I didn’t grow up going to operas, art galleries, ballets, or orchestras. Our local museum was one of those tiny local varieties that showcase only local history and take less than an hour to visit. My life experiences included no haute cuisine, no black tie […]
I was never much of a fan of history back in my own school days. As a matter of fact, I’m not sure ANY world history was taught to me in my whole kindergarten through twelfth grade experience! Some Canadian history (yawn!) was covered of […]
We are finally into Story of the World Volume 4! This is our fifth year with SOTW though, and while we LOVE it, we certainly aren’t speeding through it. I now have two students working together in our history studies, one of which was quite […]
Even when we love our current curriculum and it’s working well for us, we can sometimes find our kids needing more. Multiplication tables that just won’t stick. Extra practice with spelling. Some kind of visual or interactive example to demonstrate a concept that the printed […]
In the mess and chaos of the daily homeschool life, it’s easy to lose sight of why we’re doing what we’re doing. It doesn’t take long to get caught up in the details of daily homeschooling — books, pencils, endless reminders about best effort and […]
Whenever I’m asked for homeschool advice, about daily routines, or about how I manage to stay sane as a homeschool mom, I always talk about the most important part of our homeschool day: our daily, afternoon quiet time. I honestly doubt I would be able […]
Are you looking for a way to add some creative fun for your children this summer? Something fun to do with them when it’s too hot to go outside? The perfect way to spend a raining summer day? Why not spend your summer experimenting and […]
“… 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 […]
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 […]
