Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links — thanks for your support! We have been doing circle time quasi-consistently for almost two years and it’s a fabulous way to transition from play & work to school time. Right now, my kids are 7, 4 & 20 months and these are the resources we have been using […] Read more…
How are you doing in your Lenten goals? Have you been able to spend some extra time in prayer or scripture? What about other spiritual learning? Have you considered replacing some of your media/tv time with spiritual subjects? CNN has created a new 6 part series–Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery. The series will air beginning […] Read more…
Today is the day for you to go through your office supplies. We’ve done the kids school supplies and the art/craft supplies. Today it’s time for your office supplies. Go through your drawer, shelf or closet and purge your office supplies. Do you have more post its than you will ever use? Or notepads? Markers? […] Read more…
6 am – The chatterbox is up. The boy is not. Hubby gets in shower while I slowly work up motivation to get up. 6:20 am – Motivation provided in the form of a request to “help me go to the bathroom.” Crawl back into bed & check email and FB. Get back out to […] Read more…
Winter can get so boring north of the 45th parallel. Last week school was canceled more than once due to windchills of -20! We’ve been mostly stuck indoors for 4 months now with no end in sight. When that happens, it’s nice to have interesting things to listen to while playing. Our latest was a […] Read more…
Today’s task is to thin out the art supplies. If you have a creator or an artist, you probably have a plethora of paints, brushes, boxes, pencils, crayons, stickers, pastels and more. Go through your art drawer and get rid of anything mostly used, damaged or non-functional (like those watercolors that don’t actually color). If […] Read more…
By this time of the school year, it’s a good time to purge those school supplies. Do you have a bunch of broken crayons? Make new crayons from them! Only have orange markers in the bin? Maybe it’s time to get a new box. Out of something already? Make a note for next year. On […] Read more…
Today’s task can be tough for book lovers, but if you are eyeballing another shelf… … It may be time to cull the collection. Are there books you refuse to read because the are so bad? Are there so many on your “to read” shelf that it’s hard to focus? Do you have a bunch […] Read more…
As I mentioned with my preschooler, I totally changed back to a book-centered approach to learning. The curriculum approach was putting me in box checking mode & switching to books (that I read aloud) has been much more enjoyable and less stressful for all of us. We also switched from an every subject, every day […] Read more…
So we have changed up our homeschooling for Itty Bitty after attending a Mom’s Night Out at the Child’s Preservation Library. My original plan (before I started homeschooling) was to just use great books. I totally lost sight of that and now I have come full circle back to that. It’s working much better for […] Read more…