Doing Advent and Legos With Purpose
We are about to start our 4th year of doing Advent and Legos and I am just as excited as I’ve ever been. This little tradition is something that we both look forward to, so I’m glad I figured out…
[REVIEW] The Spark
I am so excited to share my review of The Spark with you today. This book was incredible. In fact, Skylar listened to this one with me and she loved it just as much as I did. About The Spark…
Love Notes For Your Kids
This is our 4th year of doing love notes and I’m so excited about it. It’s SUPER easy. I don’t do hard or complicated. I’ve also included some tips down below, including ideas for pre-readers. FEBRUARY LOVE NOTES Step 1. Do…
Unschooling in a Nutshell
I get asked a lot about homeschool curriculum and what that looks like for unschooling. I prefer to use a method called “strewing”. I offer a variety of books, trinkets, articles, videos, pages, kits, Pinterest finds, extracurricular activities, apps, documentaries,…
End of Year Memory Book
Don’t mind me. I’m just over here being all sentimental. Yes, again. I may have mentioned this a time or two before, but I’m not a fan of that darn growning up business. We just wrapped our last year of…
Top 10 Fidgets for Sensory Kids or Kinesthetic Learners
I’m homeschooling a sensory kiddo who is also a kinesthetic learner. She learns completely opposite from me. I quickly saw that if her hands aren’t moving, it’s more difficult for her to take in new information. She’s also particular about…
A New Approach to Homeschool
Many of you are curious about our new homeschool approach because it’s been working out so amazingly well. Basically, I threw all the curriculum out the window. Wait! What!?!? Let me explain. I’ve always been fascinated by Maria Montessori and her…
August 2016 Update
August can pretty much be summed up in one word: O L Y M P I C S Oh goodness, do I love me some Olympics! We kicked it off with our favorite friends and an Opening Ceremony Party complete…
4th Grade Curriculum Choices
4th grade. It seems like it’s starting to get real now. I still remember limping through our first year thinking “surely I can’t screw up 1st grade” and, honestly, you can’t. Suddenly I’m a little more concerned and wanting to…
My Personal TTD Conference Schedule
Man, O, man the Teach Them Diligently conference agenda is more packed than usual this year with some AMAZING speakers and topics. I had a really difficult time narrowing down my choices. In fact, just navigating the schedule was a…
