Happy first day of Summer! Summertime is the best time to gather together a morning basket just for yourself! Our homeschool days are slower and more relaxed. So I am finding more quiet time to rest and read during these long summer days. I try to gather books and items that make me slow down… Continue reading A Mother’s Morning Basket (Summer)
Category: My Bookshelf
2018-2019 Curriculum Recap
The end of our school year is quickly approaching. As I start planning our next school year, I wanted to first share a curriculum recap. You might remember my posts from last summer where I shared the homeschool resources we were hoping to use this school year. Looking back, I can say we used most… Continue reading 2018-2019 Curriculum Recap
Mama’s 2019 Book List
Today, I am sharing my personal reading stack for the year. In 2019, I’m looking to slow down, simplify, and clean things up a little. Hoping this will allow us the time and energy to build relationships and get outside more! Digging deeper into our: Health + Heart + Home. 📚❤️🏠 #mamareads #simpleliving #homeeducation *PS:… Continue reading Mama’s 2019 Book List
Cloudy Day Pooh Bear Cookies! (Vanilla Sugar Cutouts with Honey Icing)
"Tut-tut, it looks like rain." We baked up some cloudy day cookies as we countdown to see the movie. We were inspired by one of our favorite chapters during our summer read-aloud. We used The Winnie the Pooh Cookie Book for the recipe. We first gathered up all our ingredients for the batter: butter,… Continue reading Cloudy Day Pooh Bear Cookies! (Vanilla Sugar Cutouts with Honey Icing)
Tea Time with Pooh Bear
I picked up Pooh's Library in the spring and decided it would be our summer read-aloud. This box set contains four hardcover books: the two original Pooh novels, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, and Milne's two poetry collections, Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young, which features the very first appearance of Pooh. It is the… Continue reading Tea Time with Pooh Bear
Playful Pioneers 2018-2019
From 12-2 pm we have Lit Lunch with Playful Pioneers I so badly wanted to do Playful Pioneers last year but we didn’t have the time. (Our children attended a 2-day homeschool tutorial last year.) But I think it will work out well now that the youngest is eager to join us. I… Continue reading Playful Pioneers 2018-2019
History and Geography 2018-2019
At 2:00 pm we do our History and Geography lessons. We will combine different resources to study Early American History. I LOVE the big book of history stories, keys of history game, and audio from The Good and the Beautiful. We will use their year 1 and year 2 (not pictured)… Continue reading History and Geography 2018-2019
Nature Study and Art 2018-2019
At 3:00 pm we do Nature Study, Art, and Science We plan to do our science lessons twice a week with nature study and art lessons sprinkled throughout. See our science books here. Nature Study: at least once a week the kids bring their little journals outside and scribble down the beauty and… Continue reading Nature Study and Art 2018-2019
Science 2018-2019
At 3:00 pm we do Nature Study, Art, and Science We plan to do our science lessons twice a week with nature study and art lessons sprinkled throughout. See our art and nature study here. Science: We divide our lessons into units. This year we will be studying biology and meteorology. We will… Continue reading Science 2018-2019
Preschool 2018-2019
From 10am-12 pm we do Individual Studies: Language Arts and Math. (20ish minutes with each child per subject) My youngest turned 4 last month. This will be his first year joining us for school. He will be using The Peaceful Preschool and The Good and The Beautiful curriculum. I am also looking into Habitat School House!… Continue reading Preschool 2018-2019
Little Seed Lane 