Do you strew? What is strewing and how can you incorporate it into your homeschool? Strewing can be a wonderful support for any homeschool method. Homeschool strewing is the art of laying out items or resources of interest for your children to interact and engage with. Strewing is a particularly marvelous technique if, like us, you follow more of a child-led education. Homeschool Strewing as … [Read more...] about Homeschool Strewing as Part of a Child-Led Education
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Poetry Tea Time and the Brave Writer Lifestyle
Poetry is a lovely thing. Julie Bogart from Brave Writer says, "Poetry is the candy of language for young children." I believe that to be so. I personally find poetry to be soothing. But how should one introduce poetry to their children? How does one foster a love of poetry in their children? This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more … [Read more...] about Poetry Tea Time and the Brave Writer Lifestyle
Our Week in Review
Welcome to another Week in Review! We've had a week full of Books, Hiking and Silly String! We also did impromptu story telling with our homeschool group and we made Apple Butter with our extended family. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more information. Pink Hair, Don't Care! Yes, Aunt Stephanie brought home temporary pink hair … [Read more...] about Our Week in Review
Are We Still Unschooling?
This past homeschool year has been fraught with ups and downs for our family. We have had other homeschoolers join us daily for adventures. We have taken college courses. We have had fun with experiments. We have read some wonderful books. We have struggled with asychronisity. We have dealt with sickness and loss of family and friends. We moved from our community to a farm, and we have … [Read more...] about Are We Still Unschooling?
Our Week in Review: Including Catching Fireflies and a Birthday Celebration
The days have lengthened and we have finally left behind the coolness of spring. What do you do to celebrate the return of summer? Catch Fireflies and drink Root-beer Floats of course! This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more information. We waited until twilight to make our yummy ice cream and root-beer floats. Since we planned … [Read more...] about Our Week in Review: Including Catching Fireflies and a Birthday Celebration
Our Week in Review: Including Outside Exploration, Reading & Snakes
What do you do when you have gloriously beautiful days filled with sunshine and the songs of birds? You spend as much of your time out of doors as possible! This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more information. The cow pastures were a go to spot for us this week as they are quite lovely and Papa had some work to do with the … [Read more...] about Our Week in Review: Including Outside Exploration, Reading & Snakes
Get Outside & Learn
What do you do when your children are full of energy and bouncing off the walls? If your children are anything like mine, then they are filled with a boundless energy. This natural occurrence can be hard to contain indoors. We like to make our way outside where there are no walls to bounce off of and you know what? It's inevitable that we'll learn a few things in the … [Read more...] about Get Outside & Learn
Our Week in Review: Including Mending Fences, Baking Pies, and This Week’s Reading List
Welcome to our week in review! We have been living on my sisters farm now for nearly two months and I think we have finally found our rhythm! Farm life has so much to offer our children as they connect with nature and the animals all around them. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more information. This week started off with … [Read more...] about Our Week in Review: Including Mending Fences, Baking Pies, and This Week’s Reading List
Our Week in Review: Including Gardening, Chickens, and Reading
Welcome to our week in review! We have been living on my sisters farm now for over a month and I think we are finally starting to find our rhythm! Farm life has so much to offer our children as they connect with nature and the animals all around them. Back in March (about two weeks before we moved to the farm) Uncle Joe hatched 24 Bantam Ameraucana chicks. Since arriving, the … [Read more...] about Our Week in Review: Including Gardening, Chickens, and Reading
Our Week in Review: Including Farm Life, The Old Oak Festival & Our New Library
Welcome to our Week in Review! This is our second week in our new home....my sisters farm in Tennessee. I believe we are all adapting well. Tennessee is lovely but the culture of the country is a bit different from that of the hustle and bustle of Atlanta. One of the biggest shocks for me was when we visited the small town library. Can I just say...Oh My Goodness! It was so small. Even … [Read more...] about Our Week in Review: Including Farm Life, The Old Oak Festival & Our New Library