I’m not really big on structured preschool activities. I kind of feel that if I provide a rich environment for my preschoolers then they will naturally learn what they need to learn, when they need to learn it. Obviously, this is the ideal and, well, the ideal is not always reality. Sometimes, reality is that […]
the rhythm of our day
I’m not really a schedule kind of girl. I’m more of a “Hey, it’s morning. I wonder what we should do today?” kind of girl. But that doesn’t work so well with six children and homeschooling. Years ago I read a book written by a homeschool mom that was about scheduling your day in 30 […]
reading, writing and arithmetic
I really like to keep things simple here at our house and so if something works for us, I just continue using it. Even if something “better” comes along. Now if something isn’t working I switch it up until I either find something that works or decide its something we should not be doing anyway. […]
getting ready for the new school year
I really haven’t talked alot about homeschooling here. I’m not sure why since it totally consumes most of our life. However, I think that maybe one of the reasons I’ve been hesitant to share about how we homeshool is because the way we chose to educate our children is a very personal decision. No two families […]
she’s growing up…
We recently went through Esther’s toys and packed away or gave away the baby toys and pulled out the preschool type toys. Pretty much all of these are things that we saved from the older children. Among the treasures were some puzzles from Discovery Toys that also can be used as stencils and some macrame […]
What would you call this class?
There are several books that I want our children to read in their late high school years that are not your traditional literature type books. They are probably what some people would call “self help” books, but I really don’t like that name. We’re trying to develop this class for our homeschool co-op next year […]
planning for next school year
Believe it or not, I’m already beginning to plan our next school year. We’re not quite done with this year, but as my children have gotten older I feel like I need to start thinking further than a day or two ahead! Over the summer, I will be sharing a little about what we will […]
::cooler weather::
When I woke up Monday, there was all kinds of excitement around the house. Windows were flying open and requests for hot cereal were being made. Our first cool front had arrived and the children wanted to savor every moment of it. Gabriel asked, “If I mow the whole yard, do I have to do […]
