Spilled Milk Blog

  • Boost math skills with this creative workbook

    Boost math skills with this creative workbook

    Contains affiliate links. But this is not a sponsored post, just my honest opinion! If your student needs a little extra help in math, or if they just love math so much that they want some extra math challenges (yes, those kids do exist!) then you’ll want to check out this math workbook for kids. Read more

  • Our study guide for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

    Our study guide for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

    I’ll admit, I was a little wary of the idea of doing a study guide for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens with my kids. Yeah, yeah…it’s Dickens. It’s a classic. There’s a million adaptations. Even a Muppets version, after all. But then I went back and re-read the short story as an adult, and Read more

  • The Weary World Rejoices: our new advent devotional has just released

    The Weary World Rejoices: our new advent devotional has just released

    We started this site shortly before the Covid lockdown, and that Christmas I shared daily advent readings on our Instagram account. I’ve gone back to those readings over and over for the past three years, and I’ve finally collected them into a print book. So, without further ado, may I present: The Weary World Rejoices: Read more

  • Amazon Prime Deals on stuff you actually use

    Amazon Prime Deals on stuff you actually use

    From school supplies to early Christmas shopping to great deals on some of our favorite tech, we’ve got 25 great Prime Day deals here. Because really, who can buy 150 deals on Amazon today anyway? Basic Homeschool Supplies Dry Erase Markers | 61% off (12 pack for $11) My favorite highlighters that have lasted over a year | Read more

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey: a free high school literature study guide

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey: a free high school literature study guide

    This is a free The Bridge of San Luis Rey study guide, designed to be used over four weeks in a homeschool co-op or tutorial. I first read Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey in high school, and his beautiful, heady, aphoristic writing has stayed with me ever since. It is the story Read more

  • To Kill a Mockingbird: A free high school literature unit for homeschool

    To Kill a Mockingbird: A free high school literature unit for homeschool

    If our country had a required reading novel for high school students, it would be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. People have been trying to ban the book since it was published in 1960, and it does contain racial slurs that make it problematic to read with children today. However, it is an Read more