Looking for trusted products that work for real family life? As a homeschooling mama of 7 who loves travel and simple living, I’ve rounded up our most-loved family essentials, homeschool tools, wellness products, and Amazon favorites — all in one place.
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Top Family Referrals
Samaritan Ministries – Our Trusted Health Share
We’ve chosen not to use traditional health insurance. Instead, our family has been part of Samaritan Ministries, a Christian health care sharing ministry that has supported us through surgeries, hospital stays, and even a miscarriage. It’s transparent, affordable, and faith-based.
👉 Join Samaritan Ministries today and let them know the Jessica & Paul Fickel Family referred you!
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Favorite Home Internet
We love our private property in the woods, but getting reliable internet can be a challenge—especially since we don’t want cable services. Starlink has been the best solution for us! It offers affordable monthly costs and covers all our internet needs, even when my husband works from home. No more slow connections!
If you’re looking for great internet in a remote area, use this link to sign up and get a month free!
Thrift Books Reading Rewards
Books can add up fast—especially in a big homeschooling family like ours! That’s why we love finding gently used books on ThriftBooks. Not only are the prices awesome, but once you hit their spending threshold, you earn a free book—and trust me, you’ll get there quicker than you think!
💚 Pro tip: Sign up for their free ReadingRewards program to earn free books even faster.
👉 Use my referral link to get started with ThriftBooks here and start stacking those savings!
Plant Therapy Essential Oils
My favorite essential oil set from Plant Therapy is their Feeling Good Set, designed with families in mind. It includes three popular blends—Germ Destroyer, Immune Boom, and Sniffle Stopper.* I keep this trio on hand when we’re headed into travel season or feeling run down.
I’ve also put together a full post about the Plant Therapy oils and blends I use most in our home. You can check it out here!
Fitness Blender
Excercis is so important to me. I have tried many programs, but Fitness Blender is the best! I have lost almost 30 pounds doing their Weight Loss for Busy People Program (of course, this is paired with good diet). Here is the referral link:
https://gofb.info/r/FK56-UAR6-N8ZH-ZQBH
Our Camping Favorites
- Camp Chef Grill
- RTIC Cooler – Works like a Yeti without the expensive price tag. Perfect for budget friendly family camping gear!
- Neso Tent
- Lodge Cast Iron
- Nebo Head Lamp
Kitchen Must-Haves
- Instant Pot – loves this for beans, bone broth, and meat roasts.
- Breville Espresso Machine
- Bunn Coffee Maker – coffee in 3 minutes
- Kitchen Aid Mixer – not sure how our kitchen would function without this. We are always making bread dough using this!
- Whirly Pop – great for delicious popcorn freshly popped on the stovetop.
Homeschooling Books
- My Favorite Resource for purchasing homeschooling books is Christian Book. They are always running sales! Makes homeschooling affordable!
- I love doing Saxon Math with my kids (and I’ve tried a few different programs!). I always find myself going back to Saxon—it’s traditional, spiral, and really teaches math well. The only downside? Grading lessons can be a bit of a headache. That’s where MyMathAssistant.com has been such a game changer for us. It has clear, helpful videos, and students can type in their answers to be auto-graded. Parents also have flexible options—like assigning even or odd problems, and setting how many chances a child has on each question. I still make my kids show their work, but this tool saves me so much time while keeping them accountable. If you’d like to try it, use the code MMA23996 for $5 off your subscription!
List of my favorite books for each grade coming soon!
Favorite Amazon Finds
This post has all of our amazon finds in picks in one place – right now it is specialized for Prime Day. Don’t wait! Sales end soon! Shop Here!
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