Even though I was homeschooled as a child and have had the advantage of my mother’s advice, I have also found gleaning wisdom from other veteran homeschooling / unschooling moms, as well as influential writers in the education arena, to be helpful. The following books are the ones that I found to be the most …
March is here, spring is upon us and I realized I never documented the our learning adventures we had over the past few months! While we had a mild winter (with one big snow), it seemed to drag on quite a bit. Possibly because we were passing around a virus the entire month of February…. …
Another season is over and gone! We had a fun autumn with usual routines and some new adventures. I feel like it was all a blur, to be honest, but hopefully I can remember most of what we did… We have started (re-started, really) our overview of American history. Our spine is from Gather ‘Round …
Although summer doesn’t technically come to an end until September 23rd, it feels like it is just about over as friends return to school and homeschool programs start up again. It certainly doesn’t feel like summer is gone here in the Midwest with the heat waves we’ve been having, but the desire to have more …
Many homeschoolers like to define their family’s approach to homeschooing by certain educational philosophies and/or labels (i.e. Charlotte Mason, Classical, eclectic, relaxed, unschooling, etc.) While this can certainly be helpful in identifying other like-minded home educators, I sometimes find it a bit limiting. I personally prefer to use words that express our values and lifestyle. …
I wrote this post as part of an unschooling writing challenge in 2020, before my youngest was born. Enjoy! At 7:15 a.m. the green light on the OK to Wake clock comes on, indicating to my 3 year old son that he can come out of his bedroom for breakfast. My daughters (almost 9 years …
