Hello, friends! In this week's vlog, I'm getting chatty with you about some house updates we have going on right now regarding our sitting room fireplace and our soon-to-be study/homeschool room. I'm also sharing a bit of info about my January homeschool planning, books we'll be reading and using this year, and some ...
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Weekly Vlog: Summer Homeschool Break, Productivity Hacks, & Stress Relievers
We're on our first week of Summer Break here at home, and that means more time for mom (that's me) to focus on work and get caught up on some things. However, more work is bound to bring on some extra stress! In this week’s vlog, I'm sharing what the boys are doing on their week off from school as well as how I plan ...
Days of Summer Vlog
Oh, those summer days — filled with warm sunshine, family memories, and the sights and scents of the season. In this week’s vlog, get a peek into our Friday night family campouts, fun times at the local drive-in theater, one of my patriotic holiday shopping hauls, an outdoor chat with me and Ezrah, picking ...
Creating A Seasonal Nature Table
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." — Albert Einstein Encouraging words for today’s cold nature walk where we collected more goodies for our October Nature Table. If you’re wondering what a nature table is all about, let me tell you. It’s a simple monthly activity we do to ...
Nature Walks & Fern Studies
On today’s nature walk, we explored the forest floor. We found dirt, rocks, pine needles, various leaves, ferns, nuts, sticks, some mushrooms, and more. Since we’re studying ferns during Nature Study this month, we took some time to draw a fern in our nature journals while we were out. As soon as we got home, we ...
A Thanksgiving Holiday Unit Study for Homeschoolers
In my last post on homeschooling, I explained how we're spending part of our Winter Break doing some focused holiday unit studies with a bit of unschooling mixed into the mix. I talked about how I put a unit study together, and I shared our Halloween holiday unit study schedule as well. Today, I thought ...
