Here we are with the first transcript of our August “Homeschool Chat”, a week long conversation that attempts to answer and discuss a wide range of questions submitted by parents. I give my thoughts and ask other homeschooling parents to contribute their feedback as well. It will likely take several posts for me to transfer [...]
Hibiscus Honey Gelatin
I usually just call this jello. But jello is really… Jell-O (a brand). While this is made with super clean, nutritious gelatin and none of the artificial coloring, flavors, and sweeteners. So here it is with its proper name. If you’re looking for an easy way to add protein and nutrients to your kids diet [...]
Homeschool Chat: Extracurricular Activities, Socialization, and Thinking Outside of the Box.
Feedback from this chat included comments like: “I feel so relieved and encouraged!” “There is so much freedom in homeschooling.” “I learned that hobbies don’t necessarily have to be separate from extracurriculars.” “Homeschoolers are so well rounded!” When I asked the homeschoolers participating in the chat to list their kids extracurricular activities, several dozen different [...]
Homeschool Chat: the Reggio Emilia Approach
In the past year, I’ve discussed quite a few methods and styles of education (Charlotte Mason, Classical, Montessori, Unit Study, Waldorf, Unschooling, and more) through Instagram. Though we utilize a blend of styles; we certainly don’t incorporate all of them. Explaining them is not an endorsement of them or necessarily a lesson in how we [...]
Homeschool Chat: Balance, Consistency, Scheduling, and Burn Out.
For a few years, I would periodically hold Q+A sessions to discuss homeschooling on Instagram. It’s always been a topic that gets a lot of questions, but I quickly learned that when given the invitation many more people than I would have otherwise heard from came forward with curiosity. Last year, as questions increased without [...]
There Is Much To Do
As the world burns, bleeds, and weeps - a ten year old finishes his first week of the fifth grade. Pencils litter geography lessons and long division. I begin gathering loose papers and stacking books. A journal falls open. Prompts mark the pages: “Things I’m grateful for...” and “Things I’m praying for...”. There, scrawled in [...]
King Ahaz
Have you heard the story of King Ahaz?He became king of Judah when he was twenty years old (in approximately 732 BC) and reigned for sixteen years. Some of the first words written about him state that he did not do what was right. He copied the evil acts of other kings around him. The [...]
The wild and rolling summer
Give me all the wild, rolling storm clouds colliding with giant tufts of cotton candy in the sky. I will hold a cold mason jar of tea to my flushed face while early afternoon glides down my neck. But I know that, like a train chugging up to the station, the storm will come. It [...]
To My Daughter, on her first birthday
I know there are many jokes about how by the third child, no one takes pictures or records milestones anymore. And though I learned long before your arrival not to concern myself with silly metrics like height and weight; I have to say that a decade of motherhood has only taught me to record more. [...]
Baked Blueberry Oatmeal
This is one of the recipes that friends ask for the most frequently. I generally send them a screenshot of my notes. How nice to have an actual post to direct everyone to now! Ha! I hope you enjoy this not-too-sweet, soul-warming, tummy-satisfying breakfast treat. Ingredients: Blueberries (don't measure, see below) 3 cups oats 2 [...]
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