So early summer, I made a plan and outlined how our days should go… and going they are! Beginning work in late July has proven a providential decision, our first few months have been filled with surprises (of both the up and down variety). Having started in pockets here and there, then increasing in focus and...
I must admit that browsing through the shelves of the local public library is how a portion of everyday reading is found, for myself and for the children. We skim a section, and take home books of interest. Important to me is teaching how to choose books, new genres to explore (including fiction and non-fiction),...
Homeschooling is on the brain! This week and next we’re dipping our toes into the waters and beginning with a few subjects. Mostly though, I am working on finishing up general lesson plans and outlines of what we’ll attempt through December. This helps to relieve the scattered Sunday evening planning of my long-ago ways of...
I’ve spent a good chunk of time lately rearranging, sorting, cleaning through, giving away and selling various homeschooling materials that we own. The past two months have been sprinkled with planning as well, considering all of our intentions and establishing a routine. All in all, we’re almost ready to begin. At first, plans were to...
Yesterday’s post outlined some of our homeschooling thoughts and ideas for next year. A description of our family’s intentions, and most definitely not a prescription of how any other family should detail their days. I often appreciate an ‘inside peek’ on other blogs offering educational ideas; my mind is sparked and fresh ways of seeing...
Another year of home-based education has passed. Swiftly moving at times, heavy laden in various spots :: a gathering of moments and days. As in each previous year, each passing of time in our family, this year has been a gift. Oh, not everything went according to plan (at least not this Mama’s), not all...
“Somewhere, somehow, you too pour out value, a costly sacrifice. And those around…may not assign importance. They do not understand what Jesus sees clearly :: a woman of substance, offering gifts of significance.” ~ from {to do a beautiful thing} :: part one of a series I remember the first moves towards choosing homeschooling for our family. We...
Recently in the kitchen we have :: successfully made yogurt! Though I need to work with the consistency a little more, our boys were excited at more coconut milk yogurt available for snacking. celebrated the country of Mexico with a grand taco bar :: though we decided that these odd-shaped shells were just that…odd, and...
