This last summer, The Good and the Beautiful changed their science curriculum. We have been using The Good and the Beautiful for our science curriculum for the last five years – and we LOVE it – so I was very unsure about the change. It was one of those situations where “if it’s not broke …
2022 – 2023 Curriculum: Preschool I
Here was my plan going into Lydia’s first preschool year in school. Overall Thoughts Looking forward with Lydia’s education fills me with a lot of emotions. I am excited. Excited to see her learn. I am nervous. Nervous if I have it in me to learn how to teach her in a way that works …
2022 – 2023 Curriculum: Kindergarten
As with the previous kiddos’ post – we are well into our school year. But here was our plan moving into Benjamin’s kindergarten year. Overall Thoughts Ben has been a tricky kiddo for me to understand how he learns best. Ben is definitely our most active out of our kids. He loves to use his …
2022 – 2023 Curriculum: Second Grade
We may well be a third of the way through our homeschool year – but here we are writing about curriculum plans! I’ve tweaked Sarah’s plan a little bit – but I’ll talk more about that later in our seasonal schoolhouse post. Here is where we started. Overall Thoughts Sarah is a delight to teach. …
2022 – 2023 Curriculum: Fifth Grade
In the past, I have written this post usually around May for the upcoming year. Here I am, in January. And that pretty much sums up my life. I seem to be always playing catch up lately. But better late than never! I love looking back on what we have done each year. So this …
Thanksgiving
My “Draft” center is bursting with posts from the last six weeks. So even though more than one holiday has come and gone, we had a beautiful Thanksgiving. The kids and I were invited to a Thanksgiving craft party and had so much fun. I admire their willingness and desire to make new friends. And …
Apollo: When We Went to the Moon
The kiddos FAVORITE place has become the Denver Nature and Science Museum. So when Lydie has an appointment down in Denver, we try and make it a point to go. This time we got to enjoy their new exhibit about the Apollo missions and exploration on the moon! Every time I go to the museum, …
Kindergarten Read Alouds
This is Benjamin’s first year doing formal read alouds and we are so excited! It’s such a special time and I can’t wait to do it with him. Many of these books are picture books and can be read in one sitting – but there are some early chapter books sprinkled in – that have …
Second Grade Read Alouds
Sarah and I have a pretty exciting group of books that we are going to snuggle and read together this year! Our biggest undertaking is that we want to read the entire Little House on the Prairie series. We can’t wait! Here is our line up: