Making the Most of Used Curriculum Sales, Book Fairs, and Conference Vendor Halls
Just recently, our local homeschool group organized a big Used Book and Curriculum Sale. This is when a whole bunch of homeschool Moms (and Dads!) get together and buy and sell with each other. It is seriously a whole room full of awesomeness, especially for us crazy book…
Ideas for a Christ-centered Passover
Passover is one of three biblical holidays we celebrate to remember Christ’s death and resurrection. This week, we celebrate the days coming up to Passover, which we will celebrate on Saturday evening. That is followed immediately by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, then First Fruits. Unleavened Bread lasts 7…
Homeschooling Plans for 2017-2018 {featuring Sonlight and Heart of Dakota}
Hello, friends! So, it’s an exciting time of year for many homeschoolers as the Spring planning season is upon us. Catalogs and Vendor Halls and Conferences, OH MY! This year, I spent most of January and February praying, researching, and planning. This was mostly done while feeding a…
Our Favorite Read-Aloud Books from this School Year.
As a Charlotte Mason-inspired, book-based homeschool, we try our hardest to read lots of high quality, living books in our home. I thought I’d share what we’ve read and enjoyed this year… Novels we all loved… Alright, I can’t possibly comment on every single book photographed (well, I could…
Hello from the Homefront! {Updates, Homeschool planning, and upcoming posts.}
Hi! So, I thought I’d just write a very down-to-earth post sharing what’s been going on in our family for the past few months and what is whirling around in my mind as I ponder our year. I know, it’s been too long! This year, in so many ways…
Nature Studies for Spring Time with NaturExplorers {it’s that time again!}
Spring is on the way… and its time to start thinking about Spring Nature Studies! Right? I think so! What is included in the NaturExplorer Units? There is SO much in these amazing unit studies! These are very Charlotte Mason-friendly. Cindy has packed the pages full of incredible ideas and inspirations…
A Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Visits To… Geography Series (Curriculum)
I’m happy to give my full review of the “Visits To…” Geography Series. I’m on a bit of a Simply Charlotte Mason run, I know, but that’s because I really do love their resources and I’ver been meaning to g et these reviews up for months!!! So… Geography has…
A Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Stories of the Nations and Stories of America
Our family uses many of the resources found over at Simply Charlotte Mason. I honestly love the friendly, easy to use materials and their affordability. Last year we worked through the Family Guide for Early Modern History and Epistles. This took us on a living books learning journey from…
Keeping Homeschool Simple when Life is Busy and Time is precious…
Oh, hi there! It’s been well over a month since I’ve been able to post anything on this little blog but I promise, I have VERY good reasons! Our family is actually walking through the journey of fostering to adopt a beautiful baby boy. There is so much more…
The Value of Play (what Charlotte Mason had to say…)
Hello, dear friends! Things have been quiet around this little blog lately, but things have been far from quiet on the home front here! We are in the midst of a very exciting season and huge (HUGE!) changes and answers to many years of prayer!!! I wish I could…