One Day At A Time
YouTube is one resource that helps our homeschool follow rabbit trails while exploring my kids interests. When we accidentally started learning about electricity, YouTube saved my butt yet again. Learning about electricity was fun while being educational, which in my opinion is the most effective way my kids learn. To
When I woke up this morning I did not expect to spend the day learning about electricity but I am so glad I followed the moments and allowed them to open the doors of discovery for my entire family. Starting Our Day Off Right As part of our slow mornings
It’s a brand new year which always leaves me excited. I am a goal person. I make goals or resolutions four times a year. January is the obvious one followed by September with the start of the school year. The other two times of the year that I change my
It’s that time of year again. Back to School. As homeschooler’s, we are always learning but we have taken advantage of the season and created a reboot for our home. Of course that meant that we needed to gather up some amazing books to read together.
May was a fun month! We are thriving outside and just enjoying life. With all of our play, the house has been a little neglected but that’s alright. I can get to that another time or just throw everything out. I haven’t decided yet. Our lessons are still progressing and
I want to try something new. I want to let you into my life, my mind, my struggles, my successes and how homeschooling is effecting me personally. I’ve decided to do a monthly review of the lessons that I have learned.
Like any system you have to tweak it to work for you. A few years ago I found The Workbox System by Sue Patrick and I fell in love. We gave it our all and I found a couple things that didn’t work so great for us. We kept the
After we finished Kindergarten Geography my son couldn’t wait to jump into Evan-Moor’s next book, Beginning Geography. I was a little nervous about jumping in with a six year old but my fears were soon put to rest. He gobbled up the entire book! I’m not kidding. Bee would have
One thing we love about Evan-Moor is that they have a variety of History pockets that we can use when our children’s interests are sparked. For example, we recently read The Indian in the Cupboard. While we were reading my son became interested in tipis and long houses and why
Morning Baskets have transformed the beginning of our homeschool day! Before we had our lovely box the kids begrudgingly got dressed and started their lessons. Something was missing. Connection They needed more time with me. They needed time together. My kids needed snuggles and to hear my voice before we
