I can readily admit that I don’t really enjoy doing art projects for two reasons: So many supplies (expensive) The terrible mess and clean up afterward So, I often skip the messy art stuff in our homeschool – just being honest here! Instead, I prefer to do artist and picture studies. So much faster, easier,Read more
When I hear the word “art,” I tend to cringe. And when someone says “crafts,” I always run the opposite direction. However, my kids enjoy art and they sometimes like making crafts. But I am anti-crafty and not at all artsty. So, what’s an art-challenged homeschool mom to do? Find the best resources to enjoyRead more
This school year I gave myself a little bit of a break and outsourced Spanish classes for my oldest child. She’s always loved learning languages and I am not able to keep up with her studies as much as I would like. I wanted her to have practice conversing in the language while still learningRead more
I aspire to be a classical homeschooler. Many times we fall short, but my ultimate goal is to stick closely to the classical model and definitely include a study of Latin in our home. However, I delayed the start of our Latin studies in favor of learning Spanish. Why? We lived in an area whereRead more
I decided that 4th grade would be the perfect time to begin learning Latin with Curly. She’s had several years of Spanish and is making great progress learning vocabulary and basic grammar. So I felt that now was an appropriate time to introduce a study of Latin. However, I wanted to take it slowly sinceRead more
I want to incorporate a foreign language study in our homeschool but I don’t have much extra time to focus on it and I don’t have an extensive background in any foreign language. So, I needed something incremental, easy to teach, clear, and concise to use in our homeschool. I found exactly what I neededRead more
This is our first year using God’s Great Covenant from Classical Academic Press. I felt that Curly (3rd grade) was ready for a more in-depth study of the Bible so I chose the first book in their series – Old Testament 1: Genesis to Ruth. There are 4 sections to each week’s worth of work.Read more
I know how it is as a parent. You watch your kids work on a craft or art project and you desperately want to help them because their project doesn’t look quite the way you envisioned it. Or maybe it’s not turning out at all like the Pinterest pictures. You want a pretty finished productRead more
The kids have decided that our tree does not have enough ornaments even though it is overloaded with sparkly and dangly ornaments. So, I put together a list of homemade ornaments to keep us busy during the month of December. Felt Christmas Ornament Glitter Ornaments Button Candy Cane Ornaments Peppermint Candy Christmas Ornaments MeltedRead more
I’m blessed to be in a Bible study this fall and we’re covering 1st and 2nd Thessalonians. It is absolutely wonderful and even though I’m drop-dead exhausted at the end of every day, I make time to work on my study even if that means I do all of it on the weekends. It isRead more