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Sister Anne’s Hands Crafts & Activities

August 21, 2013 by Jen 5 Comments

Sister Anne’s Hands Crafts & Activities

*affiliate links, see my disclosure page Talking to our children about Racism and the Civil Rights movement can be a daunting task.  It’s an uncomfortable topic, but an important one.  Regardless of the way your family “looks”, all of us need to know the history of our country, the good, the bad, and the ugly. […]

Filed Under: Family Reading, Home Education

The Raft :: Crafts, Activities & Food!

July 8, 2013 by Jen 1 Comment

The Raft :: Crafts, Activities & Food!

*there are affiliate links, please refer to my disclosure page I love pulling activities and ideas from a great picture book.  It’s like undercover learning.  Kids usually have no inkling that so much information is being stored in their brains. I’m certain that is why I have loved Five in a Row so much over […]

Filed Under: Crafts, Education Plans, Family Reading, Home Education, Lessons, Nature, Reading, Relaxed Schooling

Weekly Photo Collage :: 5/3/2013 ~ Frogs & Fun

May 3, 2013 by Jen 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Collage :: 5/3/2013 ~ Frogs & Fun

*contains affiliate links This week we finished reading Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer.  The kids enjoyed the story, Jacob seemed to most of all.  Jacob and I are still reading The Bronze Bow, I’m loving how it ties in with our study of Ancient Rome.  I still trying to get through Kristin […]

Filed Under: Education Plans, Family Reading, Field Trip, Home Education, Learning Spaces, Reading, Relaxed Schooling, Wrapping up the Week

Weekly Photo Collage :: Lego & Swings – 4/5/2013

April 5, 2013 by Jen 7 Comments

Weekly Photo Collage :: Lego & Swings – 4/5/2013

Hands down, Jonah’s favorite part of the week was doing the Lego printable packet from Mary @ Homegrown Learners. It was a fun way for him to get some language arts in this week!  Thanks Mary 🙂 Around the House:  So, I think I have de-cluttered just about every space in the house, save for […]

Filed Under: Education Plans, Family Reading, Home Education, Wrapping up the Week

Celebrating the Easter Season

March 17, 2013 by Jen 5 Comments

Celebrating the Easter Season

Lent is just about over and shortly we will enter into Holy Week.  What an interesting Lent it’s been this year with the papal conclave and election of a new pope.  An exciting time to be Catholic! As we gear up for Holy Week and the celebration of Easter, I wanted to share some of […]

Filed Under: Birds, Education Plans, Faith, Family, Family Reading, Feast Day, Home Education, Nature, Reading, Reading List, Relaxed Schooling

Weekly Photo Collage :: What We’re Reading Edition – 2/8/2013

February 8, 2013 by Jen 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Collage :: What We’re Reading Edition – 2/8/2013

For the most part we’re still getting back into our school routine for this week.  We’re still plugging along with our unit study on Italy.  So much to cover, the kids have enjoyed it a great deal.This week I thought I would share photo collages of some of the books we have been reading.  I […]

Filed Under: Book Review, Family Reading, Home Education, Lists, Reading, Reading List

Weekly Photo Collage :: 12/7/2012 Poems & Latin

December 7, 2012 by Jen 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Collage :: 12/7/2012 Poems & Latin

Recently the girls have been obsessed with watching High School Musical on Netflix.  I have gotten lots of hand me downs from my sister’s girls and had remembered seeing High School Musical pajamas somewhere in the piles.  When I came across the night shirt and gave them to Leah, she acted like she won a […]

Filed Under: 10 Day Challenge, BeachBody, Christmas, Education Plans, Family Reading, Home Education, Leah, Wrapping up the Week

Weekly Photo Collage :: 10/19/2012

October 19, 2012 by Jen 12 Comments

Weekly Photo Collage :: 10/19/2012

Our Week:Another busy week in the books.  In addition to our regular routine of swimming, soccer, Tae Kwon Do, and speech therapy, we had the oh so enjoyable dental cleanings and a trip to the park.  We have had a couple of warm days again and we decided to take advantage of it and get […]

Filed Under: Education Plans, Family Reading, Home Education, Reading, Wrapping up the Week

Homeschool Reading: Let’s Read!

September 11, 2012 by Jen Leave a Comment

Homeschool Reading: Let’s Read!

Sticking with my reading theme this week, I’m over at The Homeschool Village with a post called Homeschool Reading; Let’s Read! I’m chatting about how much we love reading in our day.  Come on over and join in the fun!

Filed Under: Family Reading, Home Education, Reading

Read Alouds

September 10, 2012 by Jen 4 Comments

Read Alouds

Reading aloud has been the cornerstone of our homeschool from the beginning.  Reading to my children has been a natural extension of my own love of reading.  For a long time we spent the bulk of our time reading picture books, if you’ve been a reader of our blog for long you know that I […]

Filed Under: Family Reading, Home Education, Reading, Reading List

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