Author: Jen Reyneri

  • What’s the Travel Effect?

    In addition to the Giveaway we are hosting here at Word Traveling to celebrate May as GO month… The United States Travel Association is sponsoring the “What’s Your Travel Effect?” video contest, which offers an all-expenses-paid long weekend getaway as the grand prize! Need another reason to travel? Check this out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1KJ-YEVAXs Amazing reasons to…

  • Music is Poetry- Freedom in Words

    The other night, we were watching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I giggled when Walter’s sister commented on the great mix tapes he used to make. That was me. Glued late nights to the radio listening for my favorite songs to record and dub and re-record- then mix and give away to friends. When I…

  • the Fabulous LEGO Learning Giveaway

    My days never seem to pass without building- and stepping on- the fabulous multi colored bricks in our home. Between birthday gifts, chore board rewards, garage sale finds and our own purchases- my ten year old estimates we have 300,000 bricks. Yes. That comma is in the correct spot. A couple years into our homeschooling…

  • Learning Valuable Life Skills through Lego Robotics

    Learning Valuable Life Skills through Lego Robotics

    Of all the adventures we embark upon when we are  homeschooling, Lego Robotics. Trumps. ALL. Whoo hoo! First Lego League!  Most of the time around here,  Homeschooling is a misnomer. We are hardly ever home. And we certainly don’t resemble school. Click To Tweet When season for FIRST Lego League runs around, I am as…

  • What a Blogger Wants for Her Birthday

    Ok, so truth be told- what THIS blogger wants more than anything else for her birthday- TODAY- (ok, I’m 41) is done. It’s all God has given me in the nine last years since opening my heart and life to HIM- My life is new. The old has passed away. And, I feel younger than…

  • Astronomy On Vacation (guest post with Jay Ryan)

    It’s always fun to take vacations and see new places and to compare the differences from home. Having grown up in Ohio, I always remember my first trip to Florida, seeing my first palm tree! In addition to seeing different sights on the ground, you can also see differences in the sky. Though everyone in…