On a cold winter walk around the block, Tony relayed the details of a conversation he witnessed between our daughter and her friend from church… From this conversation, I began to ponder deeply ‘what is education?’ I didn’t say anything to Zaylee… perhaps it wasn’t a big deal. However, the following morning Zaylee asked, “Mom […]
Mid-August we welcomed Felix into the world! Even five and a half months later, Felix is the joy of our home! The kids fight over who gets to hold him and there are always willing hands to hold the baby when needed. Two weeks and two days after Felix was born we started the 2024-2025
As this school year comes to a close, we can’t help but feel it has been a ringing success! We LOVE homeschooling! The kids are learning and growing and I love having a front row seat on this journey. Our family unity along with time spent playing and working together as a family is priceless!
We are finally there. The last stretch of the 2023-2024 school year! We have a handful of states left to study, a couple lessons left in the books, and a few more weeks to practice for the end of year piano recital. With the melting snow comes the promise of warm weather. These long mountain
Touring America in a School Year, we are making our way through the United States visiting each state by region. This week we find ourselves in Massachusetts. (I tend to only give updates when I feel inspired to write. Lucky for all of you… my AWESOME Pinterest fail has inspired me to write.) Life is
Memorization is almost a lost art. I would love to get back to the way they used to memorize back in our grandparent’s day. At our house we try to memorize scriptures, poetry, music, geography… the list goes on. As I look back over life I realize that when a song is used to memorize
Summer is my time for dreaming and preparation. As soon as we wrap up the school year in April/May I begin to plan the next school year. This is one of my favorite things to do! In the last few years, we have been to Hogwarts & experienced the Jedi Academy… For this school year’s
Teaching sequential grade levels has been a great eye opener for me. With this I am able to see growth and understand things I would never have learned by teaching the same grade level year after year. This is a great benefit to being a homeschool mom! One phenomenon I find interesting is the reading
Another school year has come to an end. Our kids have worked hard and made great progress in all areas of life! I am humbled and grateful to be their mother. I have a unique front row seat view of their education and childhood. I have never appreciated my children more than I do now.