Notgrass History has been such a delight for us this year. The previous two years I have homeschooled, we have done The Good and the Beautiful history. It was ok. We got through it. We enjoyed the read alouds and the audio story that went with it. We didn’t enjoy the long, uncolorful lessons withContinue reading “Honest Review of Notgrass History”
Category Archives: Homeschool Life
Outdoor Unit Study
Our family is anxiously awaiting the time for me to put away our anatomy and physiology unit study and begin our survival unit study. Here are some of the resources we will be or would like to use. The Waldock Way Survival Unit Study I have this resources all printed. My wilderness child looked atContinue reading “Outdoor Unit Study”
Year-Round School
Why am I an advocate for year-round homeschooling? Do you enjoy your kids not forgetting everything you teach them, do you want to take advantage of summer or spring days without worrying about school, do you want your kids to get more sleep, and do you want to not feel bad about bagging days whenContinue reading “Year-Round School”
Momma Self Care
My first year was a rough first year of homeschooling. I made some bad life choices and decided to start college for myself the second semester of our first year. To say it was hard was an understatement. As I prayed, I felt guided to take a different path and stop college. Yet, all ofContinue reading “Momma Self Care”
Getting Dinner Done
Dinner Time One of the hardest challenges for me with being a wife and mom in general is getting dinner done on time. I’ve looked at other women’s meal plans at times and it is extremely depressing. Somehow they manage to make a homemade meal for every single meal every day and still do aContinue reading “Getting Dinner Done”
Morning Circle Time
Morning Circle Time Have you heard of morning time? If so have you considered doing it? I hope to share with you the ups and downs we have experienced as we’ve spent our mornings together. Hopefully, this will give you an idea of some things that might work for your family. Starting off with theContinue reading “Morning Circle Time”
Child Interest Led Education
Child Interest Led Education My heart has exploded the last couple months as I have leisurely listened to podcasts about homeschooling. I feel like I am being led to a better and more noble way to see my kid’s education. I have been so inspired by ideas like play based learning, interest led education, andContinue reading “Child Interest Led Education”
Social Life of a Homeschool Family
Social Life of a Homeschool Family For most of these 11 years, my husband and I have lived far from family and town. He has been an intern on a ranch, a cowboy, or a ranch unit manager. It has been hard to have friends when we live anywhere from 20-60 minutes from the nearestContinue reading “Social Life of a Homeschool Family”
Homeschool- How to Keep Your Home Clean
How to Keep Your House Clean and Homeschool When I thought about pulling my children out of public school two years ago, one of my biggest concerns was my house being a mess. I told several of my friends that are homeschooling already about my worries. One friend told me I’d just have to getContinue reading “Homeschool- How to Keep Your Home Clean”
What do I wear Homeschool?
What do I wear? If you’re anything like me the most comfortable thing to wear when you are in your house all day is pajamas. It’s so hard to clean the house in stiff pants. It’s really annoying to get up and down on the couch and off the floor wearing jeans. If you wearContinue reading “What do I wear Homeschool?”