Summer break can be such a sweet time. Lazy mornings, popsicles on the patio, and maybe a little less pressure to keep up with structured lessons. But if your kids are anything like mine, “bored” starts creeping in around day three. That’s exactly where our Busy Binders come in. These print-and-go activity binders are designed to keep young minds engaged through hands-on learning, no matter the ... Read More about Busy Binders For Keeping Little Minds Active (and Happy!) This Summer
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Year End Curriculum Review | Second, Third, and Fifth Grade Pt. 2
It's time for part two of our year-end curriculum review! You can read part one here, where I review the resources we used this past year for our morning basket and group subjects. In this post, we'll look at the curriculum we used for second, third, and fifth-grade independent/core subjects. Click here to read the original post with our grade-specific curriculum picks for the past ... Read More about Year End Curriculum Review | Second, Third, and Fifth Grade Pt. 2
Year End Curriculum Review | Second, Third, and Fifth Grade Pt. 1
It feels like I wrote the blog posts sharing our morning group subjects and core subjects yesterday! This school year has flown by! But here we are. As I write this year-end curriculum review we're finishing up our last week before we take a short summer break. Looking back, I think this might have been one of our most successful school years yet. Each year is a blessing, but I think we really hit ... Read More about Year End Curriculum Review | Second, Third, and Fifth Grade Pt. 1
Why We Love World Watch News in Our Homeschool (And You Might Too)
This post is sponsored by World Watch News. As always, I only share resources we genuinely use and love in our homeschool. Keeping up with current events as a homeschooling family can feel like a tightrope walk. On one side, we want our kids to understand the world around them, to be informed, discerning, and compassionate. On the other side, most mainstream news is either too intense, too ... Read More about Why We Love World Watch News in Our Homeschool (And You Might Too)
How We’re Ending The Homeschool Year Strong
Somewhere around mid-April, I always get the itch to just... call it. I mean, technically life is educational, right?By my calculations, we have around six weeks left though, and ending the homeschool year strong is our goal. Not perfectly, not with fireworks and gold-star charts, but strong in a way that feels good, doable, and honest. If you're curious about the curriculum we used this year you ... Read More about How We’re Ending The Homeschool Year Strong