How do I manage 4 children’s lessons each day? I use my “Mom’s Master Homeschool Binder”. I have been using this system for a while, and love the simplicity of it. I really do hate having to dig through all my teacher’s guides and various curriculum each day to find out what we are doing… […]
A Community of Support and Encouragement for Women
One of my favorite aspects of my blog is the community feel. I don’t just want to randomly throw information out there, I want to genuinely connect with other women, to meet them where they are at, to help them see that they are not alone! One of the more common questions I am asked is […]
The Pros and Cons of Homeschooling
Homeschooling can be the most wonderful experience of your life or it can make you want to pull out all of your hair. In most instances, it is both. How do you know if homeschooling is for you? What are the pros and cons of homeschooling? As someone who was homeschooled for most of my […]
History Curriculum for Hands on Learners
I’m going to just take a moment to state that I dislike social studies, I always have. Back when I was being homeschooled it was my least favorite subject. In high school I barely passed. I found it uninteresting and just rote facts to memorize. The maps all kind of blended together and the dates […]
Open and Go Charlotte Mason Preschool Curriculum
As my homeschooling vision and style has become more streamlined over the years, my idea of what preschool should be has changed drastically. When I started out, I thought preschool should be a short introduction to school. And I thought school should be exactly what it was in the public school, complete with little desks […]
2016-2017 Curriculum Reveal
One of the most common questions I am asked is what homeschooling is like with 5 kids. So I am creating a series to help clarify a typical day, our homeschool curriculum, homeschooling multiple ages, managing the crazy, a home tour, and more! Today we are going to talk about our homeschool curriculum choices for […]
Interested in Bible Journaling? How to Get Started…
Bible journaling is HUGELY popular. Women everywhere are getting out their watercolors, their markers and highlighters and colored pencils and filling their Bibles with color… with art. If you have ever typed the words “Bible Journaling” into a search window, you may be like me, completely overwhelmed with where to get started. I’ve never considered […]
Social Studies your Kids Actually WANT to Do!
Do your kids roll their eyes when you pull out your social studies? Today I want to talk to you about an exciting new social studies curriculum I have learned about from Master Books. This is their Elementary Geography and Cultures curriculum and is recommended for grades 3-6. We have been trying it out this last […]
How to Help Your Children Understand and Know the Bible
We want our children to learn important Bible stories and events, to know and memorize Bible verses and be comfortable with how the Bible works. However, we also want our children to understand what this all means for their lives, and even more importantly, to come to love not just the words but the author. […]
Learning How to Love Our Kids in the Way They can Receive It
We want to love on our children not just often and lavishly, but effectively. Did you know there is a particular way your child is programmed to receive that love? Understanding how our children feel loved and express their love can help us better parent them and build connections with them that will stand the test […]
The Homeschool Style Quiz
What is your homeschool style? Your homeschool style is how you naturally approach homeschooling. There are 6 main styles: Traditional, Classical, Charlotte Mason, Unit Studies, Unschooling, and Eclectic. I have put together a really simple true and false quiz to help you discern your homeschool style. There are 45 questions that you can either hit […]
Unit Study Homeschooling Style
Did you take the homeschool style quiz and find out you are a unit study homeschooling style? Unit studies are FUN you guys! They are basically a themed approach to learning. So you would base your actual school work around one common theme and fit in all your subjects–with all your children–into that one theme. […]
Eclectic Homeschooling Style
Are you an eclectic homeschooler? You’ll know you are if your results were very mixed on the homeschool styles quiz. You can also be a self-proclaimed eclectic homeschooler if after reading about all the homeschool styles you want to do a bit of everything. Voila! Eclectic homeschooling! 😉 What does eclectic homeschooling look like? Eclectic […]
Charlotte Mason Homeschool Style
So you took the Homeschool Style Quiz and you found out you are a Charlotte Mason Homeschooler. Or maybe you just want to learn more about this homeschool style. The Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling was named after (you guessed it) Charlotte Mason. Charlotte was a British teacher who invested her life in improving […]
Traditional Homeschooling Style
So you took the Homeschool Style Quiz and you found out you have a Traditional Homeschooling approach. Or maybe you just want to learn more about this homeschool style. Traditional homeschooling essentially means “playing school”. It means taking a traditional school setting and trying to mimic it in your homeschool. You know you’re a […]
Classical Homeschooling Style
Are you a classical homeschooling family? Classical homeschooling is an approach that is based off of three-part process aimed at training your child’s mind. Essentially, it is taking the way our children’s brains learn and process at different stages in their developmental life and using that to our advantage in how we homeschool them. The […]
Unschooling Homeschool Style
Are you an unschooler? Whether you took the quiz and know you are, or are interested in learning more information, today we are going to talk a bit about this homeschool style and what it might look like. The primary vision of unschooling is: Child Led Learning. There is radical unschooling and not-so-radical unschooling, which […]
What is Poetry Teatime?
Have you heard of poetry teatime? It is a movement that is sweeping through the homeschool world on the wings of Brave Writer, an innovative method of teaching language arts to our children. Has it ever struck you that we call it “Language Arts”? We are teaching our children the art of communication in the […]
Fed Up With Curriculum Options? Let Me Help You Choose!
UPDATE: Due to the overwhelming response to this course, it is now closed for new signups. Stay tuned for a brand new course coming out in August where I’ll be showing you inside all my favorite curriculum and talking about each different subject each week! (Or check out the course page to see when […]
Take Your Child’s Reading to the Next Level With These!
Let’s talk about my kinesthetic, right-brained, backwards-thinker, random access memory daughter, Selah. I love my daughter: she is spirited and jovial and goofy and quirky and a ton of fun. But put a book in front of her and I’m ready to pull out all my hair in frustration. Any logical explanation of how something […]
Do you Have a Family Emergency Plan?
Do you have a family emergency plan, a bag packed, an evacuation route, and/or drills in place to help your family prepare for an emergency? If you answered no, you are not alone. As homeschool families, I think this can be a real gap and yet it really can mean the difference of life and […]
The Best Markers for Bullet Journaling
Bullet journaling is a style of planning that essentially requires nothing but a notebook (any notebook will do) and a pen. You create your own planner based on what works for you and your life. I have never found a planner that I stick with, and the flexibility of bullet journaling is something that has […]
Why do Kids Chew on Their Shirts and What Can You Do About It?
I will never forget the day I realized I had a chewer. When my son was a baby he would chew on the side of the crib… no biggie, he was teething right? The problem is that it didn’t stop. When he was four years old, he moved to a wooden bunk bed with his […]
Personalized Storybooks that will Become a Special Keepsake
Have you ever seen those personalized storybooks for children? I see them pop up every once in a while in my news feed or as an advertisement in a magazine and every time I think they look super cool. Lost My Name has been on my radar for quite some time and I was really […]
Free Spring Themed Printable Worksheets for Preschool
Who doesn’t love getting free printables? Especially if it means keeping your busy preschooler busy so you have a few more minutes with your older ones! Am I right? We have been having so much fun with this spring preschool printable pack! These 17 pages are packed full of some fun activities for your little […]
Elementary Bible & English Grammar Curriculum Review
For many years I have been a huge fan of Master Books (a division of New Leaf Publishing Group). I trod through the crowds at the homeschool conventions, looking for these treasures amongst the books. I read them together with my children and we have enjoyed every book we have purchased. Just a few months ago, […]
Educational Coloring Books for Kids
I have stumbled upon an amazing set of coloring books that are not just busywork! Dover Publications, Inc. has taken a timeless, treasured activity and tweaked it to add an educational component. Every page is full of information and every page can be colored by your child! This is a 5 book set that is an […]
How to Make your Own Lego Animation
Let’s talk Lego animation and kids… yes, your children could be making their own animated videos! In this review of Stopmotion Explosion I will share with you how this amazing product works and we’ll show you our very first Lego animation (bear with us, my son is only 8 and we were learning as we […]
Fun Audio Stories for Home and On-the-Go!
Story time is a special time in our house. Sometimes it is a time to decompress from the stress or activity of the day, other times it is a time to wake up our imaginations and inspire us, sometimes it is a time of connection and snuggles on the couch. Although looking at the pictures […]
How to Make Your Own Prayer Journal
I recently snagged a beautiful cowhide leather journal from Imagination International Inc. (III) and I sat here staring at it for a few hours. It is a grid (or squared) journal, that can be replaced month after month, and I couldn’t for the life of me decide what I wanted to use it for. I […]
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