Thoughts this Autumn This autumn has been surprisingly wonderful for our little schoolhouse. I was worried going into this school year. I was worried how I was going to manage all of the needs of my little crew but WE ARE DOING IT! My day is FULL but oh so good. I feel like I …
Spider Poetry Party
I have wanted to do a family poetry party for a LONG time! I heard the idea several years ago in the homeschooling world and I thought it sounded so wonderful – and it WAS! We found a great book from The Good and the Beautiful called Poetry Parties for Littles: Insects and Spiders with …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful History Year 3 – World War II
This last summer we finished our final unit of Year 3 History from The Good and the Beautiful. This is a bit of a somber unit – but I kind of feel like it should be given the topic. This unit was focused on World War II. As hard as some of these topics were …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful History Year 3 – Westward Expansion and Industrialization
*** Oh my goodness, I cannot believe how far behind I am in our curriculum review. It’s on the list of things to do! But we finished this unit clear back in June and so I will do my best to document all of the goodness! *** In June, we finished our third unit of …
First Day of School
We are swinging into our FIFTH year of homeschooling and my mind is just BLOWN! When I have a quiet moment to think about that, I am still amazed. Never did I think this is where life would take our family but I am so grateful it has. And I have no idea when our …
Back to School Feast
Sunday we did one of my favorite family traditions and had our annual Back to School Feast. We all look forward to this night and it was another special one. Before we get into our wonderful night, I wanted to answer a question I have gotten quite a bit the last few months: “Are we …
Summer 2021 Schoolhouse
Thoughts this Summer Oh boy, this summer has been a doozy. There has been so much going on both in reality and in my head {do I sound insane by saying that?}. What I mean is that there has just been a lot of thoughts floating around and I am just plain tired. June was …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful Vintage Drawing Levels 1 & 2
A new subject that we added this year was drawing. We are BIG art fans around here and so this was an easy subject to add in. The tricky part was keeping Jacob from doing the whole book in a week! There are five levels in the vintage drawing series from The Good and the …
Spring 2021 Schoolhouse
Thoughts this Spring If we were as productive this whole year as we were this spring – we would be SOLID! When I did our schoolhouse review for the winter, I was pretty discouraged. We were so far behind where I wanted to be pretty much all across the board. But luckily this spring, doctors …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful Typing: Level 2
Typing is an interesting subject. I say interesting in that I feel weird even calling it a subject. But it IS an important – and essential – skill to have these days. This was Jacob’s second year doing the typing curriculum from The Good and the Beautiful and it went beautifully. What is taught in …