Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate and/or referral links. I have been paring back how much school we have been doing since I added a second student and a 2 year old. Because, teaching reading. Do I really need to say more? But it really makes me crazy to completely drop all the subjects off the […] Read more…
Faith, Science & Reason — An Engaging High School Science Text Joining Science and Christianity {Book Review}
As a homeschool mom I have LOVED filling in the gaps of my own education while teaching my children. But I wanted more. I wanted to know more and so I decided to renew my interest in my OWN learning and education. I want to know it all and study it all. Right. Now. Thankyouverymuch. So […] Read more…
Morning Time – Winter 2016
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate and/or referral links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! In December, I was really feeling like something needed to change. I wanted to go further on the bookish route, but knew I was missing something. Pam at ED Snapshots sent an email about her Your […] Read more…
Logic of English – Essentials Revisions
So if you follow along on instagram, you might have noticed that we received this load of goodies from Logic of English. So excited to have been contacted by #logicofenglish for a review of the new version of Essentials. The revisions look great and I’m super excited to start. It’s a good thing we have […] Read more…
Memoria Press Curriculum: Fall Term Thoughts for K & 2
So this year, I decided to try something new and use Memoria Press Curriculum as my spine for homeschooling my second grader and kindergartener. I’ve never really done an out of the box solution before (and really, I’m barely doing it now) so I didn’t know how it would go. I’m kind of a picky […] Read more…
Tea Time — a Variation on Circle Time for a Classical/Charlotte Mason Homeschool
So over the summer, we have been having a semi-regular tea time, usually mid-morning and/or mid-afternoon. After a hard day of play outside, they usually need a snack so we gather together with a snack and I read-aloud from various books for 10-15 minutes. Tea Time Reading We read from a large stack that contains […] Read more…
Memoria Press in a Box – First Impressions + First Day of School Photos
So. This year, I decided to go with a box curriculum for both girls which is something I’ve never done. I mean I’ve ordered one before, but never DONE it. This year, I plan to buy it and DO it. I decided to buy everything except math, because we really like CTC (and I have […] Read more…
Second Grade Curriculum with a Classical & Charlotte Mason Feel
I’m calling this year advanced second. Lil’ Bit essentially did K a year early and though she is at a third grade level in many subjects, she is at/below grade level in a few due to me just not getting there. Because of my not-so-great health right now, we are going to spend time concentrating on the […] Read more…
Classical & Charlotte Mason “Curriculum” for K4
So we are starting our new school year soon and while we did some fun unit study & review items last month, we are going to ease into the school year slowly so we don’t waste what little nice weather we get! Miss Lady will turn 5 in October. She probably have qualified for Young Fives […] Read more…
What Does Classical Education for High School Look Like, Anyway? {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
It is with much sadness that I am sharing my last review for the Schoolhouse Review Crew and its extraordinarily fitting that it is The Conversation by Leigh A. Bortins. I was also assigned to write this intro post to this wonderful book :). It was hard to write the post without gushing all over […] Read more…