Summer: A Season Ripe with Learning!
Whether you homeschool year round or take a break for the summer, the warmer months can provide many extra opportunities for summer learning for you and your children! I've compiled this list of ways you can incorporate these opportunities into your summer, and also...
Homeschool Art for Everyone {ArtAchieve Review}
It seems I have a VERY happy art student in our house lately. Now art isn't something I've been confident in teaching in our homeschool over the years as I have had pretty much no exposure to fine arts, nor do I have any particular skill myself in the practical...
Olim, Once Upon a Time…in Latin {Laurelwood Books Review}
While I had been planning on starting Latin with my third grader this past year, it just never happened -- which is why I was pleased to have the opportunity to review Olim, Once upon a Time in Latin, Reader I and Workbook I from Laurelwood Books. Olim is a sweet,...
Read Your Way Around the World!
Jamie Martin knows a thing or two about raising a global family -- with members from four different nationalities (and continents!), she likens hers to a mini United Nations. She's also a book loving, homeschool mom and blogger, so who better to write a book about...
Do the Next Thing (my minimalist homeschool planning)
I've been thinking about homeschool planning a lot lately. I've had the opportunity to review both paper & digital homeschool planning tools recently, and my newsfeed & inbox have also been filled with homeschool planning posts, products, and courses. Some of...
Booklists: Finding Great Reads for Your Children (and Yourself!)
I don't know about you, but I've often been discouraged and annoyed by the books my children bring home from the library. I've even hid some of them. And as much as I want to and believe it would be ideal to do so, I just can't pre-read everything before handing it...
30 Ways We Homeschool: Our Relaxed Classical Approach
I'm over at the 30 Ways We Homeschool Blog Party today sharing all about our relaxed classical homeschool approach - please stop by and say hi! Make sure you hang around too, and check out the 29 other homeschool moms who are sharing all about how they homeschool. I...
30 Ways We Homeschool Blog Party and Giveaways!
I wanted to let all my readers in on something exciting that's going on this month: the 30 Ways We Homeschool Blog Party over at They Call Me Blessed! Each day in June, a different homeschooling family will be sharing all about how they do homeschool -- everything...
Hey Mama! Planner Review
I've never been much of a planner and I've certainly never felt the need to create a day by day, lesson by lesson plan for my homeschool. As far as homeschool planning strategies go, I've always had my feet firmly planted in the "do the next thing" camp. The calendar...
Math & Games – a Winning Combination {A Sunya Review}
Last year, I instituted Fun Fridays in our homeschool to add variety, fun, and hands on application to our studies. It is definitely a popular feature around here! I'm always looking for more ways to add to our rotation of activities, so I was more than happy to have...
