This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! My oldest child is turning five later this spring, which means that I’m staring down the advent of the Big Kid Era. Furthermore, my middle child just recently potty […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! For the most part, 2022 was a year in which I gravitated to books that made me think. Accordingly, a lot of these books have deep (or even dark) […]
I firmly believe that names have value. Using a name is caring enough about a person to notice the details of who they are. It communicates
The weeds are easier. And as I’ve planted and watered and harvested, I’ve thought about how parenting is much the same. It’s easy to let a
Kindergarten is family walks in the evening. Kindergarten is discovering new characters and faraway places and tales from long ago.
I first entered the homeschooling world in the late 1990s, when I was four years old. My memories of my pre-homeschooling life are sparse and
Reading Eggs review is a game that teaches and reinforces phonics concepts in an engaging way. My 6 year old son and my 4 year old son both
...our 2021-2022 school year in mid-August. Choosing kindergarten curriculum has been fun, since it's the first year of "official school."
does best with worksheets when they're reinforcing something he's already studied. As we worked on our Super Teacher Worksheets review,
grammar stage, dialectic, and rhetoric. She calls these three the Trivium. The Sayers essay inspired several versions of classical education
We all want to get there – that place of ordered peace that provides such joy to a mother’s heart. You know the ingredients: cheerful obedience, productive days, and kindness to one another with a marked absence of bickering and complaining.
We enjoyed many lovely books together this school year. Here are our top ten favorite books for homeschool preschool:
Today I'm excited to bring you a Blue Skies West review! Blue Skies West by Mattie Richardson is a historical fiction novel set on the Oregon
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! Before I had children, my notion of read-aloud time was idyllic. My children would sit quietly and attentively, without any sort of training from me. They would hang onto […]
...readiness skills, but are not yet old enough for kindergarten. I thought I would share how I'm addressing this advanced preschool...
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! Homeschooling is my passion project, so when Ashlee Gadd’s “I Love” essay prompt started going around my writing community, I knew exactly what my topic would be. I love […]
My family had the opportunity to participate in a CTC math review. We evaluated the 12 month family membership. CTC Math is for grades K-12.
...setting for two years. Consequently, I’ve collected a tool box of fine motor activities for preschoolers. Here are some of my favorites!
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! We have always studied hymns in our homeschool, dating all the way back to our “practice homeschool” year when my oldest was in pre-K. Our church is more contemporary […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! Before I had children, my notion of read-aloud time was idyllic. My children would sit quietly and attentively, without any sort of training from me. They would hang onto […]
My 6 year old son and I were thrilled to be selected to do a STEAM4KIDZ review! They produce project kits for kids that teach science, tech
A mom reached out to me over social media and asked what I had done for preschool with my 4 year olds. I realized that I wrote a blog post about what I did for my oldest child's 4 year old preschool year, but not about what I did for my second child.
Today I'm writing a Bible Blueprints review, courtesy of Teach Sunday School. Teach Sunday School offers a variety of printables to enhance..
Preparing to homeschool is a project I began when my oldest was about 3 years old. My husband married me for many reasons, but one of them..
My oldest child’s pre-K year marked our first year of homeschooling. I had a lot of fun selecting preschool homeschool curriculum for him.
Do you need to declutter your digital life? Last fall, I made some decisions that made using technology more pleasant. The changes fell under
Homeschooling is hard work. Homeschooling is joyous. Both are true, but today I want to share some of my recent joys.
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! I decided to review Hallelujah by Cindy Rollins this year. I purchased this book with my own money. My sons have grown old enough to enjoy holiday traditions and […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew. My boys and I were selected to participate in a Buck, First Bank Account review. Buck, First Bank […]
We’ve read a lot of classic picture books in the past few years, and I’d like to share some of our favorites with you. Keep in mind that my
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! When I was in college, I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain and knew I had found my people. […]
Homeschool books for moms can be a valuable tool as we learn how to better educate our children. My tagline for my blog is “classical ...
What better way to beat the winter doldrums than by planning next year's 2nd grade homeschool curriculum? My oldest son will be in 2nd grade.
...likes public speaking, but everyone needs to know how to evaluate a source and think critically about it. This is a vital life skill.
I homeschool with three little kids. Every few months, I write a routine post. These are some of my most frequently requested updates, so I..
...and with it, our Gentle + Classical Primer curriculum! I knew right away that I would want to write a Gentle + Classical Primer review.
As a type A personality, this has been hard, but necessary, for me to accept. So without further adieu, here is what we dropped this year:
A local preschooler planted a garden and discovered a passion for plants. In March, he planted five sets of seeds on his back porch in
My oldest child recently turned five, which felt like the beginning of the big kid era. Frequently, I tell my husband that our oldest seems
It was my third postpartum experience, and I knew enough to be prepared with easy snacks and educational videos.
4 year old, a 2 year old, and a baby. I've heard from a lot of moms who have questions about how to homeschool with a baby and toddler, so..
Homeschool planning with young children looks different from homeschool planning with more independent children.I’m in a few different Faceboo
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! I dropped my towel in frustration. Why do I do all the work around here? Here we were, going through a crisis, and those closest to me were nowhere […]
One of the most frequent questions I hear from other moms of littles is “How does anybody homeschool with a baby and/or a toddler?”
Comparison is seductive. It sucks us into a vortex of doubt and self-condemnation. How do we fight feeling behind?
Many new homeschool parents wonder about how to teach the alphabet. I taught preschool in a classroom setting for two years, and I’ve taught
My six year old son loves knights...The Hands-On History Lap Paks are downloadable PDFs containing materials and instructions to make a...
This post contains affiliate links, which means I might make a small commission if you make a purchase. This does not affect your cost. Thank you! The Christian classical education movement has ballooned over the past three decades. But what is classical education, anyway? Classical education is difficult to define, in part because the term is […]
My son and I enjoyed working on a Progeny Press review together! Progeny Press produces study guides for literature for homeschool students.
