Gin N' Stars

Making Your Skills List

Going back to the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom is scary. There are people your age who have BUILT their careers while you were wiping noses and changing diapers. So if you can’t go back to your old career, what CAN you do? This is where you make your skills list. Your skills list will have every type of skill you have and will help you evaluate yourself for potential employers as well…

Finding who you are

So I heard back from some potential employers. No go. Part of me is a bit disappointed about their decision to not hire me, but the other side is going, “whew!” Thing is I don’t know if I really wanted to go and work for them. It was in the field I had been trained and educated in, but didn’t I leave for a reason? For some of you, you may feel the same. What you left behind when you decided to…

Just as I put myself out there, more changes have happened. My eldest daughter was recently (finally) accepted into the Early College Program for her school district. In this program, an associate’s degree is completed simultaneously within her four years of high school. She is a sophomore this year so they said they will pay for her summer school classes to help her catch up with the rest of her…

Let’s start over

I’m back. I’m here with my Lipton tea (fresh without milk since my kids used it all up) and sitting at my kitchen table at 3am thinking of what should I write. Is anyone even reading this? Apart from my family and friends, probably not. As you know from my previous post my son has decided to go back to public school. I don’t know if you could tell in my writing or not, but part of me was in fact…

Still Here…

I’ve been kind of silent. Mostly because I’m not sure where this blog or my life in general will go. Homeschooling at our home is quickly fading away. We are doing test to get him ready for public school. Both scholastically as well as emotionally and socially. This way when he returns he will have the tools that he needs to succeed in front of him. I, myself, am staying busy too. With being our…

Upcoming Changes for 2016

After 3 years of homeschooling, ginnstars.com is about to go through some changes. My son has decided to go back to traditional school. After a long talk we both feel it would be for the best. The biggest reason is he feels like he is missing out with meeting new kids. Although the people he have met in his groups have been great and he has strong relationships with many of them, he wants to meet…

Learn From the Maccabees to Unlock Your Courage to Homeschool

Feeling like homeschooling is going nowhere? Are you fighting to get your child to do their school work everyday? Do they seem unmotivated and just want to play video games all day? Is your spouse is starting to second guess this whole homeschooling idea? Is family pressuring you to put your child back in traditional school? Does the fear that if you put your kid back in traditional school…

How to make a Beaded Kippah

As a Jewish woman, you know how important it is to have your head covered when you are up at the bima. Now you don’t have to use those ugly nylon ones they have at the synagogue but you can make your OWN Beaded Kippah. I’m pleased to share this pattern with you from our Sisterhood. Now, to be perfectly honest this can be a bit hard to do. Although many of our older ladies were able to do it some…

Straight Talk About Transitioning to Modest Dressing

Every once in awhile, you come across a moment that makes you rethink the way you are living. At the beginning of this year I was sitting down, listening to my Rabbi talk about how important it is for us, as parents, to walk the walk. To change at least ONE thing that makes us more observant during this time that our children prepare for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. It was in that moment, I looked over…

What to do when they ask you about the S-word

Your parents are asking about IT. Your in-laws are asking your husband about IT and he’s wondering about it, too. All of a sudden everyone is worried about IT. The idea of what is going to happen if your child doesn’t get IT. The BIG S-word. Socialization. Because it’s SO necessary! It is VITAL for your child very existence. Let’s not mention they have never once asked how many friends your child…

Let’s get to know each other better!

I’m participating in a Getting-to-Know-You game of 20 Questions with Kris (With a K) from the With a K Writing Academy. I’m excited to get to know my own blog-readers better & to find other bloggers to play with too. You know – friends who just get it. If you want to participate, you can too! Just go to check out Kris’s post about…

The Secret Method of How to Teach Your Child Was Hidden in the Bible

He won’t do his work again. He’s just sitting there; head down on the table looking at the paper as if the work will just magically be completed if he looks long enough. It’s another frustrating day teaching English. You don’t blame him. You hated English in school, too. Except when they played movies. SchoolHouse Rock ROCKED! It’s the only reason you know what a conjunction is AND its function!…

Learn Hebrew Before Your Child’s Bat Mitzvah

“Learning Hebrew is the easiest language to learn because of all the patterns..” -Rabbi Stuart Federow Ok, seriously. I’m biased. That’s my Rabbi, but he’s not lying. Its true. There are SO many patterns that when you start looking for them, you will actually see them. Now I’m not going to tell you how to speak Hebrew. Shoot! I’m still learning myself, but what I will share with you is where I’ve…

Source: Wikipedia If you could go anywhere with the Doctor, where in all of WORLD history would you go? Let me know. I want us to have some fun with this. Can you imagine how fun a lesson plan built around Dr Who would be?!?!? I’m getting all goose pimply just thinking about making the lesson plan. And that’s kind of weird for even me. Me, personally, I would go to the British Victoria age. The…