by Learning Mama | May 1, 2017 | Homeschooling
“… brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things!” I can’t be the only one who gets this stuck in my head when a package of books arrives in the mail! I was excited to receive our latest shipment of books from...
by Learning Mama | Apr 24, 2017 | Homeschooling
I’ve got one child that could sit snuggled up with mama on the couch for HOURS reading books. She loves reading, being read to, and reading to others. Sitting still for a story is not a struggle for her at all. I loved our read-aloud times! When it came time to...
by Learning Mama | Apr 13, 2017 | Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling
My oldest daughter has been begging to get a puppy for a few years now. She just loves playing with dogs and petting them. She’s fallen even deeper in love with dogs since having a visit with her Nana while she was dog-sitting. And she was ecstatic when we...
by Learning Mama | Apr 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Yet again, I’ve jumped at the chance to review Sally Lloyd Jones’ latest book. I want all of her books in our family collection! To be quite honest with you though, before receiving Found, I wondered if I might find it a little redundant. You see, Found...
by Learning Mama | Apr 10, 2017 | Homeschooling
It’s that time of year again — and homeschool conventions, vendor halls, and curriculum planning for the next school year are well underway. Have you too been checking out all the curriculum options, either in person or online? Have you been asking all...
by Learning Mama | Apr 3, 2017 | Homeschooling
We have incorporated quite a few different things in our Morning Time over the years. We’ve covered devotions, singing, praying, poetry, memorization, picture study, music appreciation, Latin, French, and even math (though never all of those at the same time!)....
by Learning Mama | Mar 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Let me confess to you straight out that I tend to have a bias towards the older, time-tested children’s classics. I love them! But I do realize that all classics were new at some point in time and that just because an author is now dead does not mean their books...
by Learning Mama | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Did you play with paper dolls when you were a kid? I did — but nearly as much as my girls do now. They LOVE paper dolls. We’ve used historical paper dolls to enhance our history lessons and to make stories come alive through play. They can be so much fun!...
by Learning Mama | Mar 13, 2017 | Homeschooling
Lately, we have really been longing for spring. Longing to feel the warm sun on our faces, smell blossoms on the flowering trees, and feel the soft, cool dirt in our hands. We are so looking forward to spending time outside and seeing LIFE again! What better way to...
by Learning Mama | Mar 6, 2017 | Homeschooling
What does the day of a homeschooling family look like? I know this was one of my big questions in the years leading up to when we began homeschooling, and even though we have been at this for several years now, I’m always interested in how families work out the...
