One day my son pushed a pea up his nose. No, it was not the first time he had done this but it was the first time I couldn’t remove the pea all on my own. I needed help!

Thankfully, I had some great resources on my side. People who cared, the amazing internet, and divine guidance.

I learned some things from this experience that I would love to share with you.

Are you looking for some fun, engaging learning for your kiddos to do on their own or amazing family-learning activities to do together?

Would you like to explore Egyptian history and culture – without paying thousands of dollars for airline and accommodations?

Look no further, I have just the suggestion for you!

This semester I taught a teen writing class in our local family co-op. A few of the kids in the class liked writing, some were on nodding-acquaintance with writing, and one refused to do any writing unless absolutely necessary.

A teen writing group seemed like the perfect choice.

We would explore writing and hopefully, all would go away encouraged and liking writing – at least a little bit more.

Several years ago, we did the best thing ever! We created a magic jar for our homeschool. What is a magic jar you ask?

A Magic Jar is…

Kids always learn better when interested and engaged. With this thought in mind we cut up design papers into small rectangles and the kids dreamed up and wrote down topics they wanted to learn more about:

• How is toilet paper made?
• Dragons
• Ladybugs
• Astronauts
• How old is the oldest person alive?
• Mazes
• Mummies