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We (& New Homeschoolers) Need Your Help!

Feb 08, 2012 12 Comments by Joy D.

We are busy putting the final touches on our 2012 Complete Curriculum Kits and that means we are ready to revise the Student Folders. One of my favorite parts is including tips and quotes from homeschoolers like you. Not only are they fun for us, but imagine how helpful and encouraging they can be to [...]

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Let’s Get Real – Timberdoodle’s 2012 Plans

Jan 23, 2012 1 Comment by Joy D.

Dear Friend, For over twenty-six years Timberdoodle has valued the trust you have put in us. As fellow home educators we know that sometimes homeschooling choices can be overwhelming, but through the years we have made your decisions easier by doing the research for you. From the must-have, but less flashy products that every homeschooling [...]

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Winter Storm Giveaway & Treasure Hunt

Jan 13, 2012 46 Comments by Joy D.

5 of you will get to choose your own wintry prize!

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10 Reasons to Tell Your Kids to Stop Doing Schoolwork and Go Build Something!

Jan 06, 2012 2 Comments

Would you like to supplement your curriculum with a program that simultaneously improves your child’s visual perception, fine-motor skills, patience, problem solving, spatial perception, creativity, ability to follow directions, pre-reading skills, grasp of physics concepts and engineering ability? Better yet, what if your child could actually enjoy this curriculum and choose to do it whenever [...]

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What our Family is Doing for Christmas in 2011

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Our approach to Christmas has always been nontraditional and eclectic. So what are we doing this year? Simple Decorating Pearl usually takes on the task of sprinkling the house with nativity scenes, a camel tapestry and more. We have a wide variety of nativities, including a plastic one set up specifically for the Bible Study [...]

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Nativity Reenactment – One of Our Family Christmas Traditions

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Reposted from December of 2009. One of the Christmas traditions our family has done for over 20 years now is reenacting the Nativity story. And so in honor of the season, for the next couple of weeks we will be posting short video clips of our enactments from the past. Our reenactments have taken many [...]

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Camel Bags – One Of Our Family’s Christmas Traditions

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Originally posted December 15th, 2009 on Timberdoodle’s Facebook Page. If you know our family, you know we have some odd family traditions including limiting our Christmas decorations to a nativity theme (we don’t even have a tree!) and putting off gift giving to New Years. Of all of our traditions though, Camel Bags raise the most [...]

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Should A Christian Celebrate Christmas? Timberdoodle Newsletter December 2006

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Reposted from Timberdoodle’s December 2006 newsletter On our honeymoon more than 28 years ago, we were confronted with the question, “should a Christian celebrate Christmas?” Having read and studied both sides of the controversy, we’ve come to the following conclusion. While we acknowledge that Jesus wasn’t actually born in December, it is the time that [...]

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Where’s Your Heart this Christmas? December Newsletter 2009

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments

Reposted from our December 2009 Timberdoodle Newsletter Dear Friends, This year we are taking a slight departure from our annual bashing of secular Christmas, to urge you to take inventory on the condition of your children’s hearts. What if you discovered, quite by accident, that your married daughter was flirting with the UPS man? Would [...]

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Timberdoodle Gift Certificate Giveaway

Dec 09, 2011 56 Comments

We’re curious, what would you buy at Timberdoodle.com if we gave you $25 to spend? Answer that question and you could win a $25 Timberdoodle gift certificate! Not sure where to start? Try browsing our gift categories: Enter the Drawing Want to win a Timberdoodle Gift Certificate? You can enter one of two ways. Option [...]

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