Was this not the strangest winter of all time?! Our family definitely missed cozy school days inside while the snow gathered outside – but school continued nonetheless! Despite the holidays, Influenza A, pneumonia, and RSV, we somehow plugged along and are right about where we would like to be! These kiddos continue to amaze me …
Is it just me or did this autumn go by in a BLINK! I can’t believe we are already a quarter of the way through our school year. It’s been a busy season with our family trip to Missouri and Iowa and Jacob’s solo trip her took with Mark to Disneyland. Then add on a …
Happy First Day of School for these kiddos! Everyone is so excited to begin a new year! Jacob is in 8th Grade Sarah is in 5th Grade Benjamin is in 3rd Grade Lydia is in 1st Grade
On Monday we celebrated our TENTH Back to School Feast. I am so grateful for this sweet tradition. As I got thinking about our family and the decision we made nine years ago to start homeschooling, I got to thinking about what my “why” is. And there are a lot of reasons and those reasons …
I used to do this regularly each school year, but haven’t recently and wanted to bring it back! Here are our plans for our schoolhouse this year. Family Jacob Sarah Benjamin Lydia
This has felt like the BUSIEST summer of our lives! Oh my heavens. And I truly am not one who likes to be busy. Productive – yes – busy – no. We have had a lot going on but the kids have been so diligent in doing their school work when we have been home …
This spring was a doozy for us as a family. I felt like we had an abundance of sickness and days where a slower pace was just necessary. One thing we have been doing this year is at the end of each season (or quarter) we have a parent teacher conference. It is nice to …
Our winter schoolhouse is consistently our most productive season of learning. Which always feels surprising to me because of the holidays in December and the time we take off there – but for whatever reason it is always the season where we get the most school work done. The kids are doing so well. We …
Our family loves Christmas School! Every year I find a Christmas curriculum to loosly use throughout the Christmas season. This year we had “An Icelandic Christmas“ and it was so unique and fun! The curriculum was from The Mindful Heart and I would definitely recommend it. We spread this out over three weeks and it …
Autumn Thoughts Autumn for school is simply the best. It is a fresh start and that is always wanted (and needed!). I am amazed constantly at how the kids are growing up. Each year they get more and more independent which is exciting but I know time is going by so quickly. This season I …