The following post was an email I wrote to my homeschool group. I wrote it in August of 2010. After attending the Waldorf homeschool conference in Santa Cruz this summer [July 2010], my understanding ...Read More
Story of the World was the first history curriculum we purchased years ago when our homeschool journey was just starting out. While we enjoyed it for a couple years, we quickly realized that it wasn&#...Read More
These are probably the cutest peg dolls I’ve ever made! Don’t be deceived by the thumbnail, I actually made a complete lunar phase set to last an entire month! Granted it did get a little ...Read More
There are many ways to take classes in high school from forming your own, buying a curriculum, taking online classes to taking community college classes. Today I’m sharing our experience with co...Read More
How to organize bookshelves can vary depending on the types of books you have. If you have a lot of books in one subject area, you can group them together. Groups can be by subject like “botany&...Read More
The process of lesson planning seems to be a mystery because so much of what is shown are the final stages of lesson planning, the point where page numbers and book titles are being added into the les...Read More
One day when I was only five years old, my mom caught me sneaking the sprouts. It was as if I was sneaking chocolate! They were so good, and I kept eating them before they were ready. Fast forward nea...Read More
It’s time to start a new unit and this time I’ll walk you through the process of putting together a unit study from start to finish. The only thing I’ve put in a separate video is th...Read More
I can’t say enough about the Nature-Watch kits we’ve used so far. They are well designed and take all the hard work out of doing hands-on projects and replaces with simple projects that ar...Read More
We’ve started a new tradition this year and that’s to have a special seasonal finger puppet for the our nature table. Our Nature Table is more of seasonal table decorated with toys,...Read More