I think this is one of my favorite units! We’ve learned how to make a salad from foraged greens, how to process acorns and turn them into tasty pancakes, and make cough drops from foraged horeho...Read More
Exploring Coyote Hills Regional Park is breathtaking in the spring, and probably any time of year. In the spring, you can expect rolling green hills, crystal blue skies dotted with white voluminous cl...Read More
My thoughts from the California Homeschool Network Conference. June 2016 Diane from CHN put me in an awesome room and made all my sessions there so I didn’t have to move. It was cool, dim and ri...Read More
I recorded and uploaded this video for Diane Germann back in February! Sorry you had to wait so long for me to release it!! I’m not sure if you are a Harry Potter fan or not, but these are prett...Read More
Check out this Finger Puppet video from the Pepper and Pine vault from December 20, 2015. I meant to release this one first when releasing this series of fairy puppets…opps! When my four-year ol...Read More
Did you ever read the book “My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead? We did…several years ago. The kids and I were fascinated by Sam’s adventures in the wild. He foraged, fi...Read More
Check out this video from the Pepper and Pine vault from December 19, 2015!! Enjoy! Ready for another fairy doll? This one was pretty quick to make from supplies I got from A Child’s Dream. Supp...Read More
What’s better than communing with nature in the spring? We recently visited the Old Faithful Geyser in Calistoga, California. The grounds have been improved in the last few years and now in addi...Read More
True story: One day, the founder of Dust and Tribe was sweeping out his front porch and swept up a pile of pine needles. Feeling like he couldn’t just throw them away (gasp!), he decided to weav...Read More
I’m always several years behind the trends. I don’t typically use a planner. My friend, Maimoona, get me a calendar from Big Lots every year for the past few years. Before that it was a ca...Read More