Our Relaxed Classical Homeschool Curriculum – 2017/2018 Picks!
This coming year's homeschool curriculum choices have been the hardest by far for me. I pretty much had first through fourth grade mapped out in my oldest's kindergarten year! She was an eager learner and I had myself a trustworthy guide in The Well Trained Mind....
Picture books for Music, Art & More {Raincoast Books Reviews}
"... 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 Raincoast Books, and...
The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Busy Kids Quiet (& Engaged!) During Read Alouds
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...
Mixed Media Art Lessons for Pet Lovers
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 puppy-sat...
Found: Psalm 23 by Sally Lloyd Jones {Book Review}
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 is Sally...
5 Reasons You Don’t Need That Shiny New Curriculum
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 your...
Adding a Little Science to Morning Time {Lives of the Scientists Book Review}
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!). This...
The Green Ember: A New Story with an Old Soul
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 are...
Laminated Paper Dolls – A Tutorial
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! But they...
Spring Picture Books: 2 Great Books We’re Enjoying While We Wait for Spring
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...
