mama is finding the daily academic habits that work for you and your children that you can sustain reminding them/enforcing them on a weekday basis, according to their season of education. That doesn’t necessarily mean “curriculum.” In fact, the less curricula, the better. If the past year has been full of tears and tantrums because of forced assignments, I’m here to say, “Relax. Take it easy. You and your children will survive. Breathe. Take a break from the curriculum.”
So…if you want to keep homeschooling but want a much more doable structure, may I suggest starting with ONE thing (beyond having your children doing their regular household chores. If they aren’t doing chores yet, I suggest you first get consistent on that, and call that “school” before you add academic work on top of that. Here is my post for help on getting children to work).
The ONE thing to start homeschooling easily is to take up the #abookandagameaday challenge. Here’s the challenge:
Aim to read aloud one picture book a day, and ADD to that, playing one tabletop game, either board or card game, a day. That’s IT!
I’m not talking about a 3 hour game of Settlers of Catan. Ugh. You can play a game in 5 – 10 minutes. Yes, such games exist! Like Sushi Go, one of my favorite math games. Everyone has that much time to play a game. You can also play lots of quiz games while eating a meal or snack. You can even quiz your kiddos from a card deck while they are doing dishes, once you have them trained.
It’s fun if the two coordinate, like Monopoly with the picture book below, but don’t stress if your games never match up. I’ve never been one much for Monopoly.
If you don’t have many picture books at home, go to your public library and check out a bunch.
Use my lists here and check out the picture books here.
As far as games go, dust off your board and card games and make them accessible. Go here to get my guide to finding them on a budget. Start getting them at thrift stores for cheap. Tell your relatives, friends, and neighbors you are looking for board games. They’re probably happy to clear out their closets of stuff they don’t use anymore to give to you. Ask your public library if they lend out tabletop games. If they don’t, ask them to consider doing it. You can find so many games that “teach” basically any subject, from history, to genetics, to kinds of birds, to quiltmaking.
If you have an only child, join your local homeschool support group. Google it! Advertise that your home is open to board game playing at such-and-such time. You will be amazed at how much kids can learn from playing games. Have fun!
I really do love that homeschooling gives me an excuse to read picture books and play board games in the middle of the day. Ahhh, the life!
I got my hair done two Fridays ago (a story in itself for another day, let’s just say, some people’s definition of “blond, halfway between honey blond and platinum blond,” is wildly different from others). How fun it was to come home from my near scathing hair mishap to the gift pictured above. A sugar cookie with the emblem of the Relief Society! How cute is that?! I broke all purist-y diet rules to consume the sugary, white flour-y, blue dye concoction. A talented woman in my neighborhood decorated it! I wondered why I got it and then remembered that March is the birthday month of Relief Society. All the women in my congregation got these amazing cookies to celebrate the women’s organization that Emma started, the Relief Society.
I really loved all the talk last week about Emma Smith in all the gospel videos I watched. The above photo is a screenshot from a YouTube video that my husband’s cousin Lynne Hilton Wilson did. Just go to YouTube and do a search for “lynne hilton wilson” and watch the one for D&C 23-26. That’s the one Lynne did about Emma.
Did you know Emma was into all these things listed above? I sure didn’t! It’s so amazing that Emma was so courageous. I love that when she was forced to leave Missouri, she sacrificed her own comfort to bring the manuscript of Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible, hidden under her dress. Why did she do it? Because she knew her husband was a true prophet. I also think it’s amazing that she didn’t peek at the golden plates when they lay on the table in her kitchen under a cloth. She says she didn’t have to peek. She knew they were real. What faith!
This song about Emma, sung at the end, in this Don’t Miss This video, is just so sweet! The whole video is great but if you want to just hear the song, sung by a sister missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, go to the 36:23 mark. It echoes my feelings about her exactly. May she rest in peace, for truly as the song asks, “How much can one heart take?” Thank you Emma for your faith, courage and devotion.
What makes great health? We all want it, but how do we keep it, or get it back after we lose it?
Please watch the video below to learn about illness and the role it plays in robust health.
If you agree with the above video, you will want to take this online class! It’s for children and adults! Ages 6-96! Best taken in a family setting!
Would you like you to teach your children about the best medicine, one that is natural and has no side-effects?
Would you like to create a drug-free legacy of robust health that lasts for generations?
Would you like to study a medicine with your children that has been used by famous historical figures like Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, Dizzy Gillespie, and Henry David Thoreau?
Meet the medicine of homeopathy. It’s the medicine we’ve always wanted! It is kind. It is powerful! It can act in minutes for acute conditions. It gets to the root of the problem and eliminates symptoms of both chronic and acute illnesses. It does not leave damage in its wake like antibiotics and vaccines do.
Come learn about this amazing medicine with a fabulous curriculum in the Teach Me Health and Homeopathy Class!
It is a family-based curriculum for kids and adults! Homeopathy is science based. It involves natural laws. Sometimes it seems complicated, I admit. I didn’t understand it when I first used it. Now we have a way to make it easy to super easy to understand for children (and adults)!
This class has two fees. The tuition fee and the curriculum fee.
The $150-$200 tuition family fee is for all members of the same family who live under the same roof. This is for ages 6-96!
An additional cost is the curriculum fee for each family.
The cost of the curriculum bundle without the teachers manual is $170, but depending on our group size, you can get between 7.5-15% off your materials.
We will need a minimum of 15 families to enroll for us to be able to get the full discount.
If we get 5+ families in the class, the discount is 7.5% off, so then the curriculum bundle is $157.25.
If we get 10+ families in the class, the discount is 13.5% off, so then it is $147.05.
If we get 15+ families in the class, the discount is 15% off, so then it is $144.50.
So please encourage your like-minded friends to join!
Tell all your friends!
This curriculum involves:
-nature journaling (each student buys own blank journal, not part of the bundle)
-art activities
-science experiments
-read aloud stories, in print and audiobook format (audiobook format extra cost)
-catchy music (bought separately)
-flash cards
-fun games
-lifetime access to exciting videos
Adults without kids can take it too! If your younger than 12 child participates, parent or grandparent participation is required (no extra cost). Ages 12 and up can take it without a parent, but parent/grandparent participation is strongly encouraged for all children.
What are the logistics?
The class involves two 8-week cycles of the class, held over Zoom
These 16 weeks (2 x 8-week cycles = 16 weeks) cost $150-$200 depending on when you register. Early bird price is $150, regular price is $200! Late registration price is $300.
Note: Every student should have their own appropriately leveled student workbook. If you have only one student attending this class, your workbook will be included in the student bundle. If you have more than one child, be sure to get additional workbooks for each of your students.
The curriculum involves a total of 46 lessons, which is covered by the complete 16 weeks. (2 x 8 weeks = 16)
Pick which day you want to attend: Tuesdays or Thursdays, 2 to 4 PM Utah time, held over zoom (online), so geography is not a problem!
Tuesday Class
Cycle 1 (the first 8 weeks) of Tuesday Class Starts Tuesday 4/6 and ends Tuesday 5/25
-then we have have a summer break, and take off June and July
Cycle 2 (the second 8 weeks) of Tuesday Class Starts September 2021 and ends Nov. 2021
Thursday Class
Cycle 1 of Thursday Class Starts Thurs 4/8 and ends Thursday 5/27
-then we have a summer break-
Cycle 2 of Thursday Class Starts September 2021 and ends Nov. 2021.
Here are the Units:
Unit 1: The Terrain is Everything (Louis Pasteur vs. Michel Beauchamp)
This week’s game is Poetry for Neanderthals. As soon as I saw it on amazon, I figured it would be a hit with my 11-year-old, because of the inflatable club. I was right! As soon as we got it he blew it up and started carrying it around. It’s a great language arts game for gameschooling. It gives you the opportunity to teach/remind your children/students what a “syllable” is. It’s basically like Taboo. The clue-giver gets a card with a keyword on it. As the clue-giver you are trying to get the guesser to guess the keyword. You can only use 1 syllable words for clues. If you use polysyllabic clues you get bopped with the club.
Each card has more than one keyword on it. If you get the guesser to guess the first keyword, you can move to the bottom of the card and attempt to get the guesser to guess the phrase. The phrase always involves the top word plus something else. So for example, the card might have “stomach” on the top, and then “stomach ache” on the bottom. Another example is “pool” with “pool noodle.”
I love this game because it’s great for getting people to flex their creative linguistic muscles to think of monosyllabic synonyms. The inflatable club is definitely a way to draw boys in. It does get annoying, however, to be constantly bopped with it, if you keep messing up. You might have to remind your overenthusiastic little people to bop gently.
We played it yesterday for gameschooling. It definitely counts for language arts. My 11-year-old guy had a hard time remembering to only say one syllable clues. He’s actually still grasping the concept of what a syllable even is. I’m sure as we play it more he’ll get used to it. It’s fun to see if you can think of a whole sentence involving monosyllabic words instead of just giving a string of the words unconnected, not in a sentence. Then you really sound like a caveman.
I also like that you can play with just three people. It would definitely be better with a crowd, so that you have more guessers. It’s also nice that if you have three people, everyone has a role on every turn, to be either the poet (the clue-giver), the guesser, or the bopper. It’s recommended for ages 7 and up, 3 or more players. The box says 2+ players. I’m not sure how that would work. There’s another variation to the game so maybe the 2+ players applies to the variation. I would say mature 7-year-olds can handle it. It’s probably better to play with 10-11-year-olds and up.
For more ideas on gameschooling go here. One of the reasons I love homeschooling is because I can play board games and read aloud books in the middle of the day with my kiddos. Happy gameschooling!
Here is the easiest drumstick recipe I’ve ever fixed. It is inspired by the Jolly Jack Chicken recipe on p. 164 in the new Trim Healthy Future book by Rashida Simpson. I highly encourage you get that book! It’s chock full of food inspiration, especially if you eat low carb/keto. I love the Trim Healthy Mama books because the food is so yummy. The recipes are designed for mamas who want to lose and or maintain their weight and also nourish their families with the same food, so you don’t have to fix two dinners.
I think you will agree that this recipe is simple yet yummy! It just takes some planning because the chicken takes over an hour to bake.
The ingredients are simple: chicken drumsticks, salsa, and your favorite cheese, grated.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Pour salsa into a bowl.
Grate a bunch of cheese. More if you have a lot of drumsticks, like 3-4 cups. Less if you have 5-6 drumsticks.
Line a baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper.
Place drumsticks on the paper, lining them up in rows without touching each other.
Spread salsa onto each chicken leg, covering as much as you can, by spooning it on.
Sprinkle cheese on top. Keep as much cheese as you can off the paper.
Bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
Serve with a fresh green leaf lettuce and dressing, along with potatoes or rice, for those who aren’t watching weight. If you are watching weight serve with roasted broccoli, green beans or cabbage with plenty of butter and salt. Delicious!
The Tree of Life Mama picture book of the week is the graphic novel above, Defying Hitler: Jesse Owens’ Olympic Triumph by Nel Yomtov. I love this book! I found it at my public library. it’s the amazing story of how Jesse Owens competed to win 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany. I was in utter wonderment at how persistent Jesse was. I love how this book has so many pictures, because it is a graphic novel. I read it aloud to my 11-year -old soon over two nights. He loved it so much that when I put a bookmark in it for the first night, he pleaded for more. I think you will love it!
Tree of Life Mothering 