According to Growing Healthy Homes website, their goal is “to educate and train families regarding God’s plan to optimum health as outlined in the Bible.”

With this goal in mind, their book, Nutrition 101: Choose Life!, can be used for both science as well as health studies. This book teaches you all about the major body systems and how nutrition affects each.

The book is divided into the following sections: 1) The Brain and Nervous System; 2) Digestion and Elimination; 3) Respiration and Olfactory; 4) Muscular and Skeletal Systems; 5) Cardiovascular and Immune Systems; and 6) Endocrine System and Emotions. Each section is firmly based on the Bible and is full of hands on activities, science and art projects, discussion questions in addition to various recipes in order to teach and support each concept taught throughout the book. Its 448 pages can be used for all age groups and is perfect for any style of homeschooling. It was co-authored by “homeschool mother Debra Raybern, N.D., M.H., C.N.C., I.C.A.; homeschool mother and researcher Sera Johnson, B.MU; mother and writer/editor Laura Hopkins, B.S.; and mother, grandmother and former Home Economics teacher Karen Hopkins, B.S.”

For our family as eclectic homeschoolers, it is a perfect match. Especially since we have been recently led by God to start taking better care of the body that He has given us. We do notebooking as part of what we do so we are able to take small sections each day and work it into our daily studies. We normally read the chapter at the beginning of each section followed by a discussion of the material using the questions provided in each section as a guide. They kids write up their answers, any notes and new vocabulary words in their individual notebooks. The kids then choose several activities to do from the many provided in each section in order to get hands on experience related to what is currently being studied that day. Additional resources are also suggested and we even further supplement with materials that we have on hand in order to learn more in depth about an area that the kids have developed more of an interest from reading each of the sections. We also use the recipes in each section to reinforce and apply what we have learned in order to have a complete and well-rounded practical experience. Most curriculums teach you the knowledge but do not help you to put it into action. This is one of the strengths of Nutrition 101. It not only teaches you the knowledge you need but takes it further by putting what you learn into practice. The book is jam packed with practical and important knowledge that everyone should learn. We were simply amazed by the quality of the information within Nutrition 101. It was so different from other books on nutrition and health. It is not only a book but a tool to better living.

It can be purchased at Growing Healthy Homes website for the following prices:

On September 17th in the year 1787, our Constitution was signed by 39 of the founding fathers of our country, U.S.A.

Check out http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/
to get a free download of a mp3 and links to activities to celebrate this monumental historical event.

Remember Talk like a Pirate Day is coming up soon this month. September 19th. What are you going to do to celebrate???

One of the official websites for it is at http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html I have not looked at all of it yet so I cannot endorse how kid friendly it is but just thought I’d post it for you to review on your own. You can even turn your facebook page into Pirate language for the day. If you have a facebook account og to teh bottom of the page and click on what is now showing as your language and select English(Pirate) from the window that comes up.

Hmm I am sure there are more things out there for that day. Coloring pages. activities etc.. Got to start putting on the thinking cap….

My kids were suppose to go to the in-laws today to stay with them for the week to go to their VBS. MY DH and I had been given a complementary stay at a local hotel so we could at least get away from things for a day and get into air conditioning again. Our AC has been broke for the last several weeks now. He took off 2 days of work to do so. We can’t afford a vacation and have our 20th anniversary next week. We had been looking forward to this week for a month now. Sigh My oldest woke up not feeling well which is rare for her. It had to be now didn’t it? SO I stayed home to clean while my DH and the two girls went up to the in-laws to drop my youngest off there. I figure I might as well do something productive with the few hours I have to myself. So far I have missed most of my summer since I’ve had to work evenings for most of it. I feel a bit guilty since I promised my youngest we would go to parks and she could learn to ride her bike without training wheels. I promised them we would set up the little pool and slip n slide out back and do that. I have not kept that promise about the pool for many many years now. So far nothing. We have the remains of a large tree spread out in our backyard (for a little over a month now) that still needs cleaned up so we can’t even use our swing set. We have a fairly new chainsaw that doesn’t work.. well maybe for 10 minutes every several days. Trying desperately to make lemonade out of a lot of sour lemons.. Hoping my DH will finally find a computer job again after being laid off for 6 years now. That would at least give us plenty of “sugar” to make lemonade. I guess I will have to just sit here “squeezing lemons” in my mind until I am able to think of a way to make lemonade. I guess I sound like Eeyore.. It’s just been one of those days for me….

“When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.”
Eeyore

We had a busy day today. First of all, I got to spend some time with one of the other Homeschool Crew members, her kids and her sister and her kids today. That was a mouthful wasn’t it. LOL It is late so forgive my ramblings… Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating too much for us as it rained all day long. We met at the Creation Museum in KY and went through it in the morning. I have honestly never saw it that crowded as it was today with the exception of special events such as the grand opening, holidays, etc.

After we parted ways, I went home to help my youngest make a no sew fleece blanket. She did a great job on it. My other daughter has material to make one of her own as well. My oldest got to spend some time at her friends while my youngest and I watched a movie. Seems like we have had little time spent outside this summer. Now that I have more time to take the kids out of the house, the weather is starting to look like it won’t be nice for that type of activity. Hopefully we will get to do that soon before Fall sets in. This summer is going faster for me this year. Must be my old age. LOL

Well she mostly did. I helped to make some sides and she cooked the main part of the meal. We were trying out a recipe from SueGreggCookbooks. They are one of our vendors that the TOS Homeschool Crew are reviewing this year. The meal was an undeniable success. If you are interested in checking out their website before any reviews are posted then I recommend checking that out at http://www.suegregg.com/