Holiday Traditions
Holiday Traditions For our family, holiday traditions include our three-story farmhouse swathed from top to bottom in Christmas lights. The holiday season is filled with special books, music, and movies. Trees, along with windows and door frames are trimmed with...
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The Best Homeschool Stocking Stuffers
The Best Homeschool Stocking Stuffers The holidays mean music, presents, good food and stocking stuffers! As homeschoolers, we are intentional about creating a life-style of learning and that often translates into educational toys and gifts! I love gifts that keep on...
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Celebrate Thanksgiving!
Celebrate Thanksgiving We love to celebrate Thanksgiving. At our house it means dedicated days to enjoy each other’s company, visiting, cooking and eating. While there are certain recipes that we always make and certain things we often do, we are always on the...
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The Gift of Education
The Horse Barn My daughter cleans stables on the weekends, and since her brother has gone off to college, I have been going along with her. It’s peaceful work. The stables are beautiful, the horses are award-winning and the work straightforward. We clean stalls, sweep...
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Getting Started – Homeschooling Preschool and Kindergarten
I've had several young Mommas (so young I could be their Momma!) ask me about homeschooling preschool and kindergarten recently. The biggest challenge of littles is keeping them engaged. Most still have a relatively short attention span, are quickly tired, and need to...
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Using Homeschool Travel as Career Prep
In our Orienteering Class, we talk about many things related to adult life and careers. We had the good fortune to have a guest speaker this month, a homeschooling, blogging, expat, living in Scotland, to share about how travel has enriched her life and the life of...
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What My Child Needs to Learn Before First Grade
What My Child Needs to Learn Before First Grade Reading and Writing Checklists By Amy Vickrey, MSE When you first begin homeschooling at a young age, it’s hard to know what is considered “on track” before first grade. Here is a checklist of “essentials” that a child...
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Homeschooling Basics- Putting it all Together!
Homeschooling Basics- how do you put it all together? How do you put it all together to create a cohesive homeschooling year when you have curriculum, kid’s abilities, goals, family size, and extra-curricula to consider? Set your Goals – Long and Short Term One of the...
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How to Fail as a Homeschooler
(Portions of this post originally appeared on the Golden Grasses website- by Lisa Nehring) It's that time of year when parents are re-evaluating schooling options for their kids. I hear over and over again, "I want to homeschool (or my kids want to homeschool), but...
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3 Reasons to Homeschool
Everyone decides to homeschool for different reasons, but I want to share with you our top three reasons to homeschool. Our homeschooling story began in 1991 way back in Southern California. We have continued to homeschool across the country, with numerous children...
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