Homeschool
- Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Nature & Outdoors, Our Literate Life
Scouting for Wild Ones {Curriculum Review}
I’m so excited for this! Scouting for Wild Ones is the curriculum we’ll be working through with our homeschool nature co-op this year. Our group of six families has met weekly, year round, outdoors, for the past 2 years (with…
Homeschool Third Grade {Curriculum Picks}
Every new grade level we encounter feels BIG. I remember clearly how intimidating kindergarten felt when my oldest hit that milestone. Now third grade is up, and I am shocked my firstborn is out of the K-2 bracket altogether! We’ve…
- Age 3-5, Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Christian faith based books, Homeschool, Our Literate Life
Sabbath in Our Christian Home
Implementing a Sabbath rhythm has been so life giving over the past year and a half. One of the ways we saw the kindness and provision of the Lord during pandemic was through Sabbath. For Christmas 2019, my Dad received…
Homeschool Kindergarten {Curriculum Choices}
In many ways, my current kindergartener had an “old fashioned kindergarten.” Although he wasn’t forced to take a nap on a mat, he did spend endless hours in open ended, imaginative play, listening to picture books, and painting. I’m proud…
How We Study Geography
For early/mid elementary school, my goals for geography are to introduce my kids to the beautiful variety of cultures around the world, and familiarize them with regions. Here’s how we’ve been accomplishing that: After spending over a year studying the…
Homeschooling Without a Homeschool Room {Organization}
When I look at photos of beautiful homeschool rooms with wall to wall book shelves, gorgeous nature posters hanging in on-trend frames, and closets full of shelving, I do feel jealous. We just don’t have that kind of space. We…
Dash Into Reading {Curriculum Review}
My experience teaching kids to read has been exciting, frustrating, humbling, and amazing… all wrapped into one. After using and loving the All About Reading program all the way through with my first, I assumed I would always use that…
Preschool Thru Mid-Elementary Gameschool Board Games
It’s family game season in our home! As the days have grown short and cold, we’ve been pulling out lots of games to occupy our minds and time! Here are the favorites we’ve enjoyed over the past few years in…
Giftable Homeschool Supplies for Holidays and Birthdays
I’m sure I’m not the only one who sneaks homeschool supplies into their kids’ gift giving… right? I see it as a way to stretch the holiday/birthday budget by including items that could technically come from our schooling budget. Fortunately,…
- Age 5-8, Age 8-12, Age early elementary, Homeschool, Homeschool Curriculum, Middle Grades, Nature & Outdoors, Science, STEM
Microscopes and Microbes Picture Books for Kids
A few weeks ago I upgraded my kids’ microscope. To this point, we’ve used a simple 8x, two-eyepiece microscope (pictured below), and we have loved it! We’ve explored a variety of treasures we’ve found on our nature walks, coins, and…
United States Geography Resources for Homeschool {Books and Games}
We’re traveling through the regions of the U.S. for our homeschool geography unit. I’m dividing our unit according to the songs by Kathy Troxel. We’ve used these songs for all of our geography studies (around the world) and they are…
First Day of Homeschool Celebration! {Student Interview Free Printable}
As a kid, I LOVED the first day of school! I loved all the new supplies and fresh clothes, the excitement of a new batch of classes and all that went with it. Now that we’re homeschooling I don’t want…
Homeschool Planning & Self-Assessment
Before I ever touch my curriculum or start filling in our weekly rhythm, I spend a solid slice of time alone with my journal and a list of questions. I’ve been revisiting this ritual and these questions twice a year…
How We Homeschool: Schedule & Rhythm
Before I began homeschooling, I didn’t personally know any home educating families. When I was growing up, I only knew one family that homeschooled. I babysat for that family, but truthfully I still didn’t know what it really was all…
Homeschool Inspiration Books
The homeschooling life can be a lonely one, despite being surrounded by (small) people all day! I have found the books below to be welcome company for this journey– I’ve come to see many of these authors as mentors and…
