I’m back! Rested, relaxed and with renewed focus. Sometimes, it is so helpful to refocus and take a break from the norm. But I’m thankful to return and I have so much that I’m eager to write about… I set out to battle my personal giant – ‘the black hole that is the internet’, as my sister aptly […]
Learning
Labor Day Learning Fun
{whistle while you work} I hope you all are having a fabulous Labor Day weekend. My boys are so very excited to have their daddy home for an extra day this weekend… As we enjoy time together as a family, we also plan to take some time to learn about the origins of Labor Day and […]
Homeschooling Leads to Family Learning
One of my favorite perks of homeschooling is that learning becomes a family adventure! I remember as a girl my mom getting giddy about understanding something we were studying in a fresh way. She would always tell people that she loved homeschooling because of the great education she was getting. As an adult, who received […]
Winners Announced and Kings Crowned…
We emerged briefly from the middle ages to select some winners for our giveaway!!! The boys were quite excited about it (although disappointed that they couldn’t enter to win the pencils) and wanted to help, so I reverted to the ‘old fashioned’ way of writing down each name on a slip of paper and letting the […]
Me on the Map
As we embark on this adventure around the world, we felt it best to get a firm handle on where we are on the map! The book, Me On the Map, was a perfect way to introduce this idea! Afterwards, we set out to make our own map books! The boys mapped out their room, their […]
Desert Dwellers
We started our study of native americans before Easter and taking a couple of weeks off to learn about birds before it got too hot. We are now taking that up again as our weather heats up. Since the boys are so young, I decided to start local and spread out from there. They were having […]