I homeschooled our brood for over 15 years. Even though they are currently in school I love to write about various kids activities, learning projects, cooking with kids and more.
This is the second year in a row we have met up with our homeschool friends for a little bit of spooky fun. Yes, I still hate Halloween, but that doesn’t mean I’m opposed to a bit of innocent fun. Last year we had a great science-themed party, with different science activities. Apollo’s favorite? Dissecting…
How to Raise a Lifelong Reader: Tips for a Mom with 14 Book-Loving Kids {Post contains affiliate links} My kids are all avid readers. Whether they began reading at age 4 (Judah and Hezekiah) or age 8 (Enoch) they are all now strong readers who love to lose themselves in a good book. After 22…
Making Educational Choices: Homeschool, Public School, or No School? I have a confession to make. I am feeling very conflicted about what to do with Apollo educationally next year. This year has been a hard one for our family and many of the issues we are dealing with are ongoing. I find myself faced with the…
Encoh was our first baby born in Washington. I gave birth to him at 11:30 pm in our living room after a 30-hour labor. We were both exhausted. We got cleaned up and I took my brand new whopping baby boy (he weighed 8 pounds…our biggest baby!) to bed. The next morning, as the January…
Last week our fifth homeschooler was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa. For those of you who don’t know, Phi Theta Kappa is the honor society for community colleges. In our house, it also stands for Punch That Kid. And if you don’t know why you really need to go read this post. We are so…
Our family recently went through some of the most difficult days we’ve had as a family. I’m not going to go into the details (because of my No Fresh Blood on the Walls Policy.) I have many stories that I plan to tell one day. Time and perspective are great healers. For instance, the story…
Percy Jackson, The Hobbit, and The Best Mom Ever {post contains affiliate links} You guys. Just when I thought things could not possibly get any worse on the read-aloud front, it did. Remember my horror at having to read Percy Jackson out loud to Apollo? We are currently on book five out of five on…
A Series of Unfortunate Events Party Ideas (post contains affiliate links) We are long-time fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events books in our house. I read the first few of these out loud to my older kids and most of them read the rest on their own. If you aren’t familiar with the books,…
How to Create Your Own Unit Study {Most photos in this post are before I went digital and are taken out of our photo albums, so please exuse the quality.} I have been homeschooling for 17 years and now that I have grown children (and college and university graduates at that) I feel like my…
How to Create a Quick and Easy Unit Study Your Kids Will Love Post contains affiliate links Back in the day (you know, around the year 2000) when I was beginning to homeschool I knew that I did not want to create “school at home” but instead wanted to provide a rich learning environment for…