Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
We are slow eaters in my family, which I'm not saying is necessarily a bad thing. But it can be inconvenient at times. Since it can get expensive and less than healthy to eat fast food on the regular, I've created a little system of packing homemade meals on the go. My favorite travel tool for such meals? The mason jar! It's not just a trend, it's … [Read more...]
Because we're homeschoolers, I'm happy to let our physical education tend to the less formal. In the warmer months, it often simply amounts to spending lots of time outside - in our own backyard, at parks, and on playgrounds. But, in the winter, finding the right space for getting physical and staying active is a little trickier. While … [Read more...]
I had the privilege recently of checking out the Simply Classical Curriculum by Cheryl Swope for Memoria Press. The curriculum has three levels; each designed with lesson plans for one year. I have Level C Animals, Alphabet & Aesop for 4-5 year olds. Level A Readiness, Rhythm & Rhyme is for 2-3 year olds and Level B Essentials, Etiquette … [Read more...]
Folks, I'm just realizing it's February and Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Yay! I love that as homeschoolers, besides celebrating at home with our family (see our traditions here!), we can continue some of the best school traditions by celebrating with my littles' classmates during CC community day. I enjoy searching on … [Read more...]
Okay, here it is. I’m just gonna say it. We’re late. Too often. Andddd, I hate it. I HATE being late. Typically I think we’re gonna be on time till all of a sudden we’re not. We’re leaving 5, 7, 10 minutes later than I expected and ugh, we’re late again. Because I don’t want to be five years down the road still wishing we were getting … [Read more...]
My friends are the best. They've shared so much into my life and I've been blessed to have them share with y'all. From what you've shared with me, they've blessed you too. Counting down, here are the top 5 guest posts from 2014 -- #5 A Day in the Life - Largent Family This post by my pastor's wife and all-around great … [Read more...]
We kept right on homeschooling during our recent move. It was a super close move - just a few miles away in the same town, but as it turns out, that doesn't really affect the packing, paper processing, cleaning, purging part of a move. I think all told we missed one week's worth of work, which we'll just make up at the end of the year. … [Read more...]
Alright, folks, here's the skinny. I struggle with needing things to be super neat and tidy. I mean s t r u g g l e. Can you hear me? Do you feel me? Something about a clean environment makes my mind feel clear and my soul feel peaceful. As you may remember, we moved just a few short months back. Moving is anything but neat and tidy. Unpacking and … [Read more...]
Do you find yourself reading aloud a portion of a great story and then pausing to ask your children, "What do you think?" or "Was that right or wrong to do?" I certainly have been known to do so! Especially when I find myself reading an older book from a time when things were perhaps spoken about or handled differently than we would today. … [Read more...]
I love my CC community. Lots of great families with moms I adore and kids who are great. I LOVE doing life with these families. I can honestly tell you they're like family, a different expression of the body of Christ to us. We don't just share interests, we share values. We're not just homeschooling, we're training. We're not just talking, we're … [Read more...]