This last spring, we completed the REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, AND FISH science unit from The Good and the Beautiful. This was a new unit for each of us and we really loved it! I will say, when it comes to the animal kingdom, this is probably at the bottom of my interest level – but all …
Jacob and Sarah have absolutely SOARED in piano the last several months. Someone is playing the piano most of the time during the day. It has become something they do in their free time – not just during “practice” and it makes my heart so happy. Jacob in particular has just shocked and amazed me. …
We were so excited to make our way to the zoo this last month! We had planned to go in March but then COVID happened and here we are! The main reason for this particular visit was to celebrate finishing our “Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish” unit in science for Jacob and Sarah. I will say …
Thoughts this Winter Was it just me or did this winter FLY by?! I think it probably was just me. I know this winter was brutal for a lot of people weather wise – but it was pretty good to us academically! I felt like we finally got into our groove after months and months …
I have heard of the Explode the Code series for as long as we’ve been homeschooling. But for us, I never really saw a place for it. HOWEVER, that changed this last year. When Ben was having a difficult time learning his A, B, C’s, I really did not know what to do. I tried …
Benjamin finished the Preschool course from The Good and the Beautiful in January and it was an extremely happy day! School has not come easy for Mr. Ben and he ended up doing this course twice. Letters were just not clicking for him – BUT I have spent a lot of time researching preschool curriculums …
Thoughts this Autumn It has been almost a year since I have done a schoolhouse review and I am, honestly, really bummed about it. 2022 has been filled with so many blessings. And I hope to write more on that when I get to our New Year’s post. But one thing that has been a …
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 …
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 …
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 …