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 […]
The Day I Gave Up On Homeschooling…
I gave up on homeschooling! Yes, I did! I just had it and had to say: “No more!” I gave up on homeschooling PERFECTLY, without any flaws! I gave up on having the perfect homeschool room that never gets used and buying curriculum other moms brag about that don’t work for my children and are […]
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 […]
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 Small Space Homeschooling Work for YOU!
Hello everyone! I am SO excited to be here helping out on Hip Homeschooling while our beloved Rebecca is away. I’ve been a fan of this blog for a long time now, and after taking Rebecca’s How To Start A Blog Coaching program, I’ve started blogging over at Up Above The Rowan Tree. I am […]
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 […]
Quality Clothing at a Fraction of the Cost!
I love thrift stores and consignment stores, when we lived in the land of civilization those were the only places we shopped at for clothing for our family! It saved us literally hundreds of dollars a year, and was always a satisfying feeling to walk out of a store with bags brimming for only $100. […]
Teaching kids to read is easy with this amazing program!
Confession: I hate teaching kids to read. HATE it! I remember with vivid clarity the first time I sat down with my son to try piecing together the sounds we had learned into simple words… I remember the frustration of doing the same words over and over and over again. With 5 young children, I always […]
Logic of English Review
As a homeschool mom, one of my favorite things is learning alongside my children. You know what I mean, I’m talking about those moments that you pause the lesson to read and re-read what you’ve just read, shocked. “How did I not know that?!?!?!” I live for those moments! They inspire me to keep pressing […]
Blog Post Checklist Printable
Did you know that a few simple steps prior to writing your blog post could save you time and get your post seen by more people? I have created a blog post checklist for writing to help you remember all the steps along the way. Do you ever write a blog post and you know […]
Teaching Kids to Code with Minecraft
Let’s talk about teaching kids to code. In today’s culture, this is one of the most relevant things we can teach our children to give them a good start in our technological age. Aside from the obvious benefits when it comes to giving them skills and knowledge for future jobs and careers, it also offers […]
Using Doodles in your Bullet Journal
I love bullet journaling and I love doodling, but the real magic happens when you can bring them both together! Check out this doodle challenge and some tips to get you started! Don’t get me wrong, I am not really an artist. In fact, being homeschooled, art was something I largely missed out on. My […]
What Homeschooling 5 Kids Really Looks Like
Let’s put aside Pinterest and Facebook, even Instagram! Let’s put aside the bright photographs of smiling children and talk about reality. Homeschooling 4 children with tornado toddler hanging off my legs is far less glamorous than I would have you believe. I wish I had it all together, the perfect children with the perfect curriculum […]
Who Nancy Larson Science will Work for, and Who it Won’t!
For the past year we have been using Nancy Larson Science as our official science curriculum for all three of our children. We have really loved every minute of it and closing up our book was done with a sense of both accomplishment and sadness. There are so many things I love about this program […]
Demme Learning’s Math-U-See Digital Packs Review
Our favorite math curriculum just became more versatile! Demme Learning’s Math-U-See has been our math curriculum of choice ever since we started homeschooling. With three different learning styles in our homeschool, the multi-sensory approach of Math-U-See has consistently worked with all our children and we have been blown away by the results. With a large family […]
Finally, a Homeschool Bible Curriculum Kids Want to do!
I have a beef with most traditional homeschool Bible curriculum that is currently on the market… many of them are dull. My kids aren’t interested in doing the lessons and, quite frankly, I’m not interested in teaching them! That’s why when I was offered the opportunity to review Grapevine Studies‘ unit “The Resurrection” I was all […]
How to Teach Writing in Your Homeschool
Let’s talk about how to teach writing in our homeschools… the easy way! If you have been pulling out all your hair trying to find a writing curriculum that is engaging, funny, and can be done with multiple age ranges all together… then you’re going to want to read this review! When I first heard […]
How to Get Organized with Kids
I don’t know about you, but in my house my kids only clean when I stand over them like a drill sergeant. I tell them where to put everything, keep them all on task, remind them to keep going, stop the younger one from playing in the corner, etc. The problem with this is that […]
What is Bullet Journaling? (The Simple Version)
In a nutshell, bullet journaling is a customizable organizing solution. It can be a planner, a calendar, a place for your notes and thoughts, a journal, a sketchbook, or all of the above! There are essentially no rules and you can do whatever you want with your journal to make it work for you! No […]
8 Reasons I Don’t Put my Kids to Bed at 7pm
I can tell you first off that I’ve read just about every baby and child sleep book on the market. Several times in fact. Everything from “leave your baby to scream itself into a coma” to “lay with your child until their freshman year of college”. Want your kid to sleep in? Put them to […]
How to Make a Tornado in a Jar
I love science, I love hands on learning, and I love learning about the weather! But what I love even more than all of that… is projects with a low mess impact on my home. I view science with my kids kind of like a teenager views school work… very very minimalist. This month when […]
Meet Silly McGilly: the Mischievous Little Leprechaun!
I am always looking for fun holiday traditions to start with my kids! We have never done much for Saint Patricks Day other than maybe dying the oatmeal green in the morning (which can significantly reduce your appetite by the way). I don’t know much about the history of the holiday and don’t know how […]
5 Amazing Systems to Help You Conquer the Laundry Chaos for Good
The laundry heap, the mountain, the never ending chaos that hides in the corners of our bedrooms and stacks up in the far reaches of our basements. We’ve all been behind on laundry, however there are some of us who can’t ever seem to catch up. I have fallen into that category! With 5 children, […]
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