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…
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…
Choosing Great Books for your Living Literature List – Help for creating an awesome read-aloud list and a FREE download.
Hello, dear friends!!! So, I have the privilege of talking to countless homeschool Moms. Especially Mamas who are all nervous and stressed out and just beginning their homeschool journey. Yep, just like I was 6 years ago… They talk about when to teach reading, how soon kids should write,…
Homeschool Planning – What’s in my Planning and Records Binder? (And a whole bunch of FREE downloads for planning!)
Only awesomely geeky homeschool Moms will ever read this post with interest, so let’s just all geek-out together and I’ll get all excited to share my organizational binder with you and you can at least pretend to be all excited along with me. *chuckle* No, honestly though, there are…
How we incorporated Notebooking into our Homeschool Year {a look in our Notebooks and some thoughts for successful Notebooking}
Hey! It’s Summer! And it’s my Birthday today… *does dance* I’m turning 33 and feeling SO happy and young at heart and full of life and energy… God is good to me, I am SO blessed friends. I feel the best I’ve ever felt and look forward to this…
The Plan Your Year Promo you should definitely know about…
Hey guys! So, I’ve talked about PlanYOURYear and Pam Barnhill’s resources many times before. I absolutely love her stuff. The PlanYOURYear book and resources are so hands-on, so practical. They have helped me in many ways already and will continue to be a great resource for putting together our…
{Homeschool Planning} The Importance of Starting with your OWN Bookshelves
Are you familiar with Scotia Bank’s slogan? You know, the whole, ‘You’re Richer Than You Think’ thing? They say it is one of the most successful branding strategies any bank has ever launched. Maybe its because we all want to be richer than we think. I never understood it…