Category: Homeschool
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Potterheaded Muggles
Thanks to a certain literary box-set gifted to the kidlets this past Christmas, discussions around our dinner table of late have been as follows: “Do you think I might receive a Hogwarts letter on my 11th birthday, this month?” “Which Hogwarts house would the sorting hat place me in?” (Husband & Little Man: Ravenclaw, Firstborn: Slytherin,…
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Fight the Power: A Chicken Campaign
By nature, I generally view things as either black or white, good or bad. I’m a rule follower. Still, I recognize that sometimes rules can be archaic, nonsensical… rubbish. Just because one has a general respect for rules need not mean they switch their brains off entirely, coasting on auto-pilot and blindly accepting arbitrary mandates as Gospel. Take,…
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Class Pets
Whether I’m raising future farmers, veterinarians, crazy cat ladies, or marine biologists, I couldn’t be certain– nevertheless, I’m an ethusiastic proponent of pets in the classroom. No matter that our classroom is square in our home. We learn a lot from the menagerie of critters who live in/around this funny farm, both wild and domestic. I’m channeling my…
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Easter Cliff Notes
He is risen! Today is Resurrection Sunday… aka Easter. We’re celebrating simply, Old Testament style, with worship and feasting. Holiday decor in our house is generally as simple as a themed package of window clings for the kiddos to paw all over the sliding glass doors… … but the sacrifice of our Savior warrants at least the resurrection-themed…
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An Irish Holiday
Not that kind of holiday, though a girl can dream. In lieu of an extended tour of the Emerald Isle, my family will settle for a simple St. Patrick’s Day, stateside. Though a humble, minor holiday, it remains one of my faves to celebrate because: Bagpipes make me weep. Red hair and freckles are the dynamic…
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The Unhurried Homeschooler {book review}
I never set out to be a real homeschooler. That is, not a “lifer“. It took four years to muster the courage to homeschool for a season, for a reason. That reason: Little Man. With hope of fostering true attachment after adopting him from China, we pulled our girls from traditional school to bond as a family of…
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Hands-On Homeschool
A home-school day in the life with an almost 11, 8, and 31/2 year old…in conjunction with Simple Homeschool’s homeschooling blog-hop, I’m sharing what our days generally look like in this particular season. Perhaps when you read HOMESCHOOL you envision butter-churning, hair-braiding, stifled and awkward denim jumper-clad robot children who rarely leave the house, instead spending their days…
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Still I Will Praise Him
My kombucha grew fuzzy green mold instead of “beneficial bacteria.” Center Sister lost her favorite mermaid charm amongst the prolific deer poop in the backyard. Husband put in extra long, stressful hours at the office, and once again we opted for church via Vimeo in our jammies. Though I laundered an unholy amount of bedding due to a flu scare and serial…
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Making a Bookworm — 10 ways to woo a reluctant reader
Though inarguably extroverted, I can squander hours and shirk human interaction like a veritable hermit whilst under the influence of a good book. I’m a bookworm. Accordingly, I aim to impart my book-worming ways upon my impressionable offspring. Despite my natural bent, however; a mere third of said offspring share my gluttonous appetite for the written word. [Thus…
