In the past I have been a curriculum gal when it comes to math. Using games felt like so much more work! But I love that games show kids how math is practical and useful in real life and playing games teaches them so much more than arithmetic skills. Also, I used to collect playing … Read more
Twaddle – – the highly debated, variously defined, fascinating word used to describe material that talks down to a child and/or does not feed their intellectual appetite or imagination. From Volume 1, Charlotte says, “Even for their earliest reading lessons, it is unnecessary to put twaddle into the hands of children. That children like feeble … Read more
Paper clutter drives me crazy, which is probably why I eventually settled on a homeschooling philosophy that doesn’t require a lot of paper. We use worksheets and pre-fabricated lesson material as little as possible, but for those few subjects, a spiral binding machine is my best best friend. I spiral bind all our math worksheets (for … Read more
My mind is always so full of ideas. Too full. Exploding. I am constantly inspired by other homeschoolers online and on Instagram, and I want to do all the good and beautiful things I see. Notebooking is one of those things that I see and want to do myself, but developing new habits is hard! … Read more
Our family is studying the 20th Century this year for our modern history stream, and finding modern living books has been hard! Well…harder than finding books for preceding time periods. Not to worry, I have risen to the challenge with my obsessive ways. Good thing I LOVE thrift shopping, locally and online. A little too much perhaps… … Read more
We are all keeping several different kinds of notebooks this year – a Nature Journal and a modified Book of Centuries, which we’ve done before and new this year are science, math, and history notebooks. I looked for some notebooks with some specific features: Inexpensive Good quality paper so markers would not show through Unlined Large … Read more
This year was a big year for me in my homeschooling “journey”. I firmly committed to a Charlotte Mason style education the summer before school started (I think August maybe of 2017, when I started listening to the ADE podcast) and it has been so so so great and I am really excited for the … Read more
This top foods by state infographic is fun. I grew up in Oregon and have lived in Utah for the last 15 years and I would say this is pretty accurate for those two states. I can see how marionberry pie was chosen for Oregon but I would have guessed that blackberries would have made the list instead. Funeral … Read more
We have been on the hunt for the most interesting, visually engaging, living science books we can find and we found 9 that we absolutely love from 3 different publishers. From Candlewick Press 1.Under Water, Under Earth 2. Animals 3. Maps 4. Botanicum From Storey Publishing 5. Nature Anatomy 6. Farm Anatomy 7. Food Anatomy Flying Eye Books 8. Wild Animals of the South 9. Wild Animals of the North 10. Mad … Read more
I had a hard space on my wall to fill and one day, as I was thinking back to my elementary school days, I remembered making dream catchers. I don’t know what happened to mine, but I remember thinking it was the most beautiful thing I had ever made. It probably was… I was 8… I … Read more