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…
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 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…
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…
Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Family Study Handbooks {Modern Times, Epistles & Revelation}
I’m super happy to review Modern Times, Epistles, and Revelation from Simply Charlotte Mason for you. *smile* I love SimplyCharlotteMason.com and have blogged extensively about how we implement Charlotte Mason inspired plans with the help of much of the SCM resources. If you ever use Simply Charlotte Mason’s free…
A Peek at The Writer’s Jungle and First Impressions and Thoughts about Brave Writer
There have been many times when I’ve been absolutely sure that God led me to a certain book, curriculum, or resource. (A few examples would be: All About Reading, Draw Write Now, Five in a Row, NaturExplorers, and Teaching Textbooks.) THIS is certainly one of those times when I…
The difference between a Schedule and a Rhythm (and how Rhythm brought Rest to our Homeschool)
Schedule A. a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times. B. to arrange or plan events to take place at a particular time. Rhythm A. a strong, regular pattern of movement or sound. B. a repeated pattern of events…
Our Choices for Individual Studies / Morning Rotation – 2016, Term 1 and beyond. {Language Arts, Math, Reading, and Notebooking…}
So, last week I posted about our Morning Time and Family Loop plans for this year, Term 1. If you haven’t read that post and are genuinely interested in how our year (or a creatively put-together, Charlotte Mason-inspired year) looks like, I’d definitely start there. A huge part of…
Morning Time and Family Learning Plans for Term 1 {…and how I’ve changed up our Morning Time and introduced our first Loop Schedule!}
Hello, sweet friends! I’m super excited to share our plans for Morning Time and our Family Learning (which we are calling our Family Loop this year). It has been about 2 months now that I’ve been really in the reflecting, thinking, and planning process for the upcoming year. It is…