Do you want to get started gardening with children but aren’t sure what to plant? When we’re not homeschooling during the year, we love to be in the garden. (Checking the garden and saying goodnight to our neighbors is our after-bath ritual! Take a bath to get dirty, you know?) Today I’ve put together a […]
Oh, hello almost-April! We had a great month because light. Lots went on in the kitchen and I seem to have gotten a fresh wind for homeschool after dragging myself through January and February. Narnia’s melting and we had some excitement around these parts when a tornado touched down a few miles away from our […]
Hello friends! This book list is in response to a reader request, yay! I loved making this list. Well-written and illustrated preschool books play an important role in early learning because they are often a child’s first introduction to art and poetry. You can use this book list for older or younger children too, […]
I was just talking to a friend on Marco Polo who reads this blog. We got into a conversation about one of the major dynamics of being a mom at home with little kids: Doing One Thing at A Time (While Everything Else Unravels.) Did you know that this is a reality for every mom […]
We had a nice white February, with plenty of excitement what with the historic winter storm that swept through the middle of the country and all. (Hair dryers do work to thaw frozen pipes, even if they are under your floor.) I found a new style called Bob Cratchett and it’s where you wear double […]
Do you have a big, messy pile of kid’s artwork or school work? I did! I always planned on having an organized collection of my children’s homeschool and artwork that I would give them one day, but I never could seem to get there because I lacked a good system for decision-making. After some trial […]
You know what doesn’t get talked about enough in the homeschooling world? Taking a housekeeping day…or week! I take a housekeeping week whenever I feel overwhelmed with details and to-do’s. It’s my secret to staying energized about homeschooling for the long haul. Remember, effective homeschooling is about sustainability, not perfection. (Professional teachers have a certain […]
The first year of 2021 has been quiet so far between the four walls of our house (well maybe six walls because this house has a lot of weird angles), but rapidly shifting on the outside. I know we all feel it in different ways. We were in Georgia for the first few days of […]
Merry Christmas week, friends! We put up our decorations very early this year and still, it sneaks up on me every time. I have all of our wrapping and baking to do, along with holiday groceries and preparations to leave town for New Year’s. (These are merry activities, I have to remind myself!) We have […]
November is usually always a stellar reading month for me. This month I read a lot of things, but I abandoned almost all of them for various reasons and ended up only actually finishing one book! I have been following blogger Tsh Oxenreider for about eight years now and have read all of her books, but […]