My3Joys.com - A Blog about Faith, Family, and Love by Melissa Fleming

I will spare you all the photos this time.  But lets just say that our ENTIRE morning consisted of picking up the living room and make-shift playroom.  What a grueling task it was for them and for me.  Everything that could possibly be on the floor was.  From books, to crayons, to paper, to toys, to [...]

 I have been reading a wonderful book lately and they mentioned setting up areas in your home to spark creative activities.  I do not have a designated area where the kids are free to paint as their heart desires in my home, but outside I do.  Once our toddler playhouse was falling to pieces I [...]

Last night I had the opportunity to attend a home school meeting with a friend.  They were featuring Mary Hood, a home schooler since the 1980′s, who would be talking about how to loosen up without losing control, and regaining the joy of a relaxed, family-centered style of learning.  I can’t even express how encouraged [...]

Just about every day I think of different place I want to try out this homeschool thing, as if I need a specific room in the house to do this.  I sure hope I figure this out by 1st grade.  We started out in the kitchen, then the dining room, then back to the kitchen [...]

Along with My Father’s World Curriculum that I use for Kit Kat, I have also been downloading www.ConfessionsofaHomeschooler.com printables for both her and RyRy!!  They have been a GREAT addition to our everyday stuff.  One of my favorite things that she has is a scavenger hunt for each letter of the week.  And because we [...]

So tonight the kids and I went to see my nephew play some hockey!! While Kate and Ryan love to sit and watch the boys play, Molly gets a little restless after the first hour.  She managed to dig into my purse only to find our Christmas Go Fish games, which I ALWAYS keep in [...]

My husband works very late on Friday nights and it just dawned on me to use this time more productively.  I decided to use this night of the week to prepare for the next homeschooling week instead of Sunday nights.  So as I am typing this, I am also printing out downloads for Ryan(3). I [...]

Some of you have asked to see what our homeschool room looks like… well I have included some pictures.  Most of the time it takes place in our little kitchen area.  We love it, it is cozy and in our favorite room in the house.  We LOVE to eat if you hadn’t noticed.  I also [...]

So some of you asked for the recipes I use so I thought I would create a page just for them.  I will be updating new ones when I can…so be on the look out.   Italian Meatball Soup Stir together 1(32-oz.) container chicken stock or reduced sodium broth, 1 (12 oz.) package of Italian [...]

I always assumed I would send my kids to a private Christian school when the time came.  Well, when you can’t afford it, your options change.  Public school was not an option for my husband and me, so we toyed around with the thought of homeschooling.  I am so thankful to the Lord for those [...]