Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
I love saving up big projects for summer. One of my big projects every summer is teaching my littles new habits. When our pace is slower and schedules looser, it allows me to patiently teach my littles the skills they need for the new habits without eating into our school day. When these habits are well formed, it frees me up from … [Read more...]
Guys, I'm super excited to introduce you to my friend and fellow CC mom, Christy Lindsay. Christy has five lovely littles and one adoring husband. The class she taught at our local practicum was inspiring and encouraging. It left me wanting to think and talk about the arts even more. More importantly, it left me in awe … [Read more...]
Hey all! I wanted to give you a heads up that I'm starting to add affiliate links to some of my posts. You know I love reading books & have a small Amazon "addiction" - think those two things are related? Yeah, me too! Well, so this will help offset the cost of reading and sharing with all of you plus perhaps give me some compensation for … [Read more...]
So, guys, I spent some time with math while attending my local 3 day parent practicum. Have you been to your practicum yet? Well, if not, prepare to spend some quality time with math. One feature of the 3 morning sessions was a series of conversations between CC's Leigh Bortins and Lisa Bailey. They said that I could learn to love math through … [Read more...]
First book club selection completed! Here's my review --Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style is written by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn, "parents of five children whom they have always homeschooled." In this book, their expressed purpose is to share with the reader what they have learned through many years of … [Read more...]
"Why do I homeschool?" Erin Barry, our 3 day parent practicum speaker, asked us this question on the first morning. She said finding the answer in July would carry us through the entirety of the following school year. Erin asked us another question, "When did you know you really believed in this homeschool idea?" For me, … [Read more...]
Last night I had the great opportunity to attend a CC event held in my area, entitled Homeschooling through High School with CC CEO Robert Bortins. It was an encouragement to me on many levels. I really appreciated the way Robert weaved scripture throughout his talk as the basis for the educational choices made by his family and for the … [Read more...]
New Update: Since I have not heard from Kara, a new winner was randomly selected today. I have private messaged Rhianna Garber and will be waiting to hear from her. Congrats, Rhianna!UPDATE: Kara, entry #77 & winner, I have not yet heard from you! Please contact me ASAP! If I don't hear from Kara by midnight on Sunday, May … [Read more...]
We are finished our official math studies for the year, but math is on my mind! I'd say it's due to 1) reading what Leigh Bortins recently wrote about knowing math history and 2) my building excitement for this year's CC practicum focusing on math. Both of these things are causing me to think of math in new ways. My previously held opinion of … [Read more...]
We planted our vegetable garden this weekend. This is our second year trying a vegetable garden. Since I consider us to be quite the lazy gardeners, I was really pleased with what our garden produced last year. Fingers crossed for an even better year! The littles are quite enamored with the whole gardening process, so it … [Read more...]