Elementary

PACE – Program for Achieving Character Education for Catholic Schools & Homes {Curriculum Review}

One of the things I mightily struggle with is trying to instill virtue in my kids. I have tried several different ways and methods of doing so and none of them have felt right or stuck with our family for very long. I received a message from Monica Speach about her Catholic character program, Program […] Read more…

Exploring Science for Early Elementary…without Curriculum

Disclaimer:  This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support! I don’t mind science but as I added more students, I decided to concentrate on doing the basics REALLY well. Something had to give and with my early elementary kiddos, science is one of those. I refuse to take […] Read more…

My Favorite Catholic History Curriculum for Elementary — New from TAN Homeschool

One of my favorite subjects to teach/learn with the kids is history. We have enjoyed Story of the World for a few years now, along with many classic stories from books like Little Stories of Famous American’s and 50 Famous People. This year, when TAN Homeschool emailed me about their new Catholic elementary history curriculum called […] 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…

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…

EASY & Fun Science for Ages 4-13 {Schoolhouse Review Crew}

My kids love science. They love Magic School House books and Cat in the Hat’s science books and any opportunity for hands-on science experiments/projects (usually NOT from mom :D). When the opportunity to review Science Unit Studies For Homeschoolers and Teachers from Funtastic Unit Studies was offered and I was researching it, I knew the kids would love it. […] Read more…

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