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 …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful History Year 3 – Ancient Africa & Native North Americans
I am a behind in LIFE and that includes reviewing the amazing curriculum we have been using. But at the end of March we finished our second unit of history for the year from The Good and the Beautiful and it was so much fun! I loved that this unit included the history of Africa …
2021 – 2022 Curriculum
It sounds completely BONKERS but I feel a freakish amount of joy by getting new curriculum and planning our upcoming schoolyear. I am so excited about our upcoming year. This will be our FIFTH year homeschooling! How did that happen?! It has gone by so fast in so many ways – and I can honestly …
Winter 2021 Schoolhouse
Thoughts this Winter Oh goodness. As we leave this winter season behind us I am filled with all sorts of feelings. The last couple months have been rough. Ever since the beginning of December when we had Lydia’s big appointment with our developmental specialist, we have been going full throttle with appointments for Lydia. We …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful Science: Mammals
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after …
{RESOURCES} Black History Month & President’s Day
Something I have wanted to be better at doing is incorporating holidays and other extras into our school learning. I don’t feel like I do great at this but this last week The Good and the Beautiful made it pretty hard to not do anything! I have never seen them do these before {but I …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful Math: Level 2
I love the math by The Good and the Beautiful. I said it. I love it! It is so solid and it is Jacob’s favorite subject. He spends a slightly crazy amount of time flipping through his math books during his free time. That’s how much we love it around here. It’s gold. So here …
2020 Christmas Schoolhouse
When I was looking at our upcoming school year this last spring and summer, I decided that I wanted to add some Christmas goodness to our school day in December. And I am SO glad we did! I have heard of others doing all sorts of things. Some as simple as singing a Christmas song …
Autumn 2020 Schoolhouse
Thoughts this Autumn Our autumn schoolhouse was felt really good but was also mixed with a lot of interruptions. We went on our family vacation to Montana {read all about it HERE}, we had Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays, and many medical and therapy appointments for our little Lydia. I have been filled with gratitude that …