Morning Time is the backbone of our homeschool day. The kids and I gather around the breakfast table (I’ve usually eaten beforehand) and accomplish the majority of our formal schooling time first thing. This way we are able to get to the important stuff that often tends to fall by
As any homeschooling Mama can attest, our days are never exactly the same, but we do have rhythms and routines that help our days to run as smoothly as possible. Please know that while I list things out in what seems like an orderly way here, our days are full
For the past few weeks, at the request of my 11 year old daughter, we’ve been studying world religions in our homeschool. While we were reading about Buddhism, we became smitten with Tibetan Prayer Flags. We’ve seen these before, of course, and thought they were beautiful. But after learning more about
At this time of year I like to reevaluate how our homeschool routine and curriculum is working. As I’ve been thinking over the past few months of homeschool I’ve been struck by how well things are working for us. It just keeps getting better. After 6 years as a homeschool
We’ve spent all week celebrating “Not Back to School” with our local homeschool co-op. The days have been full of everything from hiking as a family to vision board creation to a trip to our tiny zoo and much more. We adore this community of like-minded families and the friendships
This time of year seems a lot like Christmas around here. Huge boxes stuffed with books and other goodies arrive almost daily on our doorstep. We eagerly anticipate their arrival and dive into the boxes as soon as possible. We’re all aglow with the love of new school supplies: fresh
We have been using a simple scripture memorization and review system lately (which I originally read about here) and I’ve been so impressed with the results we’ve seen so far. It’s a simple, effective way to help kids, and adults memorize scripture. It will take you a few minutes to
One thing I’ve learned during the past 5 years of homeschooling is that the perfect routine is a moving target. It seems like we need to reevaluate and reorganize our school routines every few months to fit our current season of life. Right now we are using a secret tool
I am joining in with Simple Homeschool today to share a day in our homeschooling life. We have a pretty solid routine in place with Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays being our more academic/at home days and Tuesdays and Thursdays reserved for extras and group activities. Because every day is a
We have been doing a study of Slavery and the Underground Railroad in our homeschool lately. This is a dark time period to study and has lead to many discussions about race, rights and taking freedom for granted. It’s been especially poignant for us to study slavery with our little
