Category: Homeschool
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The Winter’s Tale
What does it look like to homeschool in Montana during Winter? This week’s wrap-up resembles a bona fide Winter Wonderland. A picture is worth a thousand words, for posterity’s sake; and inasmuch… That’s pretty much our week in a nutshell, though let us not omit this much-needed sunshine-y, beachside throwback: And all of God’s people said, “Awwwwwww…” Be sure to check out additional week…
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A Very Bookish Holiday
We’ve mostly wrapped up Yule-school and are back to the grind– which means, hitting the books! *swoon* To kick off the new year and our second homeschool semester, and to rouse us from our post-holiday stupor, we’re eagerly participating in Sarah Mackenzie’s 31-Day Read Aloud Revival Challenge… Have your kiddos read aloud to you (and of course read aloud…
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The 2016 Monologues
Au revoir, 2016; the new year beckons… Alas, ere we bid you farewell forever, let us take one last look back at the past twelve months, for nostalgia’s sake. Sometimes a weary homeschool mom’s prone to wonder, “What have we done all year? Have we accomplished anything at all?” Sure, you might recall a few of the highlights, but there’s a…
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Christmas Digest
Behold: 2016’s Christmas jammies, our family’s decades-long take on the popular tradition is to gift them to the kiddos each Christmas Eve. Happy birthday, Jesus! First time for everything… we’ve never really done Santa, opting instead for a more European approach to Saint Nick, but this year the kiddos requested to visit him at the mall. I guess…
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Yule-School vol. 3: Neighbor Treats
I sat next to a man on an airplane (first time in first class– thanks for the free upgrade, Delta!) last weekend who told me he capped his wife’s Christmas neighbor-gift budget at $700 and 45 houses. Say what?! While I generally whip up a little something for our fantastic neighbors each Christmas, it’s not something I stress…
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Yule-school vol. 2: Wrap-Ups & Throwbacks
The girls hosted their 9th annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party this week. Actually, we melded two separate events together, combining this fun tradition with their 4-H Christmas Party– to the delight of Handsome Husband and for the sake of our collective sanity in the midst of an exceptionally stressful week. The naked gingerbread (graham cracker) houses always remind…
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Weekly Wrap-Up & Thursday Throwbacks
For me, Thursdays will always feel like start of the weekend as they were the day that my much older sister and I headed to our Dad’s house each week growing up. So let’s all pretend it’s the weekend, mkay? Do y’all follow Weird, Unsocailized Homeschoolers? The author’s obviously being facetious with that title, but seeing how I appreciate witty…
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Yule-School vol. 1
This December we aren’t fighting it. We’re throwing in the towel and embracing the Yuletide merriment wholeheartedly. Instead of squeezing festivities in/around the margins of our regularly scheduled programming, and driving ourselves batty in the process, we’ll gearing our STUDIES around the HOLIDAY, all vice-versa like. (My favorite podcaster, Pam, gave me permission!) It’s like a month-long Christmas unit study… the opening act: Saint Nicholas Day…
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Thankfulness: Homeschool Edition (a exercise in gratitude)
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, my girls are sharing a bit of gratitude today– specific to homeschooling. Counting one’s blessings is a healthy exercise that never hurt anybody, especially as my pupils have been prone to grumble of late. Firstborn says: We don’t need a pass to go to the bathroom. ((snort!)) Must’ve learned of this from a book. Sometimes we get to…
