Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links; thanks for your support! It’s been awhile since I’ve shared our book basket selections. With the kids playing outside so much, our read-aloud time has dwindled. As it should! But it’s really my favorite way to reconnect with them so we do a “tea time” in mid-morning or […] Read more…
CTC Math {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
I am a huge fan of low or no prep curriculum. I have a third grade, a k4 and a two year old. In the summer, life is good. All three will play in the backyard quite a lot and I can do a little work without being interrupted. During the 7-8 months of too […] Read more…
First Start Reading – A Phonics Program from Memoria Press {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
So when the opportunity for reviewing some items from Memoria Press came up, I was pretty excited. We are a fairly classical family and I’m even working on beefing up my own classical education. You know, the one I never got in school :). Anyway, we ended up receiving a copy of MP’s program for phonics, […] Read more…
Homeschool Mother’s Journal {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
And to end this week, I thought I would partake in the Homeschool Mother’s Journal and {pretty, happy, funny, real}. After all, we are being REAL here in this five day series of Real Life Homeschooling. While the first 4 posts were written and scheduled last week, this one is not. In my life this […] Read more…
Curriculum Changes {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
Because I am a book junkie, I have a ton of books and curriculum around. I collect it. And when planning for my kids school year, it frequently ends up as a “wish list.” By January, our homeschool never looks like the plan I make in August. And that’s totally cool. There is nothing wrong […] Read more…
Introducing the Educents Marketplace!
And since we’ve been talking homeschooling all week, I thought it would be a perfect time to share this bit of news from Educents! (Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post.) Introducing the NEW Educents Marketplace Last week, I received an email from the founders of Educents, Kate and Kaitlyn, with some really exciting news. Until […] Read more…
Block Scheduling {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
One of the things I figured out the hard way, is that school is VERY simple to start. Math, reading, writing and lots of read aloud’s is all you need until they are proficient readers. Otherwise, you will spend hours spoon-feeding them everything else. Once we hit that point, though, block scheduling has been the […] Read more…
A Day in the Life of a Homeschool Family {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
We have been homeschooling for about 3 years now and what works for us seems to change every year. Siblings get older (or get added) and changes as we figure out what works for us as a family. Here are some past day in the life posts from previous years. Real-life homeschooling at its best. […] Read more…
Year-Round Homeschooling {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
Hubs and I are crazy hard workers. We both worked 3 jobs through college and now own our own business. It has its good points and bad ones, but homeschooling year round has worked really well for us for a few reasons. 1. Flexibility We own a business and homeschool for the lifestyle. We aren’t […] Read more…
Making ABC’s Easy as 123 — The Alphabet Game {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
3/13-3/18 My youngest daughter is completely different from her older sister. My oldest is calm and totally into workbooks and things. My younger daughter is more about learning via osmosis. Or computer. That will do it too :). When the opportunity came for reviewing some items from one of my favorite homeschool companies The Critical […] Read more…